Anthony Bourdain Dubs Paula Deen ‘The Worst, Most Dangerous Person To America’

08/19/2011 by

Anthony Bourdain done brought it, y’all.

 Bourdain finger Anthony Bourdain Dubs Paula Deen The Worst, Most Dangerous Person To America

I know you’re terribly surprised.

Your favorite no-holds-barred chef had a few choice things to say about Food Network’s buttery maven Paula Deen recently, and it wasn’t pretty. He called Paula “the worst, most dangerous person to America,” adding that she “revels in unholy connections with evil corporations, and she’s proud of the fact that her food is fucking bad for you. I would think twice before telling an already obese nation that it is OK to eat food that is killing us. Plus, her food sucks.”

GURL. NO YOU DIN’T.

First of all, Paula Deen is first on my list of Celebrities I’d Like To Get Drunk With. Second, does anyone really believe for a minute that her food is healthy? (Don’t answer that.) It’s not like the woman is being chosen to sponsor school lunches, and if she was, I think that might be my impetus to home school. But not before I let my daughter sneak some of her mac & cheese home in her backpack for me. WHAT?

So back it on up, Anthony. LEAVE PAULA ALONE!

Paula Deen Anthony Bourdain Dubs Paula Deen The Worst, Most Dangerous Person To America

“I ain’t even mad.”

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Filed Under: Celebrities, Celebrities Say The Darndest Things, Celebrity Chefs, Featured Story Tagged With: Anthony Bourdain, food network, obesity, paula deen
  • http://twitter.com/kristenhowerton Kristen Howerton

    Can’t believe I’m going to say this, but . . . I’m with Anthony on this one. 

  • http://thinspiralnotebook.wordpress.com/ Tara R.

    Oh for the love of Land ‘O Lakes. The man has his own television show where he travels around the world, what unholy alliances does he revel in? I can’t take any of this seriously… it’s food, not rocket surgery.

  • Anonymous

    I always thought Bourdain was a bit of a pretentious turd.  

  • Anonymous

    I do appreciate that he is criticizing her very publicly for her affiliation with Smithfield.  That company is the DEVIL and while I used to find her a kooky Southern grandma, the fact that she takes money from them really changed my opinion of her.  Where are your ethics, Paula?

    That being said– and I love Anthony, I really do–isn’t this a bit of a slow pitch down the middle?  Pick a more creative target, Tony.  She puts a stick of butter in everything.  We all know the woman is unhealthy.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1070795546 Anonymous

      Eat as “healthy” as you want, you are still gonna die.

  • http://twitter.com/ryenerman rynerman

    OK I’m torn.  I’ve been a fan of Anthony Bourdain since reading Kitchen Confidential years ago.  However, I find Paula Deen to be completely hilarious with her copious use of butter and booze in nearly all of her recipes.  I guess I’d like Paula to make me a fun down home meal and Anthony to make me something amazing and unexpected.  I can’t choose!

  • http://twitter.com/TheAvasmommy Jenna

    This feud is killing me.  It’s like watching my parents fight and being asked to pick a favorite. 

    That said, I’m team Paula all the way.  Nobody thinks her food is health food…but like anything else, you eat it in moderation, not as a lifestyle. 

    And I’ve seen Tony scarf down some really fatty, disgusting things on his show.  So, pot, meet kettle much?

  • Heather Sisk

    WOW, I’m not sure exactly why he attacked her like that but I ate at her restaurant in Savannah last year and it was DELICIOUS! I don’t know much about Anthony Bourdain, other than he reminds me a little of Herman Munster but I don’t have a problem with him. Does anyone know what this was in reference to?

  • http://twitter.com/jennamariebee Mrs. Jenna

    Regardless of the fact that I would give a kidney to have some alone time with Mr. Bourdain – I’m with him. Paula Deen’s voice does to me what nails on a chalkboard do to most folks. Except I also go into seizure and demonstrate Tourette-like vocal outbursts.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=506640292 Brad Stephenson

    Hm. Eat bull scrotum lasagna or deep fried Twinkies? Tough choice.

  • http://www.jurgennation.com/ Anastacia Campbell

    LEAVE ANTHONY ALONE!!!!!

    [insert crying Britney fan here as my stand-in]

  • Annette

    Bourdain has long been (rightly) critical of the Food Network’s style of food-tertainment, and has made plenty of disparaging comments about figures like Rachael Ray and Sandra Lee (whose booze-laden tablescape extravaganza is my favorite train-wreck-y cooking show). 

    I think he’s right to point out Paula Deen’s ties to corporate money, lest anyone take seriously her grandma-from-next-door persona, but I think most consumers of the Food Network and food entertainment more generally are aware that she’s a largely constructed (and awesome) celebrity persona–one who, I should add, does significant work for domestic abuse victims and women’s halfway/substance recovery homes in the South. 

    There are plenty of other more worthy and urgent targets Bourdain could have gone after if he were making a serious statement. As it is, he was just being sensationalistic and a wee bit misogynist.

  • Anonymous

    Even though he appears to go out of his way to be self-deprecating, Bourdain has become extremely self-important. And, he doesn’t wear it well.

    He said some nasty shit about Emeril years ago bit has since recanted. He seems to take great glee in putting other chefs down. And yet, he hasn’t been a chef in a very long time.

    I can take Paula in small doses, but really, it’s not like she’s Hitler’s personal chef. No one is forced to eat her food or even watch her show.

  • Heather MacDonald

    Okay, reposting my comment from earlier – I don’t know where it went!

    I completely agree with Anthony. Paula plasters her name all over Smithfield products, and Smithfield is despicable: http://markbittman.com/?tag=smithfield

  • http://twitter.com/mrschaos Jill

    Can I just comment on the fact that Paula riding the unicorn made me laugh in in the snort and spit ways? Embarrassing…

  • Anonymous

    I guess AB’s is back on the cocaine again. Explains his redundant thinness and willingness to eat testicles.