Former talk show host Ricki Lake has filed for divorce after being married just more than two years to Christian Evans.
The two separated in early October and
filed for divorce quickly, People said, citing irreconcilable differences. It is expected Lake will pay spousal support.
Lake has posted several times about the challenge of breaking up, including a post quoting Keanu Reeves on Instagram: “All you can do is hope that grief will be transformed and, instead of feeling pain and confusion you will be together again in memory, that there will be solace and pleasure there, not just loss. - Keanu Reeves #amen”
This week, she referred to her ongoing battle with her weight in a Twitter post.
She also gave a shout-out to her friend, Ingrid Michaelson:
Looking back on her Twitter feed, it was just in mid-September that Lake posted:
As the media picked up on her divorce, Lake did take the time on Twitter to point out one inaccuracy that was repeated in most of the stories:
Lake is 46.
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