Denise Richards may well be one of the worst actresses on the planet. Also, she’s got atrocious taste in men. But there’s another side to Denise—a gentle, idealistic, even heroic side. For example, in this picture she’s hauling a beached, sunburned manatee out to deeper water where this gentle sea-creature can recover while peacefully browsing on kelp and seagrass….

Ah, hell. That’s just Richie Sambora. Which brings us back to Denise’s atrocious taste in men and Richie Sambora’s utterly mystifying hotness. Bad enough that he’s with Denise Richards. But she stole him away from Heather Locklear, who for some reason thought he was worth keeping around for more than a decade. This guy must bathe in Sex Panther pheromonal cologne. Either that, or he has some mutant biochemistry that just exudes the stuff and destroys women’s sense of taste and discrimination.

WWTDD has more pictures of this weirdly mismatched couple cavorting on the beach. They look pretty good, as long as you crop out the part with Richie Sambora in it. If that’s too classy for your tastes, then DListed has some other beach pics of Denise exposing her ladyflower. So the trend started by Paris, Lindsay and Britney appears to be spreading (*ahem*). If guys like Richie Sambora start casually flashing their junk in public, then I’m officially gouging my eyes out.