Like mother, like son? PAULA DEEN’s son JAMIE’s Food Net TV show gets axed amid his own questionable behavior.
AND one “fan” says it “worse than the N-word!’
On June 13, Jamie posted a pic of himself smooching an older African-American woman, captioning the pic “Don’t tell [my wife] Brooke. #jellyroll #sugar” RadarOnline reprted.
The woman in the photo, Ineata “Jellyroll” Jones, has been at the center of accusations of racism surrounding the family.
In 2013, The Columbus Dispatch claimed, “Deen used Jones for restaurant theater. At 11 a.m., when the doors opened at [her restaurant] Lady & Sons, she stood in front and rang an iron dinner bell.” Jones was also tasked with making hoecakes at an open kitchen station in view of customers, and according to the paper, “Deen wanted Jones to dress in an old-style Aunt Jemima outfit.”
While Deen denied the accusation, former employee Dora Charles said, “Jellyroll didn’t want to hear that. She didn’t want to do that.”
Yet Jones has said she only has positive things to say about her employment with Deen.
But still, others have found fault with the family’s supposedly loving nickname for the cook. With ties to black jazz artist “Jelly Roll” Morton and African America slang for female genitalia, “Jelly Roll” has come under fire from critics for supposedracist connotations. “Wow, did Paula Deen really call one of her workers JellyRoll?” LaVerne Mack (@shaigirl11) wrote on Twitter. “I find that more offensive than the N-word.”Tyler Richardson (@Ty1erRichardson) wrote, “Paula Deen employeed a woman named Ineata “Jellyroll” Jones. She has some sense of humor.”
And now Jamie’s Food Network show, Home For Dinner with Jamie Deen has not been renewed for a third season. Ratings challenged decision or PC fueled payback? YOU be the judge.
