Emmy Award-winning American actress & TV host Ricki Lake saw success in career variation from her lead role in Hairspray to the host of The Ricki Lake Show. Unlike her career, despite the fact that Lake has a history of failed relationships, it seems she has found her love again this 2021.
In February 2021, the Hastings-on-Hudson, New York native confirmed her engagement with her new boyfriend Ross Burningham via Instagram. The news came after 4 years of her second husband
Christian Evans' death in 2017. Moreover, it takes attention back to her decade-long marital relationship with her first ex-husband Rob Sussman, with whom she welcomed 2 children.
Enthusiast about Instagram, 52-year-old Ricki Lake, like many celebrities, finds the platform quite reliable to reach out to fans about personal life update. With the beginning of the year 2021, seems The Ricki Lake Show host has recovered from scars of past relationships and already taken a step ahead into her new love life.
On February 20, 2021, Lake shocked her 213K followers after she announced her engagement with boyfriend Ross Burningham via Instagram. Reportedly, the duo began dating a year ago but went Instagram official about their relationship in December 2020.
Confirming a relationship upgrade with Ross, Ricki shared the engagement news, featuring a picture of the duo together smiling with joy. The caption read: "Friends, I’m so so so excited to share some good news!
I’m engaged! This is Ross. He is my person. He is wonderful."
At the moment, no further detail on the TV host's boyfriend-turned-fiance Ross Burningham is out.
Before their relationship bloomed, the Hairspray actress was reportedly dating One Golden Thread co-founder Jeff Scult; their romance began in December 2018 but broke up quietly later.
While the possible wedding bells for the couple have already rung, it will be the third marriage for Ricki, who is a 2-time divorcee and mother of two.
Best wishes!
Ricki, 5 feet 4 inches, already experienced 2 failed marriages in the past and became the mother of 2 sons with first ex-husband Rob Sussman, an illustrator. She and Rob married on March 26, 1994, in Las Vegas, after a year they met on Halloween in 1993.
Together, they welcomed their first child, son Milo Sebastian Sussman on March 22, 1997. The duo's second child, son Owen Tyler Sussman was born on June 18, 2001, via water birth that was shown in The Business of Being Born.
In August 2003, they filed for divorce and which finalized on February 25, 2005, ending 11 years of marriage.
After keeping her relationship low-key for nearly 4 years, she was reportedly dating jewelry designer Christian Evans in mid-2009 & got engaged in August 2011. Later, Lake and Evans would exchange vows on April 8, 2012.
Following 2 years of marriage, they filed for divorce citing 'irreconcilable differences' on October 29, 2014. They divorced on October 14, 2015, but were together until the 2016 fall.
In 2017, Christian committed suicide; Ricki revealed on Instagram about the death of her second ex-husband and stated the late persona was battling with bipolar disorder & it also led to the duo's divorce in 2015.