Denise Richards denies saying Teddi Mellencamp lives in her dad’s ‘shadow’

Denise Richards and Teddi Mellencamp took their squabble from the screen to social media after Richards allegedly said Mellencamp is living in her father’s shadow. After Wednesday night’s episode of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” — in which Brandi Glanville told Teddi that Richards said she was desperate to fit in with the cast because …

Denise Richards and Teddi Mellencamp took their squabble from the screen to social media after Richards allegedly said Mellencamp is living in her father’s shadow.

After Wednesday night’s episode of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” — in which Brandi Glanville told Teddi that Richards said she was desperate to fit in with the cast because she grew up in her father John Mellencamp’s shadow — Teddi posted a screenshot of a conversation she had with her famous father.

In their exchange, John wrote, “I know you’re busy living in my shadow but…” and then sent a photo of himself with his daughter with the caption “Dennis Richards … never heard of him.” Teddi then responded by telling her dad that he meant to say Denise and called her “the girl who mentions Charlie Sheen every episode.”

“I got my sense of humor from my dad’s shadow,” Teddi joked in the post.

Got my sense of humor from my dad's shadow. #RHOBH pic.twitter.com/oH3uahIwtZ
— Teddi Mellencamp (@TeddiMellencamp) July 23, 2020

On Thursday, Richards shared the same screenshot, captioning her post on Instagram: “Grown ass woman stooping to that level… sorry…🤣 I never said you live in your dad’s shadow. Ever. I don’t care what you were told….”

Referring to Teddi being part of a conversation where Glanville alleged that she had Richards had an affair, she added, “I was hurt you felt the need to share a salacious untrue rumor about my marriage, especially given you are the daughter of a famous father & know what the potential impact could’ve been with my kids & family. That is all I have ever said about your family. 💕Aka(Dennis).”

Teddi shot back in the comments section, “You’re Denise F–king Richards but you sure can’t take a joke. But since we are doing this, you brought Brandi back in by sharing personal information with her. Not me. You also confirmed you said way worse things about me than living in my Dad’s shadow. Enough with this victim routine Denise.”

Also on Thursday, Teddi addressed Richards’ “shadow” comment on an Instagram Q&A, saying, “It’s a common thing for people to try to use who my dad is against me and the truth of the matter is, anybody who knows me knows how incredibly hard I’ve worked my entire life. But also, like, I’m proud of my dad and I love him.”