The two are dating again but won't go public yet, says report

Nov 3, 2011 07:56 GMT  ·  By
Denise Richards and Richie Sambora are reportedly dating again, 4 years after breaking up
   Denise Richards and Richie Sambora are reportedly dating again, 4 years after breaking up

Denise Richards and Richie Sambora are dating again. Four years after ending their much-mediated romance, the two have rekindled it – but, for the time being, they're determined to keep it under wraps, it has emerged.

Denise and Richie first became a couple following their mediated divorces from Charlie Sheen and Heather Locklear respectively.

The new romance was overshadowed by the drama, since Denise used to be Heather's good friend and, as per media reports, she betrayed her when she slept with her husband, Richie.

The two went out for about three years and then had an amicable split.

Now, Radar Online says they're dating again.

“They say love never dies! Bombshell beauty Denise Richards is back together with her ex-boyfriend Richie Sambora,” the e-zine writes.

Sources close to the couple who prefer not to go on the record with a name confirm for the celebrity publication that Denise and Richie have started going out again.

However, for the time being, they'd rather they kept the romance out of the pages of the newspapers.

“They are dating again. It is serious but they are trying to keep it low key,” says one such inside source.

Radar further reports that the two were spotted out on a date over the weekend, when they had a “romantic” dinner at Tatsuki sushi restaurant in Woodland Hills, California.

“They were there over an hour and they had the whole place to themselves for the last half hour,” says another spy.

“Denise and Richie walked by a tattoo parlor on the way out of the restaurant and he joked to Denise, 'What do ya think, should I get one?' and she laughed,” Radar further writes, as if to stress that the meeting couldn't have been a business-oriented one.

As noted above, the two have quite a negative experience with media exposure because of their personal life: Denise still gets attention for her nasty divorce battle with Sheen, while Sambora kept being criticized for cheating on Heather.

As such, it's no wonder they'd want to keep the rekindled romance – if that's what this is – under wraps for the time being.