Chatty cathy RICKI LAKE’s ugly meltdown as TV ratings plummet, ranting she hates her new show!
“Ricki literally broke down in tears and collapsed after a grueling day of filming,” a source told The ENQUIRER.
“But it wasn’t the long day as much as the show’s quality that got to her. She was screaming, ‘This isn’t what I signed up for! I hate my job! I hate my job! I HATE my job!’ ”
The 44-year-old hosted a highly rated New York-based talk show from 1993 to 2004, covering lowbrow topics such as feuding baby mamas, paternity suits and drag-queen makeovers.
And Ricki – who shot to fame in the 1988 cult classic “Hairspray” – believed her new syndicated chat fest, “The Ricki Lake Show,” would be different.
“We’re doing a show that is elevated content for women 25 to 54,” she told a reporter before its September 2012 debut.