Troubles for Southern Butter Queen and recently outed diabetic Paula Deen continue! Beyond the fact that the Internet is still mad at her for keeping her condition a secret for three years (though Frank Bruni forgives her) she now has a serious PR problem—as in, her longtime publicist has left her. Oh, and she has high blood pressure. Fun times!
Though that last fact has been public knowledge for a few years now (along with the fact she prefers to smoke Virginia Slims) it reportedly came out again last week at a taping of the Dr. Oz Show. Here's how The Daily's spies say things went down:
A source said Oz asked the corpulent creator of fried butter balls and bacon cheeseburger meatloaf, “You have another secret, don’t you? You have high blood pressure.”
A panic-stricken publicist interrupted the interview and pointed out that Deen hadn’t signed a consent form yet, and told Oz, “You can’t air that.”
“It took an hour to straighten out, and then they redid the interview,” a source spilled to Flash.
Jeez, can't people just let a celebrity chef smother some food in butter and grease in peace? She'll talk about the blood pressure when she's good and ready—and has a marketing deal with a pharmaceutical company in place—alright?
