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New York Sports Club Piles On Paula Deenabetes Controversy
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Garth Johnston
Published Jan 26, 2012
Modified Jan 26, 2012
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A person almost starts to feel sorry for Paula Deen. Not only does the Butter Queen have to deal with the internet being angry over her diabetes cover-up but she's also lost her publicist and is getting flack for having high blood pressure, too. And now local gyms are making fun of her in the Paper of Record!
As Copyranter notes, NYSC today has an ad in the Times that reads "paula, you made a fortune off of fat. call us if you want to be around to enjoy it." Slightly tasteless, sure, but that's nothing new for NYSC. Funny though! Now we can't wait until Manhattan Mini-Storage chimes in...
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