ATLANTA — Celebrity chef Paula Deen got an unexpected serving of hamacross her face.
The Food Network star was helping unload 25,000 pounds of donated meat for an Atlanta food bank on Monday when someone threw one of the hams like a football, and it accidentally smacked her.
Deen told WGCL-TV: “I thought it busted my lip, but it didn’t.” Though smiles and laughter, Deen added: “I’m OK. It just knocked me for a little bit.”
She says she was unloading hams when she tossed one to a man, who then said, “Back at ‘ya.” Thinking he meant it only as a sentiment, she turned around to get another ham when the flying meat walloped her. “He really meant ‘Back at ‘ya.’ “
Later, she tweeted: “I haven’t met the ham that could stop me yet!” The Associated Press
