Paula Deen's Husband Will Write 'My Delicious Life with Paula Deen'
Photograph by Rachel Been
Michael Groover can probably be summed up in three important facts: he's a tugboat pilot in Savannah, he looks like Santa, and he's married to Paula Deen. The last one means he, naturally, has a lot to say about waking up to the smell of ham hocks in the deep fryer with his spouse joyfully cackling in the background. Seriously, it must be a trip being married to Paula Deen.
In this long interview with the couple on AOL Food, we find out that while Paula is busy launching a line of nuts and seafood, her husband is authoring a book called, My Delicious Life with Paula Deen. Sadly there's no cover image on Amazon yet, and somehow he didn't call it I Can't Believe She Uses That Much Butter. Groover seems to be a man of few words next to his wife, but eventually he talks about his marriage:
When we first met, I didn't get out of Georgia much, I didn't do a lot of traveling and it tells a lot of the trips we made and how this has broadened my horizons quite a bit by meeting Paula and meeting all of her friends. You know I've changed a great deal since I've met Paula so it's going to be a great book.
Somebody asked me one day, "what do you do for a living?" And I explained to him that I was like the valet parking for ships. And they were like what a great job you have. I have a great life. When I get off, I go home and my wife's Paula Deen.
Afterward, Paula asked for a smooch. Aww, true love. The book comes out in November.
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21 Comments:
That is what insanity looks like.
simon at 6:21PM on 06/17/09
Oh gimme a break!
JustNancy at 6:28PM on 06/17/09
Thanks for the warning.
arjava at 7:08PM on 06/17/09
Why bother? Don't they have enough money? Is there really a market for this?
xwafflesx at 7:23PM on 06/17/09
I'm sure the book includes details about how many bypass surgeries he's had.
buffy at 8:27PM on 06/17/09
Awww come on. Paula Deen is adorable and they seem to have a great marriage. Why the hostility? I know I would love to know what it would be like to be married to Paula Deen.
Yeah she puts a lot of butter in everything and a lot of her recipes seem more like dares than actual things for people to eat, but I have tried a few of her tamer recipes and they were darn good.
chasgoose at 9:49PM on 06/17/09
don't get me started .......
pooch at 10:30PM on 06/17/09
I think that Paula Deen looks like a fun person to be around. Its just her southern charm. I love her still.
katiedid at 7:52AM on 06/18/09
I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEE PAULAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AND MICHAEL!
Lvn4life at 8:36AM on 06/18/09
They oughta sell teeth whiting products !
stacemace at 12:56PM on 06/18/09
They oughta sell teeth whiting products !
stacemace at 12:57PM on 06/18/09
Anyone who combines fried eggs, bacon, donut and hamburgers should not be hosting a cooking show in the Food Network.
On the other hand, sounds like a perfect spokesperson on Whyyouaresofat blog site
mandarin at 1:14PM on 06/18/09
When she was a guest on NPR's "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me," this year, she said her husband was planning to lose a bunch of weight, then write a book called "How I Lost 100 Pounds While Married to Paula Deen."
I wonder whether he failed to lose the weight, but decided to write the book anyway.
floretbroc at 1:35PM on 06/18/09
Seriously, i cant stand the sight of Paula Deen. She's literally a walking bag of cholesterol.
oldmanonastick at 3:53PM on 06/18/09
I give Paula a LOT of credit for being a self-made woman. But God, she annoys me!!! The drawl, the insipidness, the revolting quantities of butter and mayonnaise and sugar ... ick. I know almost nothing about her hubby, but he seems to be on the opposite end of the "dynamic" spectrum from her, so I can't imagine that his book will be particularly interesting. Of course, she sells and her shows sell and her books sell, so SOMEbody must care ... but 'tisn't me.
yentamary at 3:25PM on 06/20/09
These folks don't have enough to live on already? I agree that Paula is a tad over the top, yet I must say I LOVE her fried chicken recipe to pieces. I just don't see that someone who is married to the bucks that Paula must be feels a need to share his experiences - and make more money off it. Ah well, an agent must have said there was an audience and it would sell. Thus is capitalism!
Maureen at 6:11PM on 06/21/09
Fat and loud and ignorant! That's the synopsis.... Why are they "writing" a book? Like they ever read one....
On the bright side, at least a squad of ghost writers will get some work (and some laughs in the process). It's pretty plain that this porky pair of phonies is genuinely irritating (an they is proud of it!).
Pointy at 2:14PM on 06/22/09
@pointy! you said it.....!
pooch at 5:51PM on 06/22/09
I love Paula Deen, she seems like such an energetic person.....and for those of you that commented on her accent.....get over it ha maybe some of us southerners do not like your accents either because trust me you have one!!!!!
jessimae20 at 10:09PM on 06/28/09
Damn! I didn't know Paula Deen had married Santa Claus! She makes an excellent looking Mrs. Claus herself!
luvstoeat46 at 1:36PM on 08/05/09
Yep, they're so fat, they're so ignorant, they use so much butter, and they're so Southern, and they have money in their pants pockets than anyone here has in their 401k. Envy can be so ugly.
charlesr19 at 7:03PM on 10/25/09