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Paula Patton had the Internet clutching its pearls when a video of her fried chicken techniques went viral for all the wrongs reasons. She has responded in the sweetest way possible—she actually thanked people for the comments—but the jokes are going to be eternal because, seasoning grease, really?
In the initial clip, Patton shared a fried chicken demo that included her barely “rinsing” her chicken and choosing to season the wings when they were already cooking in the grease. Even someone who has never spent a moment on The Food Network was wondering what in the hell is going on?
Paula Patton just ruined my day. pic.twitter.com/TNXvB5VPIj
— I Drink Wine
(@_zing_bae) April 4, 2022
After much chatter about the multiple fried chicken preparation violations, Patton took to social media to address the situation, and she took it all in stride and with laughter.
“I just wanted to respond and say listen, I get it. It might look crazy,” explained Patton, before hurling her mom under the bus. “It is the way we do it—my mom taught me; it is my mom’s recipe.”
She also addressed the filthy fowl situations, adding, “I do believe in washing the chicken. And maybe the way the video was edited, it looked like I don’t wash it long enough, but I definitely do because I feed it to my son. And I sent it to his whole school; that batch I made, I made it for his school.”
The whole school got that chicken, though? Pray for them.
Peep more slander and reactions in the gallery. But after a response like that, can you even still be mad at her?
When you show your granny that video of Paula Patton frying chicken pic.twitter.com/dZwG4TspOQ
— CURE (@CureHipHop) April 4, 2022
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Paula Patton gave us a masterclass in how to respond to online scrutiny. Who would have thought?!
— J.A.B. (@MsJamilaAisha) April 6, 2022
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The ancestors discussing Paula Patton’s fried chicken pic.twitter.com/JI9IUr3Esd
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) April 5, 2022
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Paula Patton mom had her eating "fried chicken" like they did on Atlanta season 3 episode.
pic.twitter.com/AArTQdiOif
— Phillip Blalock (@PMB_M24) April 4, 2022
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Paula Patton fried the shit outta that grease, that chicken gone have somebody sick as hell tho.
— Los PopaVitch (@KarlousM) April 6, 2022
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Paula Patton may suck at frying chicken but she took that bullying like a champ. Love that for her. pic.twitter.com/BA9isneCyP
— T’Challa Campbell (@TyrannyBanks) April 6, 2022
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paula patton really set up the girlies with white mothers cuz why would you even tell us that shit was her method?
— king crissle (@crissles) April 4, 2022
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Paula Patton waking me up
at the hospital
after I tried a piece of her Fried chicken
pic.twitter.com/SLBOuSK4V2
— 2RawTooReal (@2RawTooReal) April 6, 2022
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That’s the chicken Paula Patton was cooking for Robin Thicke? pic.twitter.com/T9IhAtdNz4
— Chris Cooper (@PirateCoop) April 4, 2022
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After intense dilebration the black black delegation would like to trade Paula Patton for Paul Dean pic.twitter.com/kxVJaosXTi
— El Guapo (@swaggandfinesse) April 4, 2022


(@_zing_bae)
at the hospital
after I tried a piece of her Fried chicken