- Target:
- Food Network
- Region:
- United States of America
- Website:
- www.foodnetwork.com
On June 21st of 2013 Paula Deen was dropped from the Food Network. This decision was based on the fact that Ms. Deen made a racial slur, 27 years ago, to which she admitted.
Ms. Deen is a much loved chef and television personality to millions of people. So are a lot of other chefs that are on your network. Let's take a look at some of their inappropriate actions.
If Food Network is going to fire Paula Deen then they also need to fire Chef Malto Mario because he had to pay out $6 million
They should also fire Anne Burrell who was sued for sexual discrimination.
They would also need to fire Chef Cat Cora who was arrested for DUI for having a blood alcohol 3 times the legal limit and screamed profanities at people.
Dinner Impossible's Robert Irvine was caught lying about his background claiming he used to cook for the Royal Family when, in fact, he did not.
Iron Chef Bobby Flay was also sued and settled for almost $1 MILLION because he too kept tips from his employees and cheated on both his wives.
Iron Chef Morimoto was also sued for skimming tips and wages from his employees.
Martha Stewart went to jail for insider trading.
Food Network Chef Geoffrey Zakarian filed for bankruptcy to avoid a lawsuit - 152 of his disgruntled workers sued him.
Chef Juan Carlos Cruz hired a homeless man to kill his wife.
Chef Ina Rosengarten, The Barefoot Contessa, refused to meet with a child who was dying of cancer.
Chef Guy Fieri has been accused of sexually harassing women and has asked his producers to warn him in advance if he has to tape his show, Diners Drive-ins and Dives, with restaurant owners who are gay.
All of these people mentioned above still have their jobs, even though their "sins" all occurred within the past few years.
None of us are who we were 25 or 30 years ago, and that is the beauty of self-growth.
We, the undersigned, call on the Food Network to reinstate Paula Deen to continue the work that she has worked long and hard for.
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The BRING PAULA DEEN BACK TO THE FOOD NETWORK! petition to Food Network was written by Carla Lombardo Ehrlich and is in the category Television at GoPetition.