Paula Patton Goes Viral For Crimes Against Fried Chicken On TikTok

Truly, nothing brings the internet together like gathering 'round a failed "how-to-cook" video and roasting it to death (heck, Gordon Ramsay has made a third career off it). Today, the brave but severely misguided soul offering their recipe to the internet is actress Paula Patton, who made several "unforgivable" errors in the eyes of many while preparing "her mother's fried chicken" recipe.

Posted yesterday, the video went viral after Olympian athlete Ashley Spencer reacted to the clip on TikTok, receiving thousands of likes and comments.

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y’all come watch paula make chicken 🤦🏾‍♀️

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The video starts off in a weird place, with Patton noting that step one is "wash the chicken." There has been some debate on whether or not one should wash chicken before cooking it, and the CDC recommends against it. Even so, Patton merely runs the chicken under cold water, which would do basically nothing in terms of "cleaning" chicken.

Things begin getting alarming for culinary enthusiasts when Patton starts breading the chicken before seasoning it. "Where's the seasoning?," wonders Spencer for about 30 seconds as Patton coats and drops her chicken into the hot oil. Finally, Spencer receives her answer when Patton begins seasoning the chicken as it's in the oil. To understand the bizarreness of this, note that most fried chicken recipes say one should include seasonings in an egg mixture and dip the chicken into that first, then dip the chicken into the flour coating, which also includes seasoning.

"YOU'RE SEASONING GREASE!" cries Spencer, as Patton unloads paprika into, well, grease.

The video left social media stunned, particularly Black Twitter users who seemed to consider Patton's recipe a crime against fried chicken.

Paula Patton really thought that insurrectionist fried chicken was about to be slapping. Hate to see it.

— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) April 4, 2022

When you show your granny that video of Paula Patton frying chicken pic.twitter.com/dZwG4TspOQ

— CURE (@CureHipHop) April 4, 2022

Dawg I used to have the fattest crush on Paula Patton. But after today, I ask that you give my family our privacy at this time. Thank you

— SILKK THA SHOCKER FAN ACCT (@_JetLifeJR) April 4, 2022

Every ethnicity around the world watching Paula Patton fry chicken. pic.twitter.com/Pp6vJyw1YO

— Nikki B (@Patience219) April 4, 2022

Black Twitter watching Paula Patton fry chicken pic.twitter.com/Pm2LbBRCYb

— Stimmy Neutron (@defsouf) April 5, 2022

Of course, we have no idea how Patton's fried chicken actually tasted. Perhaps pouring pounds of paprika into grease somehow created a transcendent fried chicken experience. At the moment, it seems like we'll never know, as Patton has not responded to her newfound viral infamy.