“Thank you for 10 great years. Uncle Bubba’s is now closed.” That’s the message the restaurant at the center of the controversy that brought Paula Deen’s empire crumbling down last year has posted on its website, which was reportedly echoed on its Facebook page. And according to some of the restaurant’s employees, that’s the only way they found out that they no longer had jobs. [More]
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Paula Deen Will Open New $20 Million Restaurant This Summer In Tennessee
By 2.27.14
She’s back, y’all. Or at least, Paula Deen is back in the food business for the first time since the scandal over her admitted past use of racial slurs that stripped her of most of her lucrative business deals. And she’s not slipping in through the kitchen door quietly. Unless a $20 million restaurant is the definition of “quiet.” [More]
Introducing Walmart’s New “Items Endorsed By Controversial TV Stars” Section
By 1.8.14
When it comes to convenience, whoever works at this Walmart is doing a great job grouping items if the category is “Controversial Celebrity Endorsed Things.” Consumerist reader Fernando snapped this pic showing a display stocked with Duck Dynasty- and Paula Deen-branded merchandise. Because see, hot topics in the media and all that. [More]
Walmart Will Spend The Next Three Months Getting Rid Of Its Leftover Paula Deen Items
By 9.27.13
When retailers like Walmart dropped Paula Deen in the midst of the controversy surrounding her use of racially-charged language, it’s not like there was a ginormous magnet that could snag all her products from shelves and whisk them away like magic. Because while Walmart announced back in June that it wouldn’t place any new orders for her branded merchandise, it still has a bunch to get rid of already in stock. [More]
Paula Deen Comic Book To Live On In Wake Of Major Brand Implosion
By 7.11.13
Now that Paula Deen’s big business deals have fallen like so many dominos in the wake of her admission to using racist language, it might seem like there aren’t many companies out there eager to sell goods with her name attached. Not so in the world of comics, apparently, as one publisher says it’s going ahead with plans to release the comic book Female Force: Paula Deen in October. [More]
Paula Deen’s Upcoming Cookbook Chucked, Bringing Total Number Of Downed Deals To 12
By 7.1.13
At which point does a sponsorship meltdown become epic? Because we’re pretty close to calling the avalanche of dropped deals for Paula Deen branded merchandise epic right about now: Ballantine Books announced it’s canceling the publication of Paula Deen’s New Testament: 250 Favorite Recipes, All Lightened Up. It was to be a healthy rehashing of Deen’s recipes. That brings the total killed deals to 12. [More]
Paula Deen’s Empire Continues To Crumble As Target Phases Out Her Products
By 6.28.13
UPDATE: The bloodshed continues — Sears, Walgreens and Kmart will all be phasing out Paula Deen’s products as well. [More]
While Paula Deen’s Business Partners Abandon Ship, Her Cruise Trip Adds An Extra Voyage
By 6.27.13
As of yesterday evening, Paula Deen had lost a handful of her business partners: Food Network, Smithfield Foods, Caesars Entertainment, Walmart and by the end of the day, Home Depot. Meanwhile, QVC and Target are still undecided. But one partner isn’t abandoning ship yet, and it happens to be an actual ship: Organizers of her annual “Paula Deen Cruise” event have added an extra voyage to the 2014 schedule. [More]
Walmart “Will Not Place New Orders” For Paula Deen Products
By 6.26.13
Paula Deen’s business deals are sliding away faster than a pat of butter on a pile of hot cakes: Joining Caesars Entertainment, Smithfield Foods and the Food Network, Walmart has announced that it’s cutting ties to the southern chef. QVC also said earlier this week that it had “concerns” over the recent controversy involving Deen’s use of racial epithets. [More]
Four Paula Deen Buffets To Close As Caesars Entertainment Cuts Ties With Chef
By 6.26.13
The Paula Deen scandal wagon rolls on, with one of the world’s largest gaming companies parting ways with the celebrity chef on the same day as she made a tearful appearance on NBC’s Today Show. [More]
Some People Angry With The Wrong Smithfield Over Paula Deen Firing
By 6.25.13
As we mentioned yesterday, Paula Deen had been dropped as a celebrity spokesperson for Smithfield Foods, a decision that has upset Deen supporters, some of whom have been writing angry notes to Smithfield’s Chicken ‘N Bar-B-Q, a completely unrelated business that happens to share the Smithfield name. [More]
QVC Has “Concerns” About Paula Deen After She Admits Using Racist Language
By 6.24.13
UPDATE: It would appear that another of Paula Deen’s business connections is none-too-pleased with her n-word controversy, as Smithfield Foods has just announced it’s cutting all ties with the Southern chef. [More]
We’re Totally Unsurprised That Paula “Put A Glob Of Butter On It” Deen Has Her Own Butter Brand
By 6.6.13
Here’s the thing about Paula Deen: Anyone who’s watched her cooking on TV knows that the woman loves, and we mean loves to add dabs, globs and ginormous pats of butter to many of her recipes. So while we were momentarily confused by her paid endorsement of a diabetes management program, she’s back to doing what she does best — butter, by way of slapping her face and name on her very own butter brand to be sold at Walmart. [More]
Butter Queen Paula Deen Brings It Full Circle, Gets Paid To Endorse Diabetes Program
By 1.17.12
Paula Deen is known for packing in the butter in her recipes, with such recipes as doughnut hamburgers (with bacon and a fried egg, of course) and Krispy Kreme bread pudding. But now that she’s going on air to announce that she has Type 2 diabetes, it’s probably the perfect time to announce that she’s the new paid spokesperson for a diabetes drug company. Timing is everything. [More]
Deadly, Defective Stuff Recalled
By 10.20.09
Here’s the latest roundup of consumer products recalled because they might hurt or kill you!
