{"id":34035,"date":"2025-11-27T02:27:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T02:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=34035"},"modified":"2025-11-27T02:27:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T02:27:08","slug":"a-man-took-away-her-childhood-but-this-90s-icon-is-now-thriving-following-plastic-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=34035","title":{"rendered":"A man took away her childhood, but this \u201990s icon is now thriving following plastic surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"show-inline-featured-image wp-caption alignnone\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-main-thumbnail size-main-thumbnail ic-fade-in wps-ic-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/05212038\/rickilake.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/05212038\/rickilake.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/05212038\/rickilake-400x210.jpg 400w\" alt=\"\" width=\"664\" height=\"350\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Ricki Lake became a household name through her television talk show in the 1990s, but her resume boasts work in several other areas as well, including film appearances and singing.<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"vndmg69ff091b46d70\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.vndmg69ff091b46d70 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.vndmg69ff091b46d70 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.vndmg69ff091b46d70 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.vndmg69ff091b46d70 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.vndmg69ff091b46d70 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p><strong>Ricki\u2019s endured a good many tragedies in her life that have shaped her and her family. She recently opened up on the troubles, and how they\u2019ve caused her no end of sleepless nights.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This is the story of Ricki Lake, a woman that never gave up, no matter what<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>got in her way.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ricki Lake knew right from the start that she wanted a career in show business. She went on to achieve her dreams have a successful career, but her path to greatness somewhat unique.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-ricki-lake\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ricki Lake<\/h2>\n<p>Not many have gone from being actresses and singers to having their own show on television. Ricki Lake has, though, and her achievements are even more remarkable when it\u2019s considered she\u2019s been simultaneously battling several other things in her private life at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Today, she\u2019s a beautiful mother of two children who makes the most out of life. On her way to where she is now, though, Lake\u2019s had plenty of ups and downs, and it all started when she was still a child.<\/p>\n<p>This is her story!<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CH0hQ-Eglio\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=640&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fmodishtips.com&amp;rp=%2Farchives%2F22083#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A2932.5%7D\" height=\"988\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ricki Lake was born Sept 21, 1968 in Hastings-on-Hudson in New York. Throughout most of her childhood, she was raised by her paternal grandmother, Sylvia, until she passed away in 1978.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-ricki-lake-traumatic-childhood\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ricki Lake \u2013 traumatic childhood<\/h2>\n<p>Prior to that, Ricki had been through plenty already, and endured some truly horrible moments.<\/p>\n<p>When she was just six years old, she was sexually violated by a worker at her parents\u2019 home. The offender in question got fired, but Ricki Lake never discussed the tragic event with her parents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was the late 1970s and it wasn\u2019t talked about,\u201d she explained. \u201cYou pushed everything under the rug.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it was a traumatic experience for Ricki. Later in life, she had weight issues, and she says that the reason for her weighing 270 pounds at one point was the sexual violation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t want to be attractive,\u201d she wrote in her\u00a0<a class=\"google-anno\" href=\"https:\/\/modishtips.com\/archives\/22083#\" data-google-vignette=\"false\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\">\u00a0<span class=\"google-anno-t\">book<\/span><\/a>\u00a0for expectant moms, \u201c<em>Your Best Birth\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>We will get to Ricki Lake\u2019s family later on, but the birth of her two sons \u2013 Milo and Owen \u2013 helped her overcome this traumatic childhood experience. She says she had carried around the \u201cshame\u201d for years.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-67172 ic-fade-in wps-ic-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/05212039\/rickilake3.jpg\" alt=\"Ricki Lake\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/05212039\/rickilake3.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/05212039\/rickilake3.jpg\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Speaking out about it was part of her recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was able to look at my body and see what it was able to do and embrace it,\u201d Lake told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/celebrity\/childbirth-healed-ricki-lake-of-pain-of-sexual-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">People Magazine<\/a>\u00a0in 2009. \u201cSort of let go of all the body image issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-ricki-lake-film-career\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ricki Lake \u2013 film career<\/h2>\n<p>Now, she hopes other survivors who later go on to become mothers can do the same thing as she did.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a potential healing process that can take place for women,\u201d she said, \u201cif they\u2019re just in touch with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ricki attended Farragut Middle and later Hastings High, but only for two years. She decided to transfer to the Professional Children\u2019s School in New York City during her sophomore year, in pursuit of her dream career.<\/p>\n<p>At the Professional Children\u2019s School, Ricki Lake wanted to perfect her acting skills. By age nine, she had sung professionally at several clubs and cabarets. Following her High School graduation, she started her studies at Ithaca College. But after her final exams during her freshman year, things started to speed up regarding her career.<\/p>\n<p>Her agent had called, telling her that she should attend the audition for the lead in John Waters\u2019 film\u00a0<em>Hairspray.<\/em>\u00a0Lake had only had one professional small role before that. Unlike with most actors, though, Ricki\u2019s career sky-rocketed from the start.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-67176 ic-fade-in wps-ic-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/05212038\/Rickilake6.jpg\" alt=\"Ricki Lake\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/05212038\/Rickilake6.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/05212038\/Rickilake6.jpg\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Instagram\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CCJyZJZJHhM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">RickiLake<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the time, Ricki lake was a big girl, and her role in\u00a0<em>Hairspray<\/em>\u00a0broke stereotypes. As she recalled herself, you could \u201cbe fat and be a leading lady\u201d and you didn\u2019t have to look like Winona Rider to be a beauty queen.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-films-and-tv-series\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Films and TV series<\/h2>\n<p>She gives a lot of credit to the director for giving her the part in\u00a0<em>Hairspray<\/em>, for which she was nominated for a Film Independent Spirit Awards as Best Female Lead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI totally did break the mold, and it\u2019s with life experience that I have more reverence for what I was able to achieve,\u201d she told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.interviewmagazine.com\/film\/ricki-lake-revises-revisits-interview-cover-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Interview Magazine<\/a>. \u201cI have to give credit to John Waters for seeing in me the qualities he wanted for that character. And thank god he did, because I don\u2019t know what I would be doing without having had that job as my entry into this business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her work with John Waters was not only about getting to work with a great director. It was also the start of a great friendship between the two of them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur relationship is way beyond a professional friendship,\u201d John Waters\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/opinion\/columnists\/zurawik\/bal-ricki-lake-tv-talk-john-waters-20120831-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">explained<\/a>. \u201cRicki is one of the few who knows everything about me, and I know everything about her. I know her parents, I know her kids, I know her ex-husband. I know people she slept with one night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ricki went on to land several further jobs in film. In 1990, she starred in\u00a0<em>Cry Baby<\/em>\u00a0alongside big-time celebrity Johnny Depp and music icon Iggy Pop. But in her private life, something had happened.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-67171 ic-fade-in wps-ic-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/05212040\/rickilake4-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Ricki Lake\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/05212040\/rickilake4-scaled.jpg\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/05212040\/rickilake4-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/05212040\/rickilake4-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/05212040\/rickilake4-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/05212040\/rickilake4-1365x2048.jpg 1365w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/05212040\/rickilake4-scaled.jpg\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She gained 60 pounds in between her work on\u00a0<em>Hairspray\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Cry-Baby<\/em>. Following her performance in the show\u00a0<em>China Beach<\/em>, jobs weren\u2019t so forthcoming anymore.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-ricki-lake-tv-show\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ricki Lake \u2013 TV show<\/h2>\n<p>Ricki decided it was time for a change. Before long, she\u2019d be doing something completely different.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew that in this business I needed to have a gimmick, something that set me apart, and I knew that being fat wasn\u2019t really working for me anymore,\u201d she\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.interviewmagazine.com\/film\/ricki-lake-revises-revisits-interview-cover-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">recalled<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I did the one thing I thought I could do for myself, which was to go on a starvation diet and lose weight. I lost 100 pounds before I got the talk show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 1993, Ricki Lake got her own daytime television show\u00a0<em>Ricki<\/em>\u00a0<em>Lake<\/em>, which specialized in sensationalistic topics and inviting guests in front of a studio audience.<\/p>\n<p>The show became an instant success, and Ricki became a huge celebrity. After only one year on-air,\u00a0<em>Ricki Lake<\/em>\u00a0was the second biggest talk show, behind only\u00a0<em>The Oprah Winfrey Show<\/em>. She was also No. 1 among younger viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Even though she was the star of her hot daytime show, she didn\u2019t really think about it at the time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-67170 ic-fade-in wps-ic-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/05212041\/rickilake5.jpg\" alt=\"Ricki Lake\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/05212041\/rickilake5.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/05212041\/rickilake5.jpg\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Youtube\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q3r8ODedPgI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Michaelcooper<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know. I didn\u2019t really appreciate it,\u201d Lake told the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/opinion\/columnists\/zurawik\/bal-ricki-lake-tv-talk-john-waters-20120831-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Baltimore Sun<\/a>. \u201cMy whole career has been about me sort of jumping into something and not really thinking it through or thinking where will this lead me.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-left-the-show\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Left the show<\/h2>\n<p>As with any other television network, ratings are everything. Without viewers you can\u2019t continue doing the show, and for Ricki Lake, this meant the show started targeting teens and young adults.<\/p>\n<p>The ratings went up and up, but at the same time the show itself became more \u201ctrash TV\u201d as opposed to a serious talk show.<\/p>\n<p>She was nominated for an Emmy Ward in 1994, and in 2013, she won for Outstanding Talk Show Host as her show was reborn.<\/p>\n<p>But let\u2019s go back to 2004, when Ricki decided she wanted out. She left the show when her contract was up. The moment that changed everything for her \u2013 as with millions of other Americans \u2013 was 9\/11.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-67174 ic-fade-in wps-ic-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/05212039\/rickilake1.jpg\" alt=\"Ricki Lake\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/05212039\/rickilake1.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/05212039\/rickilake1.jpg\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ricki Lake was living in New York with her two sons at the time. She thought her life was about to end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw the plane go into the building from my apartment downtown,\u201d she\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/opinion\/columnists\/zurawik\/bal-ricki-lake-tv-talk-john-waters-20120831-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">said<\/a>. \u201cI just had my son there, I had given birth two months before, so I was really traumatized. And I felt like I needed to make some changes \u2014 and one of them was leaving my show. I didn\u2019t go off the air until 2004, because I had a contract I had to fulfill. But that day in 2001 is when it started.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-ricki-lake-family\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ricki Lake \u2013 family<\/h2>\n<p>At the same time as Ricki was on her successful television show, she also started a family. She married Rob Sussman in Las Vegas in 1994, and three years later the couple welcomed son Milo Sebastian Sussman. In 2001, their second son, Owen Tyler Sussman, was born.<\/p>\n<p>In 2005, the couple divorced. Later, Ricki married jewellery designer Christian Evans, but tragically, he decided to end his life in 2017.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt is with a heavy heart that I share that my beloved soulmate, Christian Evans has passed,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Ricki wrote in an emotional Instagram post.\u00a0<em>\u201cThe world didn\u2019t understand this man, but I did. He succumbed to his life long struggle with bipolar disorder.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-1\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/s8l00VGFWF\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=640&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fmodishtips.com&amp;rp=%2Farchives%2F22083#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A2935.100000023842%7D\" height=\"934\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ricki has previously said that she\u2019s going to do her best to honor her late ex-husband by living a full and happy life. She says her legal therapy dog, Shih tzu poodle \u201cMama\u201d, has helped through the hard times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI rescued her and then she rescued me,\u201d Ricki said on\u00a0<em>The Dan Wootton Podcast<\/em>, quoted by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tvandshowbiz\/10170796\/the-x-factor-celebrity-ricky-lake-tears-husband\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Sun<\/a>. \u201cWhen I drive my car she sits on my lap and it\u2019s like this calming presence and it\u2019s palpable. She\u2019s like medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ricki Lake decided to move to Los Angeles to start her new life. It lead to her show\u00a0<em>The Ricki Lake Show<\/em>\u00a0being reborn, for which she earned her Emmy Award in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, Ricki Lake married Ross Burningham.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-ricki-lake-hair-loss\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ricki Lake \u2013 hair loss<\/h2>\n<p>As a celebrity, you will for the most part show your great sides, always wearing nice clothes when getting your photo taken, wearing makeup and trying to look happy all the time. But Ricki Lake has proven that she\u2019s not like everyone else, having showed her more troubled sides as well.<\/p>\n<p>Via a long post on Instagram, Ricki Lake wrote that she\u2019s struggled with hair loss for over 30 years.<\/p>\n<p><em>It has been debilitating, embarrassing, painful, scary, depressing, lonely, all the things,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0she wrote.\u00a0<em>\u201cAlmost no one in my life knew the level of deep pain and trauma I was experiencing. Not even my therapist\/s over the years knew my truth.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Further, Ricki stated that her goal is to help others, and at the same time \u201cstrike a chord\u201d with both men and women regarding hair loss.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-overwhelming-response\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overwhelming response<\/h2>\n<p>She\u2019s used both wigs and different types of extensions to hide her hair loss, but now speaks candidly on her problems. And she\u2019s so brave for doing it.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIn my case, I believe my hair loss was due to many factors, yo-yo dieting, hormonal birth control, radical weight fluctuations over the years, my pregnancies, genetics, stress, and hair dyes and extension<\/em>,\u201d Lake wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The response to her post was amazing. Thousands of people liked and commented, sharing their own experiences from hair loss.<\/p>\n<p>During an appearance on\u00a0<em>Watch What Happens Live<\/em>\u00a0with Andy Cohen, Lake openly discussed her decision to have cosmetic surgery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve also had, and I\u2019ll reveal this to you\u2026 I\u2019ve had a lower face and neck lift,\u201d she shared, later praising her surgeon Dr. Allen Foulad as \u201ca genius\u201d and calling the procedure \u201cthe best facelift I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d Lake emphasized her commitment to transparency about her choices, saying, \u201cI don\u2019t want there to be any stigma. This is something that was bothering me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lake also addressed her weight-loss journey, noting she lost 30 pounds without using Ozempic, despite her doctor suggesting she wouldn\u2019t succeed without it. \u201cI like a challenge. And I like proving people wrong,\u201d she explained. She began this journey alongside her husband, Ross Burningham, in the fall of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to her physical changes, Lake shared that six years ago she experienced hair loss, which led her to shave her head and later grow her hair back naturally without dye. She says the combination of weight loss, surgery, and embracing her natural look has made her feel \u201cthe best\u201d she has in her life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ricki Lake\u2019s been through several tragedies in her life, but she\u2019s always come out a stronger person. Much thanks to her family, her two sons and dog Mama. But also from her own inner-strength that we deeply admire.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-2\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CIdxlN-A_vz\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=640&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fmodishtips.com&amp;rp=%2Farchives%2F22083#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A2936.600000023842%7D\" height=\"934\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ricki Lake became a household name through her television talk show in the 1990s, but her resume boasts work in several other areas as well, including film appearances and singing. Ricki\u2019s endured a good many tragedies in her life that have shaped her and her family. 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