(if I haven't gotten your "second" by the subject alone, I reckon the url will make it a 4" putt)

http://www.thewrap.com/paula-deen-compares-her-situtation-to-openly-gay-nfl-player-michael-sam

Paula Deen Compares Her Struggles to ‘That Black’ Openly Gay NFL Prospect Michael Sam

The celebrity chef also expressed a newfound “empathy” for other controversial public figures such as “Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson

Paula Deen’s $100 million empire crumbled last year after she admitted to using the N-word in her life, and as she continues campaigning to repair her public image with a $75 million investment deal on her side, the celebrity chef has compared her struggles to those of the NFL’s first openly gay prospect, Michael Sam.

“I feel like ‘embattled’ or ‘disgraced’ will always follow my name. It’s like that black football player who recently came out,” Deen said in a People Magazine cover story, which hits newsstands on Friday. “He said, ‘I just want to be known as a football player. I don’t want to be known as a gay football player.’ I know exactly what he’s saying.”

In other words, Deen does not like being labeled a racist for a slur she swore she used a “very long time ago.”

“I’m fighting to get my name back,” the former Food Network personality said.

On top of a $75-$100 million from private equity firm Najafi Cos. for her new company, Paula Deen Ventures, a company representative said earlier this month that it is currently speaking with several “TV networks, retail chains and other possible partners.” Food Network is not one of them.

Deen also said the public downfall she experienced last summer left her unable to get out of bed in the morning, because it felt like her “world was crashing down again” every passing day.

And since television personalities Phil Robertson (“Duck Dynasty”) and Nigella Lawson (“The Taste”) endured scandals last year without any noticeable damage to their careers, Deen has developed newfound “empathy” for those scrutinized by the media.

“It’s amazing that some people are given passes and some people are crucified,” Deen said. ”I have new empathy for these situations, though. My dad always told me, ‘Believe half of what you see and none of what you hear.’”

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

I bet Paula Deen enjoys donuts, pancakes, and waffles.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

with a side of gravy

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If we are all to be judged by every word that has come out of our mouths in a lifetime,than we are all doomed to Hell.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

It seems like a cruel irony for a person with Fu money not having the courage to say fu

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Was Michael Sam ever hit in the face with salted meat?

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Yeah, but Nas is a pretty good guy and ..... oh, wait ...

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

She keeps this up and she'll make the short-list for Repug Veep candidates for 2016.

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GO BEARS!!!

Looks to me like Paula and Michael Sam are being judged by what goes in their mouths rather than by what comes out of them!

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Guy Fieri is co-owner of Johnny Garlic's and Tex Wasabi's Restaurants

Well, maybe not the face....

The best part of that clip is that the first person to help her was a balck guy.

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I dont like her, I dont think her food looks good, her kids annoy me, I hate that she became the face of what used to be a good Food TV network, but all that said, she was taken down for something that a rapper says 100 times a day and so do others. She deserves a second chance to fry food in butter, flour , sugar and eggs.

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“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Who's the face of the Food Network...that's a great topic you just spawned there...or better yet...who's on the Food Network Mount Rushmore?

Emeril
Alton Brown
Bobby Flay
???

The guy looks like Cedric the Entertainer or Sugar Ray Leonard. One of the two.

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Uh, Go Fuck Yourself?

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Guy Fieri is co-owner of Johnny Garlic's and Tex Wasabi's Restaurants

Don't forget the butter. If she had her way, butter would be the fifth food group.

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Gay Fieri made some anti-gay comments a few years back, and he is still allowed to work.

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That is right you damn well know Guy is your 4th.

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Holy Stromboli!

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-Hank Kingsley

Sugar Ray Leonard can eat on the house, anytime!

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Rachel Ray?
Giada?

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Mario makes it up there before Guy does.

Hell, I'd probably put (and it pains me to say this) Rachel Ray or Giada up there before Guy.

Hivemind!

i don't even think Emeril has a show on there anymore....in the 90's/00's he was clearly the face, his show was live at 7pm every night


now i'd say either Bobby Flay or Alton Brown, whenever there's a new show it's usually 1 of them hosting it
and possibly Ted Allen since Chopped is so popular, but he's just a host i don't think he has any actual cooking show

Yeah I'm thinking more along the lines of the entire run of the network...Emeril might still be on Cooking Channel but he hasn't had a presence on the Food Network in a while.

Bobby Flay
Rachel Ray
Alton Brown
Giada

That's the list.

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i keep going back and forth as to whether i think Nadia G is attractive

i think she's a two-face

I am often casually referred to as the Ina Garten of Investor Services.

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Poppy
Mario from Mario's Pizza
Paco from Monk's
Gail Cunningham

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