Ricki Lake Attributes Weight Gain To Childhood Sexual Abuse

Nov 28, 2007 AT 08:30 am

"I was a victim of childhood sexual abuse and I think it contributed. Who knows for sure? I've done many years in therapy and worked on all my issues. I didn't talk about it for, like, 15 or 20 years; I didn't admit that it had happened to me because I wanted to kind of bury things. It, in some way, made me who I am today... I don't want to be a poster child for this at all but it's very weird thing for children when they're violated in that way. Food became a comfort to me; it was my kind of security blanket."

-- Ricki Lake
RICKI!! Oh my goodness! How terrible! At least we know she is in a good place right now and has moved on from that TERROR.
WENN

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7 Comments

jesse d (not verified) said:

I read somewhere that 1 in 3 females is sexually abused at some time in their lives. Every single grown woman I know has been abused in one way or another. Sad.

stacey (not verified) said:

It hurts my head to think about all the people who have been abused in their lifetime whether is be mentally, physically or sexually.

I wish we could have a way to capture all the people who do that mess.

Anyway, good for her for deciding to speak about it.

I hope she and others with similar situations have found some kind of peace.

The Iconoclast (not verified) said:

It could just be that she ate too much and was lazy.

gibbon (not verified) said:

They say that one in five women gets sexualy assalted once in their lives. Does that make me 176 women. that is the amount of times the police counted in the three years my abuse went on. this affects every day in my life. for me it was not LAZINESS but the fear that if I looked good he would comeback and get me.
PS. Iconoclast unless you have been through this kind of torment then you should shut you mouth. Ricki Lkae poured her soul out. I just dont think you should put her down

Slugs (not verified) said:

My best friend was molested as a child. She told me that she over-ate and felt that the extra weight she carried was to keep such things away from her. In her mind she thought if she was "fat and unattractive" no one would abuse her again. She carried that thought with her from the time she was 12 years old until she was in her late 20s.
Ricki looks great! That takes a lot of work and guts to stick with it - emotionally and physically.

kev (not verified) said:

Since her weight loss I think she looks a lot like Demi Moore did in the early 90s.

Tam (not verified) said:

I understand what Ricki is going through. I was 135 when I decided to deal with my sexual abuse as a child. I was in my twenties. I ballooned to 200 pounds. After having my son who is disabled a year later dealing with my own issues is on the back burner but my weight is close to 300. Wow, took me a minute to type the number. I am so proud of Ricki and understand she does not want to be the poster child for sexual abuse. I think that is why I did not talk about it. It is very hard for people to wrap their minds around. It gives me hope that there can a rainbow at the end.