TV star Ricki Lake reveals what prompted her to quit chat show Ricki Lake has explained why she quit her successful TV chat show. 29 April 2026 Ricki Lake's outlook on life was changed by 9/11. Ricki Lake hosted her own show for more than a decade The 58-year-old TV star hosted her popular chat show between 1993 and 2004, but Ricki's outlook changed when she witnessed the 2001 terrorist attack in New York City at first hand. During an appearance on the On Par with Maury Povich podcast, Ricki shared: "I could have done it for probably a decade longer.