Story Created:
Nov 24, 2009 at 3:54 PM EDT
Story Updated:
Nov 24, 2009 at 3:54 PM EDT
ATLANTA (AP) - Food Network star and celebrity chef Paula Deen, "I haven't met the ham that could stop me yet!"
Deen was there to help move the 25,000 pounds of donated meat for an Atlanta food bank on Monday when someone threw one of the hams like a football and accidentally smacked her in the face.
Deen initially believed she was hurt worse, "I thought it busted my lip, but it didn't."
She was in good humor about the incident once everyone realized she wasn't hurt. "I'm OK. It just knocked me for a little bit."
The ham struck her while she was unloading hams when she tossed one to a man, who then said "Back at 'ya." She either didn't hear him say the comment or she misinterpreted it as his being friendly back to her. She turned around to get another ham when the errant swine came at her.
"He really meant, 'Back at 'ya!"'
Deen used her twitter stream to declare that she was fine and that there wasn't a ham that could beat her.
