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Paula Answers Fan Mail Part 11 - Paula is reading some kind & thoughtful letters and from her friends out there, including an especially heartwarming one from a young fan.
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- Y'all, today instead of cooking,
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I would like to just share with y'all
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three letters that I got that really, really touched me.
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So I like to give kudos to those
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that deserve kudos for lack of a better word.
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I don't know.
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But these folks, these three folks,
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really, their words just touched me,
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so I wanna share them with y'all.
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It's all right if I say their name,
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wouldn't you think, Eddie? - Oh, sure.
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- All right, this is from Emily Hudson.
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She is such a talented girl,
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and she lives, I can't remember where, North Carolina.
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That's what I thought.
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She lives in North Carolina.
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Talented, talented girl.
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She said, "Dear, Paula, hey, there.
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"I hope your summer is off to a great start.
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"After talking to you and you being so sweet
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"and encouraging about my cards,
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"I decided to make up a few more with you in mind.
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"I hope you love them and get a chuckle out of them as well.
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"Let me know if you would like more.
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"I would be honored to get them to you.
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"Have a wonderful day, Emily Hudson."
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And this is her...
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What do you call those things, Eddie?
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- QR code. - QR code.
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That's above my pay grade.
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I don't know what I'm talking about. (laughs)
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But her email is thepottingshedcards@gmail.com.
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That's thepottingshed, all small letters running together,
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thepottingshedcards@gmail.com.
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And I've just got to show y'all some of her work.
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It's just precious.
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Hope you're feeling nice and sandy.
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Oh, I mean dandy. (laughs)
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Look at that, how cute.
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Picture of the beach and a whole bunch of sand.
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And so these can be congratulatory cards.
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They can be get well cards.
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You know, they can be whatever spot you feel
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like you wanna fill this particular day.
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Hope you feel butter, honey.
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How cute is that?
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She's really got a good imagination.
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You charcute. (laughs)
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Cute and charcute. (laughs)
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These things are really, really huge right now.
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Those (stutters). (laughs)
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It's got more than four letters in it, y'all.
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Charcuterie board. - Cheese platter for you.
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- Yeah, cheese for me. (laughs)
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(snorts) Oh gosh.
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Love and best dishes.
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How cute as that?
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Her best dishes.
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And you butter come see me.
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Precious.
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Thank you, Emily.
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Thank you.
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I love the first ones, and I love the second ones.
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So, somebody will be getting in touch with you,
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and I hope you're doing well, honey.
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Thank you.
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Thank you for everything you do,
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everything you've given me,
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the love and support.
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I thank you so much.
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So we'll call.
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And this next one
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is from Labon Gilbert in Arizona.
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And he said, "Paula, you were the reason
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"I went to cooking school.
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"I have watched you with my mom since you first came on TV.
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"I have most of your cookbooks,
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"and one day, I hope to finally get to meet you.
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"And it would be an honor to cook with you one day.
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"Please keep in touch.
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"I love you so much."
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Well, Labon happened to be watching one of my videos
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the day I started talking about
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that Shoney's strawberry pie.
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Oh my gosh, I remember when they opened up
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in Albany, Georgia, and my best friend Susan Dupree,
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(giggles) we had our babies a month apart
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and we spent a lot of time together
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'cause we had so much in common.
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And I remember us going into Shoney's.
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Mm, seems like they had curb service back then,
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and she and I ordered a piece of strawberry pie.
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Our tongue almost slapped our brains out, that very spot.
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We had two babies in carry-alls in the back seat,
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and us two chunky mamas sitting
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in the front eating (laughs) strawberry pie.
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And Susan, that's Susan, it's a different Susan
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from Susan Greene, from Bubbles, but she is gone.
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So all I have left are my memories with her.
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So thank you Labon.
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Since I just made my own version of a strawberry pie,
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I will make this.
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I will make this,
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but I'm gonna be waiting a little while
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a time to pass in between recipes,
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but thank you so much.
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Labon scouted out the Shoney's big boy strawberry pie.
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So thank you Labon, and I send you love and best dishes.
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Now this last letter is...
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Oh my goodness gracious.
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This little fella is from Morrisville, North Carolina,
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and his last...
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Oh my gosh, his last sentence here.
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I'm not gonna be able to read the whole thing
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because William really wrote me a letter,
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and he just says, "I'm counting down the days
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"to meet you again, literally.
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"I have needed something to look forward to.
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"So thank you for the opportunity.
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"I'm so grateful for you.
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"You have made a very big impact in my life.
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"My first memory of you is when I was very little.
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"My mom was in the kitchen, and you were on TV
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"during the evening.
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"And I came and sat down."
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Let's see.
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"And you were on TV.
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"I came downstairs with a huge dog stuffed animal
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"and started watching the TV with her.
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"You were captivating.
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"I kept scooching closer and closer
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"with my dog stuffed animal to the TV.
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"I just remember being very entertained by you.
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"Soon after, I brought my pillow downstairs,
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"so I could lay on the floor and continue watching,
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"but sadly, the episode was just about to end.
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"And from that point on, you were my favorite chef.
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"I would tune into your show every time
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"I could find you on my TV.
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"I remember loving your laugh and your vibrant personality.
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"I also have a fond memory of watching you
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"and Kermit the Frog together.
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"I soon wanted to be a chef.
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"I had my own toy kitchen set in my room,
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"and I pretended to have a show like you.
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"I would get your cookbooks for Christmas and my birthday.
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"And even though I was still too young to make anything,
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"I loved flipping through the pictures in your cookbook.
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"I even had a cooking themed birthday party
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"where I got my first chef coat.
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"My family did something super fun for me
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"and printed out pictures of you as decorations
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"on my wrapping paper.
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"Your picture made me so happy
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"because you meant so much to me.
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"I soon learned how to record on my TV,
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"and anytime you were on, I would record it.
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"I would sit in the office
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"and watch your show during the summers.
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"We always go to Savannah and Tybee each year for vacation.
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"I remember that I had had a very rough night on vacation,
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"but my dad had a surprise for me.
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"I got to meet your husband the next day.
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"I told him that I loved you,
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"and it was so cool to meet him.
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"I'm in the fourth grade
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"and I had to do a project
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"where I sent a letter to an author.
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"I chose you because you were an author of cookbooks.
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"I wrote my letter, and for some reason,
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"I couldn't get it to you, and I was sad about this.
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"My family and I joked about how I should bring my letter
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"to Savannah with me on vacation
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"just in case I bumped into you.
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"Now talk about how everything happens for a reason
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"because, oh my God, did something extraordinary happen.
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"I was walking by your restaurant when I saw a sign
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"that you were having a meet and greet
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"while I was in Savannah.
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"It was a miracle, and I brought my letter.
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"At the actual meet and greet, you were so kind.
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"I remember you a hug, your kindness,
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"and your enthusiasm to meet me.
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"I had shoes on similar to Jamie,
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"and Bobby said that I reminded him of a boy
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"in a commercial,
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"and Michael remembered me from the picture I showed him.
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"You were just so loving to me.
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"You took the time to ask about me,
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"and I wanted to be a chef.
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"It was a dream come true.
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"And soon after you were on 'Dancing with the Stars,'
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"I was rooting for you all the way.
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"You were so funny and entertaining.
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"My mom was on a trip to Nashville, Tennessee
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"and happened to bump into you in the hotel lobby.
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"She said you were very kind and that you remembered me
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"once my mom described our interaction.
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"She let me know, and I freaked out
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"because it was the coolest coincidence.
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"And since then, I have continued
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"to keep up with you and your videos.
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"I cannot tell you enough
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"how much light you bring to my day.
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"I've been really struggling,
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"and watching you while my mom makes dinner
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"and at night before bed, it's always a highlight of my day.
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"You're a gem.
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"Watching any of your content make me smile from ear to ear.
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Mm mm mm.
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"I send so much love your way
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"and cannot wait to hug you and meet you again.
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"I am always rooting for you
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"and hope you know I'll always be supporting
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"and celebrating you.
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"I'll be your fan for life,
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"and I will stand for and support you to the end of time.
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"You're the best."
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You know, I love the adults, you know,
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that take their time to come see me,
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but these children,
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our precious children,
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really do need our love and support and encouragement.
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And so I wanna share with y'all what William did.
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He made me a booklet,
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"10 Things that William Loves about Paula Deen."
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And this is a picture of William and myself
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when they came to the book signing in Savannah.
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"The first thing is you have a big heart.
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"You have one of the biggest hearts in the world.
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"You spread kindness, laughter, joy,
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"and hope everywhere you go.
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"You are so loving to your fans.
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"I know firsthand.
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"You make everyone who steps into your kitchen
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"feel like they're part of your family.
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"You treat everyone with love, and I am grateful for you.
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"Reason number two, the lady can cook." (laughs)
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"Your talent and knowledge on food blows me away.
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"You're doing exactly what you will put here
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"on Earth to do perfectly.
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"And these are some of the foods that I absolutely love.
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"I love your laugh.
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"You have the best laugh in the entire world.
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"It brings me so much joy.
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"It is so infectious."
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It's hard to believe this child is so young,
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isn't it, Eddie?
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"Number four, you are unapologetic."
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What is that? (laughs)
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Is it- - Unapaulagetically you.
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- (laughs) Unapology.
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He's supposed to be...
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I think he's trying to say unapology, right?
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You, you're unapology Paula.
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Anyway, it's so sweet.
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"There's only one Paula Deen.
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"And thank God the world was blessed with her.
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"You're always authentically and truly yourself.
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"We need more Paulas in the world.
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"Never change.
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"You're wildly entertaining."
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That's number five.
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"Number six, you got great hair." (laughs)
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All right, let's see.
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"It's true, Paula, you got the best hair in the business.
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"Seriously, people love your hair so much
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"that they make wigs of it."
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How cool is that? (laughs)
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I wouldn't mind having one of those wigs. (laughs)
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- [Eddie] I was gonna say, did he put a link in there?
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Oh, William, tell me where I can get that wig, honey.
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All right, and let's see, this is number seven.
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"Your love for butter is wonderful."
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And he's got a picture of Michael and I for Halloween.
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I was butter and he was bread.
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(giggles) We came as bread and butter.
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Oh gosh.
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"I remember an episode where you kept adding butter
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"into the dish and say and saying, 'Oops"
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"like it was an accident. (laughs)
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"Number eight, you're hardworking.
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"Little did this Paula know
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"how successful she would eventually become.
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"You took what the world had given you
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"and you worked extremely hard
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"to support your family and your dreams."
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Okay, mm mm mm.
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"If you stay strong and work hard, anything is possible.
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"Go Paula.
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"Number nine, you're super stylish,
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"and you're a fashion icon."
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(laughs) That is so sweet, William,
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because lot of my things come
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from some of the big box stores,
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but, oh gosh, that was "Dancing with the Stars."
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This was...
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Hmm, what was I doing in that outfit, Eddie?
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"And this is my favorite outfit of yours when I was a kid."
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And that was when I got to walk the red carpet
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in Toronto, Canada for my little participation
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in "Elizabethtown," the movie,
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Cameron Crowe's "Elizabethtown."
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What number was that?
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I can't see the number.
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Oh, number nine.
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And number 10 is, "Your love for your family is special.
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"They are loved and around an amazing person like you.
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"You put family first, and it's very special."
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And 11, "You have stuck with me my whole life."
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(laughs) And, William, I will always stick with you, honey.
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"Only special people can make quite the impact
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"that you have made on me.
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"I have loved you since I was little.
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"One thing hasn't changed.
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"Your personality and love for cooking
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"still warms my heart to this day.
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"I still tune into your content.
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"I still root for you.
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"I still wish nothing but the best for you,
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"and I always will."
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I don't know what to say
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when I get these kind of letters.
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Precious William.
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If you see this, William, I just want you to let you know
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that I'll always be behind you,
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and I always will be sending you love and best dishes.
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Thank you, darling, for loving and supporting me,
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and I support and love you right back.
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