Ricki Lake plans to honor the memory of her late ex-husband, Christian Evans, by spreading his ashes at the same place they got engaged. Ricki posted a pic Friday of herself near a beach in Ibiza, with the caption … “Es Vedra…
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Ricki Lake Reveals Christian Evans" Tragic Cause of Death
Two weeks after her ex-husband’s tragic passing, Ricki Lake is coming clean about Christian Evans’ demons, and his cause of death.
The horrific truth about why he died, sadly, is what a lot of fans assumed when they first heard reports that Christian Evans was dead.
In a new interview, the former talk show host said that her ex, who suffered from bipolar disorder, committed suicide by gunshot in February.
“I’m in disbelief,” she tells People in its latest issue. “I have some bouts of peace, but it’s hard to swallow that this was supposed to happen.”
Days after sending his sister a suicide note, Christian Evans was discovered dead in his automobile with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
He was just 45 years old.
“I knew right then that he was gone. Everybody thought he was missing, but I knew,” Lake, 48, said of hearing about the letter’s existence.
“The struggle was just too much for him,” she added of her husband of three years (2012-2015). “[Christian] did the best he could.”
Evans previously threatened to end his life in a shocking suicide letter to a friend last fall (October 18), though he didn’t follow through.
“I had to sell most of my belongings to pay for a treatment center for bipolar and suicidal depression,” the late jewelry designer wrote.
“I’m in awful financial shape,” he wrote.
“Homeless in a custom Range Rover.”
Lake admits her former spouse’s sudden manic episodes led to their nasty 2014 breakup, saying “it was like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
To say Evans’ mood swings were extreme would be an understatement, according to his ex-wife, who paints a sad and scary picture:
“He thought he could fly. He thought he could cute cancer with his hands. It was horrific. He just wasn’t the person I had been with for four years.”
“He was giving my money away,” she says.
“He thought he was a God.”
Lake also confirmed previous reports that she and Evans reconciled after she filed divorce papers, though ultimately it didn’t work out.
“He wasn’t stable … But I was still in love with him, so there was something romantic about it,” she explains. “I wanted to save him.”
She says she last saw him just three days before he took his own life, and in his last text to her, he wrote, “Good night, I love you angel.”
In her interview, Lake said that she plans to scatter his ashes on their favorite beach in Spain, where they couple got engaged in Ibiza in 2011.
R.I.P.
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Christian Evans Dies; Ricki Lake Mourns Ex-Husband
Ricki Lake has shared some tragic news with fans.
In an emotional Instagram post, the former talk show host confirmed on Tuesday that her ex-husband, Christian Evans, has passed away.
He was 45 years old.
“It is with a heavy heart that I share that my beloved soulmate, Christian Evans has passed,” Lake wrote as a caption to the above image.
For those unfamiliar with Evans and his struggle, Lake continued:
“The world didn’t understand this man, but I did. He succumbed to his life long struggle with bipolar disorder. For anyone who has ever lost a family member or friend to mental illness, my heart goes out to you.
“I am a greater person for having known him and spent the past 6 and a half years of my life with him. He was a man of love and what mends my broken heart today is knowing that he is finally at peace and his spirit is free.
“Rest in peace, my love.”
Lake and Evans got engaged in August 2011 and eloped in April of the following year.
They were husband and wife for two years.
In October of 2014, The Ricki Lake Show host split from the jewelry designer, filing for divorce a week due to irreconcilable differences.
It wasn’t an amicable break-up, however.
Evans claimed in the divorce that Lake defrauded him in negotiating the prenuptial agreement and attempted setting it aside, asking for more than the couple initially agreed to.
The divorce became final in 2015.
Back in 2011, Lake told People Magazine of Evans:
He’s a “normal guy. We met through my best friend. He’s a nobody, but he’s somebody to me. He’s everything to me.”
In 2012, she told the same publication:
“We just clicked. It just feels like he was the right one all along.”
Lake was previously married to Rob Sussman, with whom she shared a 19-year old son named Milo and a 15-year old son named Owen.
We send our condolences to Ricki Lake and all who knew Christian Evans well.
May he rest in peace.
Ricki Lake"s Ex-Husband Christian Evans Dead
Ricki Lake’s ex-husband Christian Evans has died, and Ricki is calling him a man the world did not understand. Ricki posted notice of Christian’s death, saying “he succumbed to his life long struggle with bipolar disorder.” She went on, “The…
Ricki Lake"s Ex-Husband Christian Evans Dead
Ricki Lake’s ex-husband Christian Evans has died, and Ricki is calling him a man the world did not understand. Ricki posted notice of Christian’s death, saying “he succumbed to his life long struggle with bipolar disorder.” She went on, “The…
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