Celebrity chef speaks out in 'Prevention'
(NEWSER) - Paula Deen sat down with Prevention for her first major interview since announcing her diabetes diagnosis, and says that Anthony Bourdain's comments about her have been "very, very cruel." She was particularly distressed by Bourdain comparing her situation—hawking fried, buttery food and then shilling for a diabetes drug—to a person breaking his leg in order to sell crutches . She thought that "was awful, because people out there with diabetes haven’t chosen this. It’s not their fault," she says. Asked what she would serve Bourdain for dinner should he, for some reason, come over to her house, Deen said maybe "a salad with a rotisserie chicken on top." More»