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Denise Richards Pal Dishes on New Baby

Ali Landry reveals newborn Eloise's adoption wasn't a complete shock to close friends and family

By Marc Malkin, Meagan Medick Jul 28, 2011 1:00 AMTags
Denise Richards, Ali LandryChris Weeks/Getty Images; Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic

Move over, haters!

While you may have thought adopting another baby wasn't the smartest thing a single Denise Richards could have done, the former E! reality star is handling everything quite well, thankyouverymuch.

One of her closest friends just dished to us about baby Eloise...

"It's just one of those things, Denise is a girl, she has girls, so she knows girls," Ali Landry said last night at the Lia Sophia jewelry launch party at the Sunset Marquis Hotel in West Hollywood. "There is definitely a lot of drama with girls, speaking for myself with mine, but it's gonna be incredible."

A pregnant Landry met Eloise at Richards' baby shower this weekend.

"I held her for a while," Landry said. "She was precious, and she is such a perfect part of that family."

Landry, however, was not as shocked as the rest of us by the adoption.

"She's been trying for a while, and she sort of kept it a secret for a really long time, but she loves being a mom and she really wanted to grow her family," Landry explained. "She's not in a relationship, and I'm sure, like all women, we're like we're getting older and that clock is ticking."

Although Charlie Sheen's ex wife is single, Landry says she is not alone in raising her three girls. "She has plenty of support," she said. "She's so lucky to have her family and her sister. She has a great support system of friends, and it's just great."