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07.14.13
PAULA DEEN AND THE CELEBRITY
ATONEMENT INDUSTRY
VER AT ThinkProgress,
Alyssa Rosenberg
makes a series of stellar
points about how the
fixation on Paula Deen’s past misadventures in the world of race-relations may eventually prove to be
O
her salvation, as “an industry that’s
grown up to support celebrity rehabilitation, and to exploit celebrity
downfall,” gears up to deliver its
own brand of celebrity penance.
And how might that penance
be delivered? Well, as Rosenberg
notes, there are extant rumors
that the folks who produce Dancing with the Stars may offer Deen
Paula
Deen fields
questions in
an interview
with Matt
Lauer on
NBC’s Today
in June.