Paula Deen Confirms She Has Diabetes On The Today Show

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Paula Deen hit up The Today Show this morning to confirm the rumors that have been swirling around that she has type 2 Diabetes.

Deen sat with Al Roker where she said she was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes 3 years ago during a routine doctors check up and she says:

“On my show I share with you all these yummy, fattening recipes, but I tell people, ‘in moderation.’ I’ve always eaten in moderation.”

She adds that she won’t change the way she cooks and told USA Today that since the diagnosis, she walks on the treadmill and gave up drinking sweet tea.

“That’s a big trick for a little Southern girl. I calculated how much sugar I drank in empty calories, and it was staggering. I would start drinking tea at lunchtime and drank it all the way to bedtime.”

Deen, who turns 65 on Thursday, also announced she is now a paid spokeswoman for Novo Nordisk. She is working with the pharmaceutical brand to launch a program called called Diabetes in a New Light , which aims to help people living with Type 2 diabetes and promote a Novo diabetes drug.