06-21-2013, 03:10 PM
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Clearly a misunderstanding... 
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Deen has faced extensive criticism for the high amounts of fat, salt, and sugar in her recipes.
She faced particularly strong objections with the release of Lunch-Box Set, a cookbook aimed at children, with Barbara Walters saying of the book, "You tell kids to have cheesecake for breakfast. You tell them to have chocolate cake and meatloaf for lunch. And french fries. Doesn't it bother you that you're adding to this?"
Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain commented in 2011 that he "would think twice before telling an already obese nation that it's OK to eat food that is killing us."
On January 17, 2012, Deen announced that she had been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes three years before, a disease for which a high-calorie diet is a major contributing factor.
It was also disclosed that Deen is a paid spokesperson for the Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, whose main export is insulin.
She was called a hypocrite for continuing to promote her high-sugar diet while only disclosing her medical condition when it benefitted her in representing the drug company to market their diabetes management program.
It was alleged in a lawsuit against Deen that "In the presence of Ms. Jackson [Lisa Jackson, a past employee of Paula Deen Enterprises and plaintiff in the suit] and Uncle Bubba's restaurant manager and a vendor, Bubba Hiers stated they should send President Obama to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico so he could n***er-rig it."
According to the court documents, the plaintiff stated that she was appointed by Deen to handle the catering and staff for Bubba's wedding in 2007, and she asked Deen what the servers should wear;
"Well what I would really like is a bunch of little n***ers to wear long-sleeve white shirts, black shorts and black bow ties, you know in the Shirley Temple days, they used to tap dance around," the plaintiff alleged Deen told her. "Now, that would be a true Southern wedding wouldn't it? But we can't do that because the media would be on me about that."
In a case former employee Lisa Jackson brought against Deen, Deen stated in her deposition that she has used the "N Word" at times, saying "Yes, of course" she did, and also acknowledged making racist jokes, though she claims she is not racist. "It's just what they are?they're jokes ... most jokes are about Jewish people, rednecks, black folks. ... I can't determine what offends another person."[
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I hope Paula Deen chokes on a donut and deep fries in hell...  (j/k, I don't wish such on anyone, although I prolly would have fired her under the circumstances, although I'm not sure what her un-nutricious appeal is anyway.
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