As the Paula Deen comeback continues to be forced upon us, she will be gracing the cover of People magazine, which will be on newsstands this Friday. When a company invested millions in her brand, you would expect a plan to be in place for the comeback. Besides being on the cover of People, today it was also announced that she will be opening a 20,000 square-foot restaurant in Pigeon Forge, TN near Dollywood. I am sure many more things are in the works, so I won't be doing a story of every step along the way.
Back to the People story that will be on newsstands Friday... Eonline had a few quotes from the story, including this one:
"I feel like 'embattled' or 'disgraced' will always follow my name. It's like that black football player who recently came out," she tells People, referring to NFL prospect Michael Sam. "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."Why the need to call him a "black football player"? As he stated, he just wants to be known as a football player, but Paula referred to him as a "black football player."
What do you think about the quote? Did Paula have a slip of the tongue or no big deal?