Paula Deen slams Anthony Bourdain after his…
Paula Deen is talking unwell of the lifeless.
Deen, 78, took pictures at fellow celeb chef Anthony Bourdain — who died by suicide at age 61 in 2018 — in her new documentary, “Canceled: The Paula Deen Story,” that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday.
“Anthony Bourdain did call me the most dangerous woman in America,” Deen said in the doc, according to Entertainment Weekly, as there have been flashes of archival news clips from 2011 displaying journalists stating that Bourdain called Deen the “worst, most dangerous person in America.”
Paula Deen in “Canceled: The Paula Deen Story.” Rakontur
Anthony Bourdain at the 2005 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour. Getty Images
The doc confirmed more past footage from the pair’s feud, including an previous clip of Bourdain saying, “This is not Southern food she’s been selling. Her brand has been all these years, novelty food.”
Meanwhile, Deen is shown shading Bourdain during a time she was on “The Joy Behar Show,” quipping, “Let me tell you something, girlfriend. Maybe [my food] is bad for you, but I don’t go around eating or serving unwashed anuses of wildebeests.”
Paula Deen at Build Studio in NYC in Sept. 2017. WireImage
In her present-day interview in the doc, Deen said of Bourdain, “I don’t know what he was off in these foreign countries eating. Bat brains or something like that. I think I’ll just stick with my fried chicken.”
“God rest his soul,” Deen added about the late journey documentarian. “I felt like he didn’t like anybody. Not even himself, maybe.”
Anthony Bourdain after an interview on “Today” in NYC in 2016. GC Images
Anthony Bourdain in Park City, Utah in 2006. WireImage
The documentary then performed an previous clip of Bourdain discussing one of Deen’s vital feedback about him.
“I like the quote, it was, ‘Well, he has had his demons, I hope he had them under control.’ He’s probably still shooting dope, is probably what she’s saying in a nice kind of Southern way,” Bourdain said.
Paula Deen seems on “Today” in June 2013. NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
Deen, while talking to the digital camera crew, said, “He started something with me, and I’d never even met him,” as archival footage confirmed Deen publicly asking Bourdain to come to her home for a home-cooked meal.
At the end of the phase, Bourdain, in previous footage, told a journalist it will take “nuclear war” for him to agree to eat Deen’s cooking.
Anthony Bourdain attends the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in 2016. Getty Images
Deen’s new documentary also highlights her notorious 2013 racism scandal that tarnished her profession. At the time, Deen was being sued by a former worker and it was revealed she had used the N-word in the transcript of her legal deposition.
Paula Deen at FOX Studios in NYC in Dec. 2012. Getty Images
In “Canceled,” Deen’s lawyer, Bill Glass, said that people “should not take any issue” with her utilizing the racial slur in context.
“Yes, of course I’ve used that word,” Deen said in the doc.
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