Paula Deen on the Today Show - what's your opinion?

I like Paula Deen. I did not see the show today but
I think she may just be uneducated on how important diet and exerise is. Knowledge is power!

I hope she realizes this soon.

I did not see her today, but I read last week that she would be coming out publicly about diabetes and advocating for a drug company. I guess what I read turned out to be true.

I agree that is is irresponsible and dishonest. I think she should be embarrassed.

What she should have done if her career choice was to share her health issues, was to do that via her shows, and revamp them towards a healthier lifestyle. Show people that cooking the way she was led her down an unhealthy path, and now she has to make changes, and other can make those changes with her through food and diet. AND that people should talk to their doctor about their own specific health issues or concerns.

I'm sorry, but if unless she forced people to cook and consume everything on her show, she has no responsiblity to her audience. They are responsible for what they purchase, prepare and consume.

Yup. If the American public are such sheep that they will follow health advice from Paula Deen, then they get what they deserve. It never ceases to amaze me how wowed people get by celebrity endorsements. :noway:

I like Paula, I do think she puts too much sugar in her sweets and one time when she ate a donut burger I could have barfed and thought it was the most unhealthiest mess I've ever seen in my life. I will catch up on the show sometime this week.

Well. I didn't see the Today Show. And quite honestly? I find Paula Deen to be extremely annoying and the few times I've seen her cooking show? The food looked disgusting.

I feel like too many people rely too heavily on celebrities or other famous people to make decisions for them. As an adult, I'm going to do my research and find out what is best for me. I'm not going to base it on the fact that a celebrity says I should buy this or do this or whatever.

As for her thinking popping a pill is better than a lifestyle change. I think you'll find MANY people will agree with her simply because they don't want to change their life. They want to continue to eat the way they've been eating and are going to turn to a wonder pill to make it all better for them. I don't necessarily think people will pick the pill simply because Paula says to do so, I think they'll pick the pill because it is easier.

Hmmmmm, maybe this is why her son Bobby is trying to play up her recipes and make them more healthy.

No she does not have to be held responsible to her audience, but honesty to her audience would have been nice. How convenient for a public figure to not speak up about a condition that affects millions until you get an endorsement.

I think she sold out.
she got rich selling people a dangerous diet and lied about it for almost three years. and now instead of using this opportunity to admit that maybe her cooking wasn't the best, she says that the drugs she is endorsing don't require her to change her diet. too much(what pissed me off the most). pretty each what the Fu#k you want just spend more money paying for this drug.

she is a public figure and makes money out of being a public figure and so people listen to her.
she should have used this opportunity to show that you could still make good tasting southern food without killing yourself. instead she decided to make money and endorse a drug.

I did not see the show, but I did hear what is going on with her. I personally can't stand her, and think it is a sin that she is pushing for a drug cure instead of a healthy cure.

I am still laughing at when she got in the face with a charity ham.

I really hope that she revamps her show and starts to act with some responsiblity.

I took a good look at her body and knew right away that I wouldn't want to eat whatever she's cooking.

Anybody else see Paula Deen on the Today Show this morning?

I didn't have particular feelings towards her one way or another, but now I just straight up dislike her. She is basically advocating drugs (and getting compensated by a pharmaceutical company) over lifestyle changes to help type 2 diabetes. It's irresponsible. She has millions of followers who may follow her terrible advice. Plus? She waited three years to tell the public. I wouldn't care if she weren't famous, but she has a public responsibility with that damn cooking show of hers, and she's just exacerbating something that she could be helping.

What are your thoughts?

I feel exactly the way you do in regards to this................

Major win for the FDA, Big Pharma and other areas of the medical community all the while people keep following the ADA guidelines (which are very incorrect).

All Paula Dean needed to do is change her lifestyle to a controlled carb lifestyle, quite smoking and she could actually reverse her Diabetes. She is smarter than that!! I would hope anyway, maybe not.