Lake Ricki used to call himself “Nancy ReaganHer disciple, because she would always say no to drugs, but after growing her own cannabis, she was free to smoke – and she doesn’t take herself too seriously.
“What’s the best thing to see when you’re high? Watching old episodes of Lake Ricki Show on YouTube,” says Lake, 56, exclusively in the latest issue of Us Weekly while promoting her collaboration with Stone Road Farms for her Ricki Lake & Bake line.
The actress laughs at the thought of smoking while airing reruns of her second show, which ended in 2013 after one season. “This would be a really fun pastime this holiday season,” she teases, adding, “It’s a ride.” (The lake also hosted Lake Ricki from 1992 to 2004.)
Although Lake jokes to watch Lake Ricki Show under the influence, she says us that when she filmed her two series cannabis wasn’t even on her radar.
During that time period, Hair spray The star recalls being “very judgmental, very scared” and “narrow-minded” about weed, hence the comparison to Reagan, who famously created the “Just Say No” campaign against drugs in the 80s .
“I was really fiercely against all illegal drugs,” Lake explains, noting that now she’s “turned 180, where I now have such a reverence for the drug and love it recreationally. “
Once Lake started growing her own weed in Malibu, California—which led to her eventual collaboration with Stone Road Farms—she became a true believer in its healing properties. Plus, she says smoking or smoking cannabis makes many activities more fun.
“We like to get tires for the theater,” says Lake us her and her husband, Ross Burninghamtheater preferences. “It makes the Broadway experience that much better.”
She explains: “We joke Moulin Rouge. … Moulin Rouge it’s kind of, not the best show, but (watching it) up was amazing. My husband was singing that thing for days. It was so funny.”
Lake notes that while she doesn’t have a favorite movie to watch upstairs, she does Elf as a “good movie to watch while stoned” during the holiday season.
Ricki Lake shot to fame in 1988’s Hairspray, playing the self-proclaimed “nice fat” lady Tracy Turnblad. “Being fat worked, and I think that’s what was confusing for me for a long time in my career,” Lake told Good Morning America in December 2010 after losing 130 pounds. “Throughout my adolescence and, you know, (…)
She adds that she likes to do “anything” stoned, but says it’s “not all day” because it has to “work,” warning. us“There is a fine line. You can definitely get a lot. So I’m definitely on the side of less is more.”
That being said, Lake and her husband usually take cannabis in some way, shape or form in the evening to relax. “For me it’s mostly a night out, watching TV, bonding with my husband. And getting those amazing REM sleep nights,” she reveals.
Lake says that as she’s matured, she’s learned to “prioritize getting the rest,” so cannabis has helped her sleep cycle. It has also helped in her health journey.
“I love cannabis. I drink that,” she explains, noting that the brand she consumes is “low in calories,” so it’s more convenient than drinking a glass of sugary wine before bed.
Lake adds: “I’d rather smoke my cannabis, which is, like, 40 calories. You get that nice buzz. It just takes the edge off.”
For fans who want to try Lake’s cannabis product Ricki Lake & Bake for themselves, they can purchase a half-ounce bag made by Stone Road Farms. (Available at dispensaries throughout California.)
“I definitely believe in this drug, in the Stone Road brand and what they’ve built,” Lake said in a press release earlier this month. “It’s very much in line with where I’m at in my life and I’m very happy to be putting this out.”
The special cannabis was designed by the founder and CEO of Stone Road Farms Lex Corwin with the legacy of the Lake in mind. “It’s a tribute to her iconic career and longstanding advocacy of cannabis,” Corwin said in his statement.
For more information on Stone Road Farms, check out their website.
Get the latest on Lake’s life and evolution as an actress and entrepreneur in the latest issue of Us Weeklyon newsstands now.
