Ricki Lake announced in an Instagram post on Wednesday, Jan. 8, that her "dream home" in Malibu burned down in a series of L.A. fires that have devastated Southern California.

"I don't come from money, I don't come from any handout or nepotism," she added. "I just built this life for myself and my husband and my kids. It's just so weird to have it be go ...

Ricki Lake vowed on social media this week that she and her husband would rebuild a home on their ocean view Malibu property after their house was destroyed in the Palisades Fire.