Denise Richards confirmed that she is returning to The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.The actress, 55, revealed that she has already been filming for the Bravo show’s upcoming 16th season. ‘I’m doing some episodes for next season. I just went on a cast trip and that was fun and exciting,’ she told Entertainment Tonight on Monday while attending the All’s Fair season two premiere, which she guest stars on.The star – who admitted to getting a $200,000 facelift last year – also teased that the season will have ‘lots of drama.”It’s actually, you know, it’s silly drama and it was really nice to see a lot of the women,’ she said.Richards is set to return as a ‘friend of’ on the new season. She last appeared on the reality TV show as a guest in season 15. Denise Richards, 55, confirmed she is returning to The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and has already been filming for the Bravo show’s upcoming 16th season; Seen in a 2024 still ‘I’m doing some episodes for next season. I just went on a cast trip and that was fun and exciting,’ she told Entertainment Tonight at the All’s Fair season two premiere (pictured)At the time she discussed her split from ex Aaron Phypers, which led to a bitter divorce and legal battle. She first appeared on the show as a guest in season five, and later as a main cast member in seasons nine and 10. She returned as a guest in season 13.Richards quit the show after an alleged secret tryst she’d had with Brandi Glanville became a storyline.Last month she talked about wanting to return to the show, while also blaming Phypers for influencing her decision to leave the first time around.During an appearance on The Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg Show, Richards was asked by McCarthy, ‘If they ever asked you to come back, would you?’The Wild Things star responded: ‘Yeah! Actually, I did some episodes last season. But yeah, I would.’Despite saying she wanted to return, Richards admitted that her initial run on the Bravo show was difficult.’It was a hard thing. I felt like no one liked me, except for Garcelle [Beauvais]. And that’s part of why I didn’t come back for a third [season],’ she explained. Richards is set to return as a ‘friend of’ on the new season. She last appeared on the reality TV show as a guest in season 15 Richards recently revealed on The Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg Show that she’d like to return to the show for another season Last year the star got a $200,000 facelift, around the same time that she split from her second husband Aaron Phypers, 54; Seen in March She blamed Phypers for influencing her decision to leave after she quit following season 10; The exes seen in 2024Richards then claimed that Phypers was also ‘a big part of me not going back.”But I think he was more worried about himself,’ she clarified, before adding: ‘He was probably worried that something would come out.’Richards and Phypers have been embroiled in a highly contentious divorce and legal battle since their separation in July 2024, involving financial and property disputes and allegations of domestic violence from both sides.Richards admitted that she came clean about her facelift after Phypers brought it up in court during their contentious divorce proceedings.’I figured, you know what? I just need to be honest,’ she told McCarthy.Richards said that she didn’t want to give Phypers any ‘power’ by having him make it public, so she worked with her publicist to control the narrative herself.’My publicist got me a really nice piece in Allure,’ she shared.’I’m so glad that I’ve been open about it. I didn’t know how people would react, but I want to know what everyone’s doing, what peptides, what this, what that, and I feel that [my surgeon] did such a great job on me that I wanted to share the information,’ she explained.Richards worked with celebrity surgeon Dr Ben Talei for her deep-plane facelift. She also got a brow lift, an upper eye lift, a lip lift and fat grafting from her own thighs into her neck and face.Meanwhile, season 16 of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is currently filming. The Bravo series is currently filming its sixteenth season with two new cast membersJoin the discussionHow do you feel about celebrities openly sharing their cosmetic procedures on reality TV?What’s your view?The upcoming season has added actress Leah Remini and reality star Tracy Tutor to the cast.They will join Kyle Richards, Erika Jayne, Dorit Kemsley, Sutton Stracke, Bozoma Saint John and stylist Rachel Zoe.Kathy Hilton and Jennifer Tilly are returning in supporting roles.Money manifestation coach Amanda Frances, who joined last year, was let go from the show and will not be returning.