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'Dancing With the Stars:' Ricki Lake Suffers Injury at Rehearsal

5:55 AM PDT 9/9/2011 by Lindsay Powers
Ricki Lake
Rick Rowell/ABC

An ambulance is called to the set, she says, "I injured myself yesterday by hitting my heel into my shin."

Ricki Lake sustained the first injury of the new Dancing With the Stars cast.

An ambulance was apparently called to her rehearsal with pro partner Derek Hough.

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"Not sure how my bruise turned into a medic showing up?" Lake Tweeted, along with the photo of her shin. "I'm fine!

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"I injured myself yesterday by hitting my heel into my shin," she told TMZ shortly after. "I'm fine."

Lake is looking for inspiration from former contestant Kirstie Alley. She Tweeted a photo of herself standing beside a poster of Alley on Thursday and wrote, "I've got my work cut out for me. Channeling ya' mama."

The 13th season kicks off on ABC on Sept. 20.

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