{"id":6174,"date":"2013-07-10T12:25:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T12:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pharma-mkting.com\/the-meltdown-of-paula-deen-continues\/"},"modified":"2019-02-21T01:17:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T01:17:22","slug":"the-meltdown-of-paula-deen-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ec2-54-175-84-28.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/pharma-mkting.com\/blog\/the-meltdown-of-paula-deen-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"The MeltDown of Paula Deen Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-GSA53e8-oZM\/Ud1PYURwJ7I\/AAAAAAAAGDg\/ai7l1RpZeBo\/s1600\/Deen-meltdown.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"241\" src=\"http:\/\/ec2-54-175-84-28.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/pharma-mkting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Deen-meltdown.png\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Just when you thought the latest Paula Deen news cycle is over, up pops a new article about the celebrity chef&#8217;s fall from grace.<\/p>\n<p>For example, I found this image of a Paula Deen butter sculpture melting in a skillet in the July 2, 2013 issue of <i>Bloomberg Businessweek<\/i> (see &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/articles\/2013-07-03\/for-paula-deen-management-mess-leads-to-career-meltdown\">For Paula Deen, Management Mess Leads to Career Meltdown<\/a>&#8220;).<\/p>\n<p>I had to enhance it a bit so you can better see Deen&#8217;s face and the crocodile tears of melting butter.<\/p>\n<p>BTW, be sure to try &#8220;Paula&#8217;s Fried Butter Balls.&#8221; You can still find the recipe on the Food Network Web site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/recipes\/paula-deen\/paulas-fried-butter-balls-recipe\/index.html\">here<\/a>, although Deen&#8217;s contract with the Food Network has not been renewed. <\/p>\n<p><a name='more'><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The never-ending anti-Deen news cycle must gall Deen&#8217;s PR people and Novo Nordisk, which &#8220;suspended&#8221; Deen as a celebrity spokesperson for its diabetes drug Victoza (see &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/pharma-mkting.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/should-novo-nordisk-dump-deen.html\">Should Novo Nordisk Dump Deen?<\/a>&#8220;).<\/p>\n<p>Actually, Novo claims they suspended &#8220;all activity with Paula Deen&#8221; &#8212; they did not suspend (i.e., dump) HER per se. In a call with a Novo representative, I was told that Novo would not provide any details about the Deen contract including whether or not Deen was still being paid or whether they took care to include a &#8220;morals&#8221; clause in the contract. If not, Novo does not have clear grounds to hold Deen in breach of the contract and they cannot dump her, but only &#8220;suspend&#8221; activities with her.<\/p>\n<p>BTW, I wonder if Novo is still paying Deen while she&#8217;s on the DL list?<\/p>\n<p>Many PR pundits have predicted that Deen will eventually be forgiven for uttering racial slurs and that Novo will &#8220;re-instate&#8221; her as a spokesperson. However,  according to the <i>Bloomberg Businessweek<\/i> article, &#8220;there\u2019s little chance she\u2019ll recover the stature that made her one of America\u2019s most improbable entertainment moguls. &#8216;Before you couldn\u2019t rebound from a sex scandal; now you can. But scandals involving animals, children, and race are career killers,&#8217; says David Johnson, chief executive officer of Atlanta-area public-relations firm Strategic Vision.'&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just when you thought the latest Paula Deen news cycle is over, up pops a new article about the celebrity chef&#8217;s fall from grace. 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