It was Deen's first televised interview since going public with her condition, which was diagnosed three years ago. And for some, the news that a Food Network star who built her brand with cheeseburger meatloaf and Krispy Kreme bread pudding now has diabetes was a rich gloating opportunity. Commenters on the New York Times noted her career-long "fat and sugar orgy" and declared that "Paula, if anyone had it coming, it's you." And though Deen's arch-nemesis Anthony Bourdain told Eater.com that "I take no pleasure in it. There ain't nothing funny about diabetes," he also couldn't resist noting that "when your signature dish is a hamburger in between a doughnut, and you've been cheerfully selling this stuff knowing all along that you've got Type II diabetes ... It's in bad taste if nothing else." Bourdain, demonstrating some restraint, failed to mention that Deen's signature burger also features bacon and a fried egg.

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