The 44-year-old Lake struck TV gold in the '90s with her first talk show, "Ricki Lake," which aired for 12 seasons from 1992 until 2004. Lake's latest series isn't the only talk show to get the ...

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Lake, who says she's been an open book since she started her career as an 18-year-old in John Waters' film Hairspray, said she'll be candid on the show because "I don't know how else to be." ...

In 1994, at the age of 26, “Hairspray” sweetheart Ricki Lake had one of the hottest daytime talk shows in the history of television.With a daily audience of 5.8 million viewers after on… ...