Fifty-four and fabulous! Ricki Lake embraced her physique and age whereas on a retreat to Mill Valley, California.
“Arms down, today are one of the best of my life,” the Hairspray actress, 54, wrote by way of Instagram on Tuesday, June 6, alongside a nude picture. “54 1/2 years outdated (younger!).”
Within the snap, the previous speak present host crossed her arms over her naked chest whereas sitting in a tub in the course of the woods. She leaned again and had a giant smile on her face as she loved the nice outdoor together with her husband, Ross Burningham.
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“Grateful for all that needed to occur for me to get to right here,” Lake continued. “A spot of full self-acceptance and self-love. … #nature #redwoods #love #gratitude #groundedeuphoria #selflove.”
The New York native gave her companion a shout-out, noting that Burningham, 54, makes “each journey probably the most enjoyable ever.” She additionally revealed that Mill Valley “is the s—t.”
Lake’s buddies and followers had been fast to indicate her help, together with Rosie O’Donnell, who wrote within the feedback part, “I can’t clarify how a lot I am keen on u ❤️.”
Actress Rachael Harris agreed with Lake’s outlook on self-acceptance, replying, “You simply maintain getting higher and higher woman❤️🙌👏👏👏.”
The Ricki Lake Present alum has a historical past of being susceptible together with her followers, together with earlier this 12 months when she recalled the “courageous ass leap” she took in 2019 to shave her head. Within the January Instagram video, Lake instructed her followers that three years prior she “selected to make the drastic choice to shave my head after years and years of struggling in secret w/ my androgenic hair loss.”
The Dancing With the Stars alum defined: “I’ve by no means shared this uncooked video footage earlier than however felt like I wished to now, for these of you who’ve adopted my story and have been invested in it. A few of you recognize my battle all too properly personally and I need you to know, I actually really feel you.”
The Cry-Child actress famous that the emotional clip confirmed her coming to a spot of “peace, liberation, and most significantly, self-love and self-acceptance” after struggling for years over her look.
She concluded that she now has a greater appreciation and “love” for her “pure grey and typically wild unruly head of hair.”
The Appeal Faculty govt producer beforehand opened up solely to Us Weekly about her hair journey after going public in 2020 together with her struggles. “I’ve been fighting hair loss for many of my grownup life. It has been debilitating, embarrassing, painful, scary, miserable, lonely, all of the issues,” she stated in February 2021. “There have been a couple of instances the place I’ve even felt suicidal over it.”
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Lake revealed that after shaving her head she started utilizing Danish model Harklinikke to develop her locks. “It has given me my life again,” the Underneath the Christmas Tree actress defined to Us. “And I do know these are massive phrases, however truthfully, anybody that’s suffered with this is aware of what I’m speaking about. It takes over your life. Each time you stroll previous a mirror, each time you run a brush by your hair … I like my hair at the moment … I by no means thought I’d be in that place.”
