OK, as a guy, I can do without the tablescapes, for sure. But I wonder why so many people say she is a phony. Have these people met her? I would guess Paula Deen to be much more of a phony, especially since when I visited Savannah, when I mentioned her there, more than one person just shook their head.
I'm not saying she's a phony. She may be genuinely cheap and tasteless. I just don't like her.

As for Paula Deen, I saw what must have been one of the first episodes of her first series not long ago. Wow. Little makeup, no false eyelashes, no big hair, no over-the-top accent or flamboyant delivery... today's Paula Deen is possibly a a character created by an actress named Paula Deen (but I like that character, so I don't mind.
) Or maybe she was just shy and uncomfortable back then.