Ain’t nothin’ gonna hold her down! Not 50 pounds of butter and not a career-crushing scandal! Paula Deen is back! (At least in her mind.) The celebrity chef is kicking off a 20-city live show tour this summer with stops so far planned for Savannah, Atlanta, Nashville, and San Antonio. The show will feature a live cooking demonstration, butter, musical chairs, butter, an audience-participation dating game, and more butter. “That’s the excitement of it all — my fans get to be part of the show,” Deen said. Deen’s comeback attempt is nearly a year after her career was nearly ended following allegations of racism in the restaurants she owned and her own admission of using a racial slur. Deen apologized on both the Today show and in People Magazine, and in the same interview compared herself to football player Michael Sam who came out as gay in 2013. “I feel like ’embattled’ or ‘disgraced’ will always follow my name. It’s like that black football player who recently came out,” she said. “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.” Because nothing says “I get it” like comparing your privileged white self to a gay football player who also happens to be black . Oh, Paula. The Many Faces of Paula Deen Open Slideshow 1. Deen Deen. Paula Deen. What a nut job. View As List 1. Deen Deen. Paula Deen. What a nut job. 2. Paula Deen Losing Weight? Does Paula Deen already look thinner since coming clean about her diabetes? She looks like she is … albeit slightly. 3. A Paula Deen Image Paula Deen lets her hair down. What a mess. 4. Poor Paula Deen Poor Paula Deen. We feel bad for her. A little. Sometimes. Not really. 5. A Paula Deen Photo Paula Deen is not unhappy. Or healthy. 6. Paula Deen Pic Paula Deen has Type 2 diabetes. Sad, but she says she’s working to get through it. 7. Paula Deen People Cover Paula Deen on the cover People magazine. She says she’s learned a lot from her recent scandal 8. Paula Deen Pleads Paula Deen pleads for people to see where she is coming from. 9. Celebrity Chef Paula Deen is the epitome of a celebrity chef. One wracked by celebrity news scandals. 10. Deen of Cookin’ Paula Deen is the Deen of cookin’ on the Food Network. Or was, before she got fired. 11. Paula D. Paula Deen. She has proven to be quite a character over the years. 12. The Deen of Cooking Paula Deen knows a thing or two about comfort food recipes. And controversy apparently. 13. Poor Paula Paula Deen has gone through some tough times these days. 14. Paula Deen, Face Paula Deen’s face is looking a little thinner these days. Maybe. 15. Paula Deen and Katy Perry COMBINED! Paula Deen and Katy Perry. You can’t tell where one ends and the other begins.
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Paula Deen’s Live Tour: Sliding Into a City Near You (Butter Get Your Seat Now!)
