Learn More › For something you can’t even see, a lot is riding on a toilet’s wax ring. These unsung heroes create a watertight gap between the bottom of a toilet and the drain pipe ...

What's going on? The seal between the bottom of the toilet and the waste pipe in the floor, called the wax ring, has been compromised. The wax ring works like a gasket around the base of the toilet.

Victoria Sirakova/Getty “I guess diamonds aren't always a girl's best friend after all,” Stodden continued as they walked straight to the toilet and immediately flushed the ring away.