Ricki Lake (Re-release)

Anna Faris Is Unqualified

Anna Faris

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🗓️ 5 January 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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This flashback episode features talk show legend Ricki Lake. Ricki talks with Anna about overcoming past traumas, the idea of home, her podcast Raised by Ricki, trying to fix people, being cast in Hairspray and a lot more.

Today’s first call is with Steven who at age 16 moved from Haiti to the United States with only his little brother. Now, 12 years later, their mother will finally be joining them, but they can’t agree on who she should live with.

Next to call in is Shannon who is 8 months pregnant and single after her boyfriend had an affair. Now her ex wants to attend the child’s birth and expresses regret for leaving despite now living with the other woman.

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0:00.0	Hey dear listeners, in today's flashback episode I get to talk with the incredibly
0:05.1	talented Ricky Lake.
0:08.3	Ladies and gentlemen you are listening to unqualified with your host on affairs. Hi, hi, nice to meet you. I feel like I know you, but I don't think we've ever met.
0:30.5	I feel like I know you. I grew up like nurtured by you near so where did you grow up I grew up in
0:37.2	Edmonds Washington it's just north of Seattle okay so near the San Juan Islands I am on the San Juan Islands right now.
0:45.0	Ah, so you live there now? I want to, but we have kids. Yeah, you have kids, you share a kid. I know, trust me, I've been there. I looked you up. Of course I know of you and you're on your third marriage. I'm on my third marriage. Yeah My last one. I'm done. I'm done. Me too. I finally feel mature enough. Yeah, and I'm a lot older than you, but I finally have arrived to a place where I am feeling like I deserve what I have. I'm sure we'll talk about it but my point is San Juan Islands. I was
1:14.6	there, Orcus Island, it is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been to.
1:19.3	Yeah, I love it there. I do too. Like I long for it, you know know it's truly the idea of home yeah I think
1:26.2	about that concept a lot in our industry because we all travel so much of
1:31.2	course family is home but do you have a place?
1:36.0	It's interesting you asked me that because my entire life I've never felt like I was
1:41.0	safe in my own home so it goes. I was sexually molested as a little
1:44.8	girl in my childhood home. When 9-11 happened, I was living in my West Village apartment.
1:50.0	I thought I was going to be there forever. I just had my baby in my bathtub two months prior and then 9-11 happened and I left New York. You know, I split. I had a house fire 12 years ago, burned this house down in Malibu by accident.
2:02.9	And so it was like a running theme of never feeling rooted somewhere.
2:06.8	And for the first time in my life,
2:08.1	I've been building this property that I now live on in Malibu.
2:10.7	And it's like, I'm home.
2:12.4	It's the best feeling.
2:13.6	How wonderful.
2:15.2	Yeah.
2:16.2	It's like also the gift of age too.
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