Paula Deen

Chef Anthony Bourdain is not a fan. He told Eater.com, "When your signature dish is hamburger in between a doughnut, and you've been cheerfully selling this stuff knowing all along that you've got Type 2 diabetes ... it's in bad taste if nothing else."

On one hand I don't wanna jump on the "Paula Deen has diabetes" joke bandwagon; on the other hand, I feel like she's a hypocrite for waiting three years to tell us, presumably waiting for the paint to dry on her contract with a Danish (hate America much, PD?!! outsourcinig? YOU??!!), all while pumping show after show of...well, Paula Deen food on us.

I agree with this:

In Yuba, Wis., Judd Dvorak watches Deen cook on TV all the time with his wife. He said it's wrong for Deen to accept money to become a paid spokeswoman for a diabetes drug after espousing a cooking style that helps lead to diabetes.

"It would be like someone who goes on TV and brags about how wonderful it is to smoke two packs of cigarettes a day and then when he or she gets lung cancer becomes a paid spokesperson for nicotine patches," Dvorak said. "I feel it is in very poor taste and if she chose to become an unpaid spokesperson for the American Diabetes Association, that would be a better way for her to make a difference and help fight this horrible disease."

Even if you removed Paula Deen from Earth, there are plenty of outlandish shows featuring foods of depravity; hell, even Alton Brown, who denounced the signature such show Man Vs. Food, has an episode of Good Eats that repeats every coupla weeks in which he deep fries macaroni and cheese.  It's not as if Deen needed to worry that if she trimmed down her recipes America would lose it's food porn (I do believe these guys can take care of that, thank you very much.)  Meanwhile, I think a show specifically designed for people with diabetes would be both unique and more useful. It's a shame she of all people didn't meet this opportunity.