Denise Richards: Relationship With Sambora No Affair

With her reality show Denise Richards: It's Complicated set to bow May 26, Denise Richards is clearing the air about what really happened between her and Richie Sambora when he was married to Heather Locklear.

Calling into Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM show to promote it, (Seacrest is producing her show), Richards, 37, said she remained friends with Sambora after her friendship with his then-wife Locklear had dissolved.

A relationship blossomed with the musician after Richards and Sambora simultaneously went through "awful" divorces and cared for ill parents.