United Kingdom, Oct. 23 -- Charlie Sheen once gifted a $1 million cheque to Denise Richards "as a joke" and she cashed it in.

The 60-year-old actor was married to Denise, 54, between 2002 and 2006, and he's recalled an incident when he gave an eye-watering sum of money to his ex-partner as a joke.

During an appearance on the KFC Radio podcast, Charlie shared: "I wrote a cheque to Denise once for $1 million on her birthday, kind of as a joke, and she kept it not as a joke. And then, like, a month later, f****** cashed it."

Despite this, Charlie doesn't harbour any bitterness towards his ex-wife.

He explained: "You know, if I'm on the other side of that, I'm probably cashing that cheque."

Charlie just wishes that Denise warned him in a...