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Ya know what, maybe this should be the end of non-cooks trying to fake cook on television with the help of celebrity cooking personalities. All those old “Teach Matt Lauer or Katie Couric how to make brownies” segments were pretty annoying anyways. And now Paula Deen and Jay Leno have turned the whole cooking segment practice into one big dose of ipecac. More
Paula Deen has been raked over the coals for sending mixed messages about health and nutrition, and her recent interview with the Miami Herald is no exception to the trend. The most memorable quotes? ““Now, I’m eating normal, whatever normal is,” and “I still feel like a fat ass [...] I need a chin lift so bad,” are my top picks. And for once, these awkward admissions make me actually like the Queen of Southern Cuisine. More
If you put Katy Perry’s face on Paula Deen’s head, it still looks pretty much just like Paula Deen. This shouldn’t be able to happen.
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By now most of us Paula Deen critics have lost steam; we made our point, she took a break from public appearances, and now she just seems like a woman who’s got Type 2 diabetes and is trying to improve her health. Making fun of her now just seems kind of mean. But she came on Good Morning America this morning to showcase her healthy new diet and 32-pound weight loss, and yet again…we can’t help but notice that the healthy recipes she brought to the show are…really not that healthy. More
Paula Deen is on the cover of People magazine this week, talking about her 30-pound weight loss. While it’s still incredibly shady that the TV chef had diabetes for three years before announcing her diagnosis (and her partnership with diabetes drug maker Novo Nordisk), I’m glad to see that she’s committed to improving her health—and being honest about it with the public. More
Paula Deen was on The View yesterday on an episode titled “The Fat Show” (that’s just mean). What was even meaner was co-host Joy Behar telling Deen that she was “the guest of honor.” Deen has lost 30 pounds to … More
Paula Deen‘s first interview since announcing her type 2 diabetes was just published in Prevention, and she’s proving to be one crafty PR maven. The magazine pressed her on criticisms that her signature brand of unhealthy cooking is at odds with her new role as diabetes drug spokesperson, but she deftly skirted the link between disease and nutrition. Deen focuse instead on defending her Southern identity and need to earn money, implying that all the “haters” are classist jerks who don’t understand what it’s like to work for a living. More
It’s Alert Day®, which the American Diabetes Association describes as “a one-day ‘wake-up call’ asking the American public to take the Diabetes Risk Test“! We’re doing our part by celebrating diabetes crusader Paula Deen, who made the world a little more safe for diabetes, then signed a multi-million dollar contract to conveniently profit off its treatment! Say what you want about ethics, Deen’s a shrewd business lady! To honor Deen, we searched her website for the most appalling recipes: all drenched in buttermilk and mayonnaise. There’s even a recipe for peanut butter cheese fudge (the secret ingredient is Velveeta!)! More
The butter-loving Southern chef hasn’t exactly been our favorite health role model of late, but I’m glad to say that Paula Deen may be turning over a new leaf. After announcing that she has Type II diabetes (for three years), Deen said she’d start making healthier meals, though almost no one believed her. But she seems to be making a commitment to actually being a role model; Deen recently shared with fans at a cooking demo that she’s started cutting her portions and–here’s the best part–walking at least 30 minutes per day. She’s lost two pants sizes, she says, but most of all, she feels great. More
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Paula Deen announced new plans to lighten up her recipes, in what seems like an unspoken admission that critics are right to be outraged by her promotion of diabetes drugs and embarrassingly fat- and sugar-heavy foods. She says she plans to remain true to herself (read: she’s not going to teach you how to make a kale salad anytime soon), but she will start finding ways to reduce the calorie, fat and sugar content of her recipes. To which we say: Good Job, PD! We knew you’d figure out how bad it looked to make donut cheeseburgers while teaching people how to manage diabetes. More
Paula Deen seems hazy on the link between lifestyle and diabetes, but New York Sports Club wants to set the record straight: They took out an ad that reads “paula, you made a fortune off of fat. call us if you want to be around to enjoy it.” Some consider this in poor taste; some of us find it kind of hilarious. Is NYSC taking the criticism of Paula Deen too far?
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Paula Deen‘s publicist, Nancy Assuncao, quit after six years when she found out about her deal with Novo Nordisk last month, according to the New York Post. Assuncao served as Deen’s spokeswoman and chief marketer, but says she couldn’t get on board with her new business venture. She’s probably not too worried about getting work (her past clients include Ian Schrager), but in any case: Her availability is great news for anyone in need of a publicist. More
Paula Deen‘s diabetes announcement has been criticized by the media, but now other chefs and authors, like Eat Clean Diet author Tosca Reno, are coming out with their take on Deen’s responsibility to her fans, and Americans at large. Like Deen, Tosca Reno is a cookbook author with millions of fans who look to her for advice; but as someone who has battled with obesity herself, she promotes a very different kind of cuisine: A clean, balanced diet designed to keep blood sugar levels stable and control weight naturally. When we spoke with her about the confusion surrounding Paula Deen’s diabetes announcement last week, she was surprisingly frank in her critique. More
The backlash to the backlash against Paula Deen has begun, with Deen supporters accusing Anthony Bourdain—and anyone else who questions Deen’s ethics or antics—of being elitist, fat-shaming and preachy. But elitism has nothing to do with it, and fat-shaming doesn’t have to. Deen is a symbol of a food mindset that plagues almost all of us in America—fat and thin, north and south. And there’s nothing elitist, classist, or even inherently mean about using her very public diabetes reveal as a catalyst for trying to change the conversation about food in this country. More
