They've been pegged as Hollywood's oddest couple, but while sources close to Heather Locklear insist she is not dating David Spade, they admit he has been a source of comfort – and more than a few laughs.
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He definitely had a smile on his face that weekend, when he got to see Sam and Lola in a supervised visit. "He's doing pretty good – he spent the day with the kids," says dad Martin Sheen, who was also happy to get in a visit with the grandkids. "I miss Denise, too. This is a very painful, sad time."
If there's one thing that all parties can agree on, it's that this shouldn't be a sad time for any of the children involved. "This is all hard – it's very painful," says Richards. "The thing that's getting me through all of this is my daughters, just staying focused on them."
The same goes for Locklear and Sambora. "They continue to have their daughter's best interest at heart," says a friend of Sambora's. "Ava's doing well. She's been staying at Richie's house and has friends over." In fact, it's because of Ava that both her parents are looking to leave any anger behind them. "That's the saving grace of being a parent," says a Locklear friend. "You have to just keep moving forward."
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