I would be downstairs in my basement, and she’d be upstairs" (viaOWN).

“I think I didn’t want to be attractive to men” (viaOWN).

“Being fat worked,” she continued.

Ricky Lake smiling with hair pulled back

“And I think that was what was confusing for me for a long time in my career.”

According to theLos Angeles Times, Lake opened up about a difficult personal struggle.

“I am finally ready to share my secret,” she revealed.

Ricki Lake sitting, holding a microphone, wearing a green hat

“I have been struggling with hair loss for most of my adult life.

It has been debilitating, embarrassing, painful, scary, depressing, lonely, all the things.”

Lake is an advocate for mental health

Lake certainly has been open about her losses.

Ricki Lake with cropped grey hair

She also said that they found each other courtesy of a mutual friend.

We’re so happy for Lake!

Fingers crossed her future transformations are themed more around love than loss.

Ricki Lake with Jeff Scult during sunset