Ricki Lake\u2018s ex-husband Christian Evans has died.<\/p>\n
In an emotional Instagram and Facebook post on Tuesday, the actress revealed that Evans, who battled bipolar disorder, has passed away.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is with a heavy heart that I share that my beloved soulmate, Christian Evans has passed,\u201d Lake, who was married to Evans from 2012-15, began the post. \u201cThe world didn\u2019t understand this man, but I did. He succumbed to his life long struggle with bipolar disorder.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor 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,\u201d she continued. \u201cHe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
She ended the post with, \u201cRest in peace, my love.\u201d<\/p>\n
The couple got engaged in August of 2011 and eloped on April 8 the following year. Lake separated from Evans on Oct. 9, 2014 and filed for divorce a week late later, citing irreconcilable differences.<\/p>\n
Lake told PEOPLE in 2011 that she began dating Evans, a jewelry designer, during the summer of 2010. At the time, she described him as a \u201cnormal guy. We met through my best friend. He\u2019s a nobody but he\u2019s somebody to me. He\u2019s everything to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just clicked,\u201d she told PEOPLE in 2012. \u201cIt just feels like he was the right one all along.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
Ricki Lake\u2018s ex-husband Christian Evans has died. In an emotional Instagram and Facebook post on Tuesday, the actress revealed that Evans, who battled bipolar disorder, has passed away. \u201cIt is with a heavy heart that I share that my beloved soulmate, Christian Evans has passed,\u201d Lake, who was married to Evans from 2012-15, began the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13161,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38],"tags":[1435,1434],"yoast_head":"\n