From, “Chef [Paula Deen] Has Diabetes, and Some Say ‘I Told You So’” by Julia Moskin, 1/17/12, The New York Times:
“There’s no question that she [Deen] was the face of a certain kind of egregious indulgence,” he [Andrew Essex] said. “If she can now become the face of healthy living, it will be a Gatsby-esque turnaround.”
Egregious: conspicuously bad or offensive
Her [Deen’s] revelation also adds a fresh story line to a roiling national debate about obesity, with elements of celebrity, schadenfreude and the current popular favorite, class warfare.
Schadenfreude: pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others
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