'I'm happier than I've ever been': Ricki Lake talks about her new boyfriend and finding love again
She's had a constant and very public battle with her weight, went through a bad divorce and last summer she saw her Malibu home burn to the ground.
But the ever-positive Ricki Lake is not one to dwell on her troubles, and has come bouncing back, not just with a new documentary this autumn - but also with a new man.
The former chat show host has revealed that she has been dating a man called Christian Evans for almost a year.
Happy together: Ricki Lake and her new man Christian Evans, seen here in the Bahamas together in January
They recently moved in together and Ricki, 42, said she has never been happier.
Speaking to People, she said: 'I'm totally in love. We're having so much fun. I'm happier than I've ever been.'
Lake, who is mother to Milo, 14, and nine-year-old Owen, added: 'He's a normal guy. We met through my best friend. His name is Christian. He's a nobody but he's somebody to me. He's everything to me.'
And she said being in love has made her worry about her weight so much.
Cynical: Ricki said she is in no rush to get married again after divorcing Rob Sussman, seen here with her a few years ago
She said: 'I went on a love binge. I haven't been going to the gym as much. I'm a bit fluffier than usual.'
Lake was married to illustrator Rob Sussman, with whom she had her sons, for ten years until their divorce in 2003.
But she admitted she is in no rush to get married again - not just yet anyway.
Supermum: Ricki Lake with sons Milo and Owen Tyler Sussman at a baseball game last summer
She said: 'Never say never. I'm so cynical after my experience. But this is just so natural and easy.
'I'm with a man who doesn't feel threatened. He doesn't want to keep me down. And I've never been treated like this in my life.
'My little men love him. My little one said the other day 'Are you gonna marry him? I want you to marry him but it'll be weird going to my parents' wedding.'
Ruined: Ricki's Malibu beach house was left completely blackened after a blaze last summer
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