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Like a train wreck, you just can’t pull away.

- Ricki Lake first bust on the scene as one of John Water's favorite actresses. She appeared in his original "Hairspray."

The Ricki Lake show was repeatedly parodied during the 1990s on Saturday Night Live, with male cast member Jay Mohr impersonating Lake in drag.

- After years of ballooning weight that topped at 260 lbs, Lake dropped down to 120 in 2007 with what she called her ‘new routine.’

Ricki Lake Minisode

Rating: TV-14 Genre: Talk

Synopsis:

American tabloid talk shows don't get much better than this. Watch with morbid curiosity as Ricki interviews an endless stream of freaks, while roaming the studio, taking questions like "what up with that?" from the audience. Welcome to the 1990s.

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Ricki Lake

Ricki Lake: I've Got a Score to Settle with You

(4:19)

By: The Minisode Network Released: 7/27/2009 Genre: Talk

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Why settle your personal disputes like normal people? Come down to the studio and air your dirty laundry in public! Don’t forget to bring your mom, your ex-boyfriend, and your ex-best friend, because hopefully, they have “done you wrong.”