This just in: Denise Richards is using her daughters! The ugly custody war between self-absorbed Denise and her buffoon of an ex, Charlie Sheen, is about to get even more gruesome as the one-time Bond beauty plans more screen time for the couple’s young daughters, Sam and Lola, in a bid to create an even bigger ratings boost for her already popular reality show, Denise Richards: It’s Complicated.

“She wants to continue using the kids and (ex-husband) Charlie (Sheen) for ratings, and Charlie is determined to stop it,” an insider tells OK! Magazine.