Ricki Lake Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets

18^th August 2015

Quote: "I was biking and I flipped over my (handlebars). It was really sad and the worse part is that I peed myself. It was so scary, I was alone, I was in Los Angeles and I flipped over my handlebars. I'm 46 and I was hydrating and I was so freaked out and, yeah, I have a fracture, like a full on fracture and I'm banged up, I got road rash, no helmet." Actress Ricki Lake is nursing a fractured rib after a cycling mishap.

9^th May 2014

Quote: "I think I was a better actress when I was bigger." Actress-turned-Tv personality Ricki Lake believes her acting prowess was bolstered by her bigger frame.

9^th May 2014

Quote: "I lost my virginity to one of the actors in Cry-Baby." Actress-turned-Tv personality Ricki Lake reveals she slept with one of her co-stars in the 1990 film.

24^th January 2012

Quote: "The wedding is going to be before I go on the air in September... It's not going to be (televised). I'm the anti-Kardashian... We're eloping." Actress and TV personality Ricki Lake on her wedding plans. She hopes to marry fiance Christian Evans this summer (12).

27^th February 2008

Quote: "My funniest Oscar night story would have to be the night I performed at the ceremony. It was 1989 and I was introduced by Bob Hope and Lucille Ball. It was a segment called Oscar Winners of the Future. Me Patrick Dempsey, Ricki Lake, Christian Slater, Savion Glover. None of us has won an Oscar yet." Eighties child star Corey Feldman is still waiting for his Academy Award.

6^th December 2007

Fact: Actress/talk show host Ricki Lake is the co-author of an upcoming book about natural childbirth, due out in 2009.

15^th June 2007

Fact: Ricki Lake, Marissa Jaret Winokur and NIKKI BLONSKY, the three actresses who have played HAIRSPRAY lead TRACY TURNBLAD on stage and screen, have teamed up to record a tune for the upcoming movie musical's soundtrack.