Ricki Lake Says It’s 'Exhausting and Paralyzing' to Think About Building a New Home After She Lost Hers in the L.A. Fires

Mar. 15, 2025

Ricki Lake and Ross Burningham at their Malibu home.Photo:Riki Lake/Instagram

Riki Lake/Instagram

Ricki Lakeis reflecting on the loss of her Malibu home that tragically burned down in theL.A. fires.

The former talk show host, 56, posted anInstagramon Monday, Jan. 20, commemorating several memories at her Southern California home and what she declared was her “sanctuary.”

“❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹My home in Malibu was a sanctuary, a hub for so many friends and loved ones,” she wrote in the caption.

“Too many gatherings to count. Endless areas on the property to hang, dance and play. It is exhausting and paralyzing right now to try and wrap my head around how I will do it all again…..,” she wrote, before adding, “but I will. 🙏❤️💔.”

Ross Burningham in Ricki Lake’s Monday, Jan. 20, 2025 Instagram post.Riki Lake/Instagram

TheHairspraystar included several images of the home’s landscaping during daytime, sunset and nighttime. Along with photos of the home itself, Lake added pictures of her husband,Ross Burningham— with whom she married at the now-destroyed home in January 2022.

Ricki Lake’s Jan. 20, 2025 Instagram post.Riki Lake/Instagram

Lake also added a sweet image beside friends Pamela Adlon,Rosie O’Donnelland Robin Ruzan, smiling in each other’s arms at sunset.

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Ross Burningham and Ricki Lake in her Jan. 20, 2025 Instagram post.Riki Lake/Instagram

In addition to Lake’s personal photos, she also shared two images of her for her photoshoot withRomper, in which she posed in glamorous ensembles around her home’s greenery.

Before revealing how difficult it is for Lake to comprehend the idea of rebuilding her home, she explained on Wednesday, Jan. 8, thatshe lost her Malibu propertyin thePacific Palisades fire.

“It’s all gone. 💔,” she announced onInstagram. “I can’t believe I am typing these words,” she continued, after noting that one of her friends made “a valiant and brave effort” to save the home.

“Ross and I lost our dream home. This description ‘dream home’ doesn’t suffice,” she wrote, calling the home their “heaven on earth” and “the place where we planned to grow old together.”

“We never took our heavenly spot on the bluff overlooking our beloved malibu for granted, not even for one second,” she added. She described the loss as “immeasurable” before concluding, “For now, I grieve. 💔💔💔.”

“1/7/25 The day we lost our home. 😭💔timeline of our efforts to save our beloved home in Malibu,” she wrote in her caption. “11:24 am early signs of smoke in Temescal Canyon 11:54 am setting up our fire defense system.”

“4:10 pm Ross hosing down our neighbors palm tree (baller move) 6:17 pm Ross attempting to siphon gas for the fire defense system motor. (Even bigger baller move, though it didn’t work.) 😩 6:55 do we stay or do we go?”

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source: people.com