Ricki Lake Finally Gets Her Engagement Ring And She's Super Pumped!
By Jeff Mazzeo on May 24, 2021 at 9:19 PM EDT
Ricki Lake just became the "happiest woman in the land" because her fiance made her hand a little heavier... in a good way!
The actress and former talk show host proudly showed off her bling bling on Monday, May 24. She shared a smiling selfie with her fiance, Ross Burningham, and flashed the classy sparkler to the camera.
"Well, friends, he put a ring on it! ? #engaged to my magnificent king," the ecstatic 52-year-old wrote on social media. "I am officially the happiest woman in the land. My dearest Ross, I choose you today and everyday! ✨✨✨♥️"
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Lake and Burningham announced their engagement with a selfie back in February.
"Friends, I’m so so so excited to share some good news!
I’m engaged! ? ♥️" she wrote on February 20. "This is Ross. He is my person. He is wonderful. I love him very much and I am so grateful I get to love and be loved so deeply by this stellar human. Our next chapter is sure to be a good one."
However, there was no ring picture. In fact, she has been wearing an ornate floral ring on that special finger, but it is nothing like her new shiny piece of jewelry.
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Ricki has been married twice before. She married illustrator Rob Sussman in 1994, and they share two children, Milo Sebastian Sussman, 24, and Owen Tyler Sussman, 20. Owen's water birth was actually featured in the documentary "The Business of Being Born," which Lake produced. Ricki and Rob finalized their divorce in 2005.
Her second marriage was to Christian Evans in 2012, but they filed for divorce citing "irreconcilable differences" in 2014. Their marriage was finalized in 2015 after the couple put the proceeding on hold for a brief period. Evans passed away in 2017.
Her new fiance is a very private person and has a very private Instagram. Not much is known about Ricki's "king" except that he is much taller than the talk show host. She shared a photo and joked about their height difference. "Neck pain is the only issue with my relationship. 6’6” and 5’3”," she wrote earlier this week. He seems to be a good dude that makes Ricki happy, so he's okay with us! He's also an Aquarius!
Congrats on the ring and the engagement!