You have to give DENISE RICHARDS credit:  She's not married to CHARLIE SHEEN anymore.  She could just wash her hands of him. 

--But they have two daughters together . . . and so for THEIR sake, she continues to try to keep him under control.  As much as she possibly can, anyway.

--On Oscar night, Denise was cleaning out her garage to make it a playroom.  Meanwhile, Charlie was at his place having a little Oscar PARTY.

--They started exchanging Tweets, and Denise told Charlie, quote, "Come help me clean the damn garage for their playroom."

--Charlie Tweeted a picture of himself hanging out with a friend, along with the caption, "I'm BUSY LADY!  LOOK!"

--Denise replied, quote, "Yes I see."  Then she got all MOTHERLY on him, saying, quote, "Time to pack it in and GO TO BED you have a 5:30am call . . . 3 1/2 hrs so get your ass up to your room."

--Charlie replied, quote, "I SAID LOOK!", along with a picture of himself holding a wine bottle and digging in his fridge.

--Denise replied, quote, "Charles . . . not to be a buzzkill . . . But this is the point where the night can go sideways."

--At that point, a follower of one of them chimed in with this . . . quote, "How cute . . . most people would have this convo via text in private but celebs decide to have it on Twitter."

--To which Denise replied, quote, "Well if these are our public messages imagine our private ones . . . "