Ricki Lake on Becoming a Talk Show Icon & Entering a New Career Chapter

Today’s guest on Work Friends, we have a guest who—for many—needs no introduction: Ricki Lake.

As a teen, Ricki landed her breakout role as Tracy Turnblad in John Waters’ Hairspray and, just a few years later, became the youngest talk show host in history with her self-titled show, Ricki Lake. Today on Work Friends, the ‘90s icon sits down with Sali to get into the reality (and major missteps) of her success, including:

• landing her first roles in Hollywood, without a plan B.
• navigating the chapter when her work dried up.
• how playing Tracy Turnblad helped her become a good talk show host.
• the famously scandalous storylines that played out over 11 seasons of her show.
• the project she considers to be her legacy (that’s not her talk show).
• how shes holding up after losing her home in LA wildfires last year.
• and what’s defining this chapter of life and work for the one-and-only Ricki Lake.

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Hosted by Sali Christeson @salichristeson

Produced by Gina Marinelli @ginaalilbit

Edited by Ryan Woldoff

Theme Song by Karina DePiano @sheplaysdepiano & Melanie Nyema @melanienyema

Recorded at Podstream Studio @podstreamstudio

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