Ricki Lake Talks New Podcast, Looking Back at Her Old Show and Reveals Her Dream Guests (Exclusive)
Ricki Lake is looking back on her own career journey as part of her new podcast series, and she's looking forward to the self-reflective journey alongside some famous friends.Lake recently sat down with ET's Nischelle Turner and opened up about her new podcast series, — which she's hosting alongside The Ellen DeGeneres Show alum Kalen Allen.In the podcast, Lake will reexamine her show that ran for 11 seasons and cemented itself in pop culture. The show pioneered the DNA test results segments long before Maury Povich popularized it on his show, and Lake had some of daytime TV's most memorable guests.Looking back at her time as host, Lake reflected on how she was only 24 when she was first handed the mic, and never in a million years did she think it'd blow up the way it did.«No, I didn't think it was going to be this big huge hit. I never have anticipated any of my success, nor have I calculated the next move,» she said.