It's Deen-Bourdain, Round Two - DING!

Let the ugliness resume between two cable stars.

Immediately following a rival's Type 2 diabetes diagnosis isn't exactly when most people would let a pot shot fly. That being said, Entertainment Weekly reports that following Food Network hostess Paula Deen's announcement Tuesday morning that she'd been officially diagnosed, Travel Channel "No Reservations" host Bourdain renewed an existing beef between the two personalities by tweeting "Thinking of getting into the leg breaking business, so I can profitably sell crutches later."

In an August TV Guide interview, Bourdain called Deen "the worst, most dangerous person in America.

"She revels in unholy connections with evil corporations and she's proud of the fact that her food is f***ing bad for you," Bourdain continued. "If I were on at seven at night and loved by millions of people at every age, I would think twice before telling an already obese nation that it's OK to eat food that is killing us. Plus, her food sucks."

Give the grandmotherly, comfort food-lovin' Deen this much: when met with the sour, she brought it short n' sweet this past summer.

"Get a life," she wrote back.

More recenty, TMZ quickly picked up Bourdain's catty swipe at Deen's diagnosis. Bourdain took issue only with the blog's choice synonyms. To give Bourdain some credit, Deen did make the announcement while promoting a new website called Diabetes In A New Light and its affiliated product line.

"For the record: never called anybody a 'diabetic scam artist.' TMZ's words. Not mine," he tweeted later.

One could see Bourdain's point. There's ample leeway for snark in Deen calling public attention to her own illness while calling the same attention to her product line. But consider the other context.

First off, Deen's never pretended we're getting anything more than what we see. She's a Southern-bred woman who loves the richest, most comforting comfort foods one could possibly concoct. There's no masquerade here. Besides, she wouldn't exactly be the first famous face that's ever called attention to her illness to help others perhaps avoid the decisions she made that led her to become ill in the first place.

Most importantly . . . both of you, know thy audience. trendy foodies love Bourdain because he's a trendy foodie. The rest of us love the likes of Paula Deen and Rachael Ray because they're like us: they make things on a budget, with precious little time to spare, or Heaven forbid, both! Rarely, the twain shall meet.

She's cornbread. He's biscotti. OK? OK. Now sit down, shut up, and make nice over a pie.