19. Paula Deen (Part II)
The queen of TV chef drama is back, and this time because a lot of her recipes were often plowed with that addictive substance that is so terrible for our health: sugar. In 2012, she revealed that she had type 2 diabetes, which was a bit of a sign that she should have opted for less sugar in her meals, to begin with. As it turned out, she was hiding the diagnosis, which had happened three years prior.
Not one to shy away from a commercial opportunity, Deen immediately inked a deal with pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, to promote their injectable, non-insulin treatment for diabetes. Deen was criticized widely for trying to benefit from a diagnosis that should have been a wake-up call and should have gotten her to rewrite some of her recipes at least.
Paula Deen Part II
