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Duff Goldman Gets Pwned On Oprah Winfrey
Published on: October 30, 2009 – 9:41 am by Jillian Madison 
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For some unknown reason, yesterday’s episode of Oprah Winfrey featured a cake challenge between a few of the Food Network regulars. Duff Goldman, Marina Sousa, and Chicago’s Cake Girls went head to head in a no-rules competition to see who could create the coolest, most inspirational, and most unique OPRAH CAKE.
Marina Sousa created a gigantic “O” themed cake that highlighted many of Oprah’s supposed inspirational quotes. It featured thousands of handmade sugar beads and flowers, and it looked really nice. Her team did a great job, and of course Oprah really seemed to like it because it was all about her.
The Cake Girls made a massive 4′ high vertical mosaic cake of Oprah’s face. The mosaic itself was made out of 5,000 handmade fondant circles, many of which had IMAGES OF FACES on them. So from a distance, you saw Oprah, but when you walked closer, you saw images of her viewers and the people who made her who she is today (an overbearing loudmouth, but that’s another post.) Bottom line: their cake was amazing.
Duff Goldman was introduced as “Baltimore’s golden boy, famous for his use of blowtorches and pyrotechnics.” Really? When’s the last time you saw any real pyrotechnic or mechanical work being done on Ace Of Cakes? Duff Goldman used a blowtorch in a cake challenge once, like 3 years ago, and suddenly he’s Bob Vila? In the wise, wise words of Alicia Silverstone, “whatev.”
While the women seemed really at home on the show, Duff struggled from the moment he stepped foot on stage. When Oprah asked him why he opened a cake shop, he replied, “cakes are the physical manifestation of joy. You go to a wedding, what’s the center of attention?” (Cue scowls from hundreds of angry women in the audience.) “BESIDES THE BRIDE,” he added, but not quickly enough. Nice move, Duff. Nice move.
And what about his cake? Instead of spending hours cutting out fondant circles, or wasting days molding sugar beads and pondering Oprah-isms, Duff and the Ace Of Cakes crew made… THIS:
That’s right. The Ace Of Cakes crew gave A PIECE OF PIE SITTING ON TOP OF A FORK to Oprah Winfrey, a woman who’s been publicly struggling with her weight for decades. Genius!
“Wow. That’s…… inventive,” Oprah replied, while trying to shield her eyes from its hideousness.
“It’s 170 pounds and it’s balanced on a little pole right there, and it could still fall over, so I’m a little nervous!” Duff said.
Ah yes. Ace Of Cakes craftsmanship at its finest.
In the end, the audience voted, and the mosaic cake by the Cake Girls was named the winner.
Maybe next year, Duff. Maybe next year.
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isn’t that a piece of “pie” on a fork?
“That’s right. The Ace Of Cakes crew gave A PIECE OF CAKE SITTING ON TOP OF A FORK to Oprah Winfrey, a woman who’s been publicly struggling with her weight for decades. Genius!”
Sorry as much as it pains me I have to defend Duff. He was asked to come on Oprah design and bring a cake. Which he did. Oprah’s ever on going and overly public weight issues are not his problem. He was beckoned by her highness and he did her bidding. Perhaps he was at fault for not ‘feeding’ her ego.
But how can that thing (the cake not Oprah) really weigh 170 pounds?!
1, Yes, it’s a piece of pie. Corrected in above article.
2, weight issues aside, the Ace Of Cakes crew offering BY FAR paled in comparison. Just my opinion here.
Embarrassing pile of shite. Couldn’t have happened to a smellier guy. Can we stop inviting Duff to every ribbon cutting and store opening now? I’m so over his mediocrity.
At least Duff didn’t kiss O’s ass by making a cake that was all about her.
I don’t care if Duffs cake was about her or not. Ugly is ugly. You can still make an amazing cake without it being about Oprah or kissing her ass and he did not do that.
170 lbs? That’s 168 lbs of fondant and 2 itty bitty lbs of cake.
You don’t have any clue what you’re talking about. I saw the cake made… It was 145 lbs of cake. Get a life.
It’s not that Duff’s cake was so awful, it’s just that it was so awful compared to those two amazing cakes.
Ace of Cakes = overrated mediocrity. If they didn’t have a show they’d be just another struggling bakery. Now they’re charging a $1000 minimum. Gimme an ‘effin break.
i’m no oprah fan but even i thought it a bit tacky that they made her a pie cake. the firecracker sticking out of it was so stupid too.
to Alexis…..you are absolutely right. :0)
C’mon now! Anyone who’s seen Duff on the Cake Competitions knows he never wins. Why would The Oprah Hour be any different? Obviously, not winning is what quallifies you to have your own show on the Food Network, not like winning NFNS or American Iron Chef.
I must be the only one who like Duffs cake more, lol… sure the other is more of a tribute, but that mosaic thing is sooo 1999-paint-by-numberish. Seriously though… What’s worse? feeding her weight? (Duff’s cake) or feeding her ego? (the other cake).
I love watching Ace of Cakes and the whole crew. I watched the episode where they made the cake and it was amazing! It took a lot of time, precision, and attention to make that pie cake. There was the great challenge of balancing it on the fork. In addition, Oprah didn’t give them a theme. To me they were great while the other two were sucking up to Oprah. They all did great cakes, I did like them all but they were kissin’ butt.
I COMPLETELY agree. Duff’s awesome and he and his crew worked hard. I don’t see why people are freaking out about how “ugly” his cake was. I mean jeez, at least they were being creative!! The other two were just, well, kissing up to Oprah. All three though really were amazing cakes…
Yeah. As Duff said in the closing seconds of that episode, “if it were a competition of who was having the most fun, we totally would have won.” The cake was about the Charm City Cakes crew taking their fun and talent to Oprah, not about Oprah herself. And as there was no theme for the competition, by all means, they should be proud of their creation. I certainly think it was a pretty awesome feat of cake engineering.
But I DEFINITELY think it’s hilarious that they gave Oprah a pie when she has been struggling with her weight for a long time. Since I don’t exactly worship the big O though, I can still see the humor in it.
I’m more interested as to why Oprah is a glowing green in her picture. gak.
I think the Cake Girls’ cake won b/c they “cake-shopped” about 50 lbs off Queen O’s face! I am and have been SO very OVER OPRAH, so I missed the show. Darn!
For what its worth, the pie-cake looks delicious.
170 lbs? I had no idea styrofoam could be so heavy.
It truely is all cake. They show them building it on the Ace of Cakes show.
Seriously, what’s with Duff and the devil horns? Does he think he’s in a band?! Fondant does not equal rock n’ roll.
He is in a band.
Anyone got footage of H.R.H. Oprah after the show… alone in a darkened studio with 600 lbs of cake and a giant fork? That’s what I wanna see… but not really. Kudos to Duff on wearing a coat that almost fits!
I’m surprised they didn’t throw in a little fondant Oprah sitting on top of the cherry, done in their typical featureless Duplo style.
The real question is, whose ego would you rather see get hurt, Duff’s or Oprah’s?
And yes, i’m sure it was hard to make a 170 lb. “cake” sitting on top of a “fork”. I don’t know how the cake can possibly weight that much, even with support stuff, but the “fork” is probably PVC pipe or a metal thing.
But honestly, if you’re judging a cake, the real test to see who’s is best is to taste it. But you know, who REALLY cares how the cake tastes if it “looks pretty.”
The fork is hiding a metal pipe that supports a wedge of wood which forms the base of the pie piece. Everything else above that is cake wrapped in only 2-3 layers of fondant. The cake itself weighs 145 lbs, add on the weight of the wooden base, metal pipe, and fondant and you get to that 170 lb number.
He’s so hairy. I still can’t seem to get past that.
Food Network is an orgy of mediocrity. The failed and moronic have turned our beloved network into their home. These people reward their own kind with praise and attention, as if to snub those with intelligence who have tirelessly attempted to help them. Duff Goldman is a poster child for this issue. Shame on you Food Network. All of you.
By the way, Duff’s cake is FUG!
I’ve never seen Duff do a really nice looking cake. They always look too cartoonish to me.
The cake was nice, but not for him to take to Oprah! It would have been nice for some amusement park celebration, or some celebrity child.
They should have invited Buddy Valastro to compete.He would have kicked Goldman’s sissy ass back to Baltimore and taken the win.
Cake competitions suck the big one anyway.
I don’t think Duff realized it was a cake challenge. The way he introduces it on his show is that Oprah is featuring Reality tv stars. I doubt he had any idea he was going up against other cake artist. Plus, they were only given 48 hours to throw the cake together. I think they were actually a last minute replacement for someone else.
I’ve watched AOC’s several times, but for some reason I just don’t care for his cakes. Now last week I came across a show on TLC (I may be wrong on that) called Cake Boss. His cakes are beautiful and I would pay big bucks for one of his. Plus the show is very entertaining. I love all the chaos.
Cake Boss is, when it all boils down, a copycat show of Ace of Cakes. i don’t want to be dissing buddy personally, because i do think he’s got talent, however TLC needs to come up with some original ideas for once. i find all of the “chaos” as you have said very lame and gimmicky.
in the end, yes, buddy’s cakes are also nice looking but i thought duffs cake was cute. i don’t think he sucked up to oprah because he didn’t seem to know what the show was about, and it was a pie because he found it an entertaining idea. a pie that’s a cake. while some of the info on this post was useful, there was too much “i’m gonna hate on every single little thing about this show” i mean, really!
This Goldman guy is like, you know, like, the biggest idiot on like , sort of like you all of TV. Like we didn’t know . like you’re a furry squat little guy with a mucho hairy back.
Well I guess none of those cakes would really be edible? I mean, you could, but you wouldn’t want to.
I don’t mind Duff’s – a cake that looks like a pie. Kinda cute. Why so heavy? Does it spin, or what?
At least he didn’t kiss her ass up one side and down the other. But, was there a theme, or was the cake just supposed to pay tribute to her in some way?
Yeah, Oprah and her assive ego lost my interest long long ago.
Actually none of the cakes looked that good. We know about Duff’s. One looked like a glorified wedding cake. The other looked like something a crazed fan would have made.
Oprah’s ego runs wild. Can you imagine if Flay/Tuschman/anyone invited cake designers to make cakes celebrating, wait for it,……themselves?!
Also, if Harpo struggles with poundage so much, why would you have CAKE COMPETITION?
Seem to me she’s created this whole mess on her own. I think the “shrines” are so over-the-top ass-kissing, those other two cakers should wipe the brown fondant from their upper lips, and just proclaim their devotion to the Holy O.
Duffs cake looked nice, I think. Actually, I think he comes out looking better. Seriously, no mater what he made, he’d lose in the eyes of, oh, someone. If he did a homage cake, someone would claim he’s pandering, patronizing, and brown-nosing, so he made simple, yet pleasing cake, and he’s now unsensitive to her ongoing obesity. Whatev, exactly.
And I absolutely can’t stand him or his show. I’m just saying…..
I don’t like any of them, especially the one that won. All it needs is some candles and fabric draped around it and it’s a SHRINE. While I appreciate that Duff didn’t kiss her ass – and let’s face it, that fanny’s got to be pretty chapped from all the smooching since the 80s – that tacky, mediocre, hilariously insulting and inappropriate cake pales in comparison to the others. The only thing I could think of that would less appropriate would be a cake made to look like a giant salad sitting on bathroom scales.
The one of Oprah’s face is just freaky, lol. The others are fine but none are really cool IMO.
I wonder if Duff had the last laugh here. Three of the four prongs on the “fork” are … well, a bit shorter than they should be.
I think the pie cake looks better than the weird green fondant chips of Oprah and the weirdly mutant schlong-esque pink flesh cake. I agree that it wasn’t exactly the most tasteful (heh) choice to use PIE, but it actually looks like something you possibly would be able to eat. The Oprah poker chip “cake” is just a mess of fondant discs. I don’t want to go near that giant pink phallus cake, either.
Duff’s cake is obviously the best looking. It’s just not related to Oprah. And it also makes no sense. Why would you put a piece of pie with ice cream on it on top of a fork with a firecracker?
What in the blue blazes is the point of this?
Judging by the user pics here, we have some attractive posters. Judging by the posts, we have some intelligent posters as well. It’s a win-win situation.
In the words of CZ, “YAY, we’re so cute!”
*Meaning the point of Duff’s “cake” debacle.
I say “fail” for all of these creations.
Dank, my thoughts exactly.
I mean sure, it is cool that all the discs are people, but wow, the Oprah love has just crossed the line with those other two cakes.
I think the Duff cake is whimsical and fun. It does seem out of place compared to the other two, but if you have no rules then to each their own. I have to say at least he did something original and not all “Oprahed” up.
Obviously Duff and O are gettin’ it on. She’s he’s cherry pie (love that poison song).
I’m not quite sure what the allure is of a middle aged man who says the word “like” a lot and spends his time sleeping in while his hippy, liberal friends build their cakes out of styrofoam.
Actually, Duff’s in his mid-30s, which isn’t “middle-aged.” ^_^
Personally, I liked Duff’s the best, because I see it as a humorous homage to her weight struggles and how funny it is that she would hold a cake competition! I think he knew exactly what he was doing and made it simple on purpose. I wouldn’t be surprised if he figured others would have these glorious cakes dedicated to Oprah, so he took the other route.
It did make him stand-out, didn’t it?
Lastly, I know he could have done better, seeing what the cast have done on the show before. Props to Duff for being himself!
I don’t think Duff realized it was a cake challenge. The way he introduces it on his show is that Oprah is featuring Reality tv stars. I doubt he had any idea he was going up against other cake artist. Plus, they were only given 48 hours to throw the cake together. I think they were actually a last minute replacement for someone else.
They the reasoning they gave was that their shop is known for it’s great looking cakes that are shaped like other food.
@ pricilla: The only time they use styrofoam is if the cake is supposed to be a show piece, or a piece of the cake needs to be lighter than actual cake for support reasons.
I thought all the cakes were technically amazing and beautiful, but clearly the Cake Girls mosaic cake was the best and the most meaningful for the client. I wonder what the motivation was for Duff’s Pie on a Fork cake? Did he explain why he chose this design and why he thought his client would find it meaningful or desirable?
@anjarew – I also wonder about the same things. I definitely have no idea what the allure is.
Anjarew, I don’t get the appeal either. But what it reinforces is that if you want to do all the heavy lifting, make mediocre money, and not feel appreciated is: work for someone else, count on others to pull you through life, and keep hittin’ that bong.
Perhaps Duff just has one or two more brain cells left than his friends. Be a leader, reap the rewards. Follow the flock, you get lost in the crowd. He IS the owner.
As Mel Brooks so eloquently stated, “It’s Good to be the King”.
The song “You’re So Vain” by Carly Simon could fit nearly every FN personality.
Oprah still outweighed Duff’s 170 pound cake by a good 60 pounds, for whatever that’s worth.
@ Ferd: Baaaaaaaaaaghhhhhhhh!
Is it that 230 on the hoof?
The real head-scratcher is : What will she weigh in at market next week? I think she’s blue ribbon material a the 4-H club, but might cinch it by next month.
The man is very odd…
Oh, yes! I’d love to see a throwdown betwween AOC and the Cake Boss! The Cake Boss would win hands down!!
Hmmm…Jealous much? I saw the show. “Cue scowls from hundreds of angry women in the audience,” you say. I’m afraid to tell you that those scowls were in your head, not on the screen. Nothing visual or audible to back up that comment.
Also, a piece of cake in the shape of anything is still a cake. So it’s hard to imagine that a cake shaped like a piece of pie is more “offensive” than one shaped like…uh…a marathon runner. It’s still a cake. And you’re still a little jealous.
@ Alex
The failed and moronic have turned our beloved network into their home.>>>
Screw it, let them have Food Network. We have this place now!
I just LOVE it how people react when their favorite ass-kissed celebrity gets a little criticism. SO predictable: Label everybody “jealous.” Um, I don’t think so. Do you seriously think people on this forum are jealous of Oprah?!? Or even less believable, Duff Goldman? Wow. Not sure what delusional planet you’re on at the moment.
Ho hum, move along.
Sorry, that was meant for Brett; Hakuna got a post in before mine made it there.
Cake is cake! The brownies are warm!
@Hakuna: You’re right. It’s just hard to let go is all. Oh. My. God. How funny would it have been if Can’t Standy made Oprah a semi-homemade cake?
Darn, Brett pegged it! I’m jealous (1) of Oprah, who with some of her hair pieces looks like ET and (2) Duff, who looks like the dope smoking cooks at the Red Lobster I worked at when I was sixteen. GROSS!
Oh and that first cake looks like one of those horrid Easter egg trees from Hallmark. GAG.
off topic: did anyone see Ina’s friend TR on Ugly Betty last night? I tivo’d it and watched his bit part over and over to make sure I’m not being overly critical. Simply put: if TR doesn’t improve soon, I see a lot of bit parts in his future.
I agree with Mel – he’s so freakin’ hairy and I can’t get past it. I hate when he hasn’t shaved, it’s like bigfoot. Ewwww. I bet his back is really hairy. Goddammit that’s nasty.
Pretty sure Brett is Duff Goldman.
I just ordered Duff to recreate a huge bottle of Smirnoff for my friend’s AA grad par-tay!
Like a previous poster wrote: I would give anything to be able to watch O through a hidden camera “tasting” those cakes, while no one was around. How’s Dr Oz and Bob’s diet plans working for you??
‘Tis true, most FN shows are akin to a kaubuki turd circus- not my quote, I think Bourdain said this.
@Alex: If Aunty Sandy made the O a semi-homedade cake, the O would still shovel that shit in her pie hole.
Heatherwessel, who’s your friend, Sandra Lee? Just messing around!
I really like what Teague has to say about this cake situation. “Perhaps Duff was at fault for not feeding Oprah’s ego.” Very on point. I could imagine most folks on this forum making fun of Duff had he made the winning mosaic cake. People would joke about how much fondant he used to make the circles, or how the blue ones in Oprah’s face make the cake look slightly weird. I don’t particularly like Duff, but I can appreciate a guy who-when asked to bake a massive cake to glorify Oprah-decides to drop an elephant in the room. I say this is a glimmer of light coming out of the FN for once.
Totally agree, Timothy.
Why does DUff’s beard start on his lower eye lid?
I think Duff’s cake is hilarious. Who else would use the support to give queen O the finger?
all i have to say is: I FUCKING LOVE CAKE! so i would be right next to oprah’s fat ass eating them all except for duffs cuz it probably has hair in it…yuck!
I have never seen O’s talk show & agree she is overhyped. However: I am amazed none of the competitors made a schoolhouse in honor of the schools she has started in Africa. I know quite little about her but have heard about the schools which deserve a tribute in my mind. If you’re going to make an Oprah cake recognize a contribution she has made. And if any of us had her $ we’d be doing stuff that also deserved recognition I’m sure!
The winning cake had a shrunken replica of the school on it, along with all of the other things she does, like her book club.
@Miki: so glad these ass of cake building didn’t leave an O acheivement out.
Where’s the fondant replica of a Pomtiac GTO, though?
oops – after squinting I now see it – thanks Miki
Miki, i’m truly sorry. My post was aimed directly at JaneinNH, not you.
I think someone should’ve just made a cake with a dollar sign with lips kissing a big fat ass.
Now that would be funny, I don’t care who you are.
Wow, no one noticed that Duff got PWNED? Man, that had to suck.
Spelling Police, you need to brush up on your pop culture. PWNED is a video game term that roughly translates to “got your ass kicked”. Look it up.
Thanks Jillian. I’m definitely not a pop culture guy. And all this time I thought Owned meant that.
I have to agree with what Timothy commented that at least he didn’t kiss up to Oprah. I’m suprised that no one noticed that when Oprah introduced the chefs she immediately crossed the lady that made the Oprah quotes cake and went to Duff first. Looked more like she was kissing his butt since Ace of Cakes is highly rated.
That pie cake looks like a play doh sculpture.
owned, pwned it’s all the same and it goes beyond video games now..lol!
I dont get why people insist on defending the pie-cake.
The challenge was to make an oprah cake.
What does pie…on a fork…shooting sparks…have to do with Oprah?
It’s cake… that’s what it has to do with Oprah
Ok So I have read most of your comments, but honestly… can anyone of you do anything compairable to what these people have done?
If you can’t… then stop putting them down. If you are an actual professional with skills that are compairable to these people then I think its fair to make CONSTRUCTIVE feedback.
At least these professionals tried and put hours upon hours of work on these cakes. I have been in the baking and pastry arts feed for years now and I can see the dedication of these professionals. They put EVERYTHING into what they make… I know how they feel. Sometimes I don’t go to bed and I work because I want to give everything into my products.
I just think it’s rediculous that some of you are saying things out of your butt, You have NO idea of the dedtication and the time it takes to create something!
And if the requirements were to make the cake themed all about Oprah, then Duff failed…when you look at that pie on a fork cake you don’t think of oprah at all.
What is a pastry arts feed? Does it involve saying things out of one’s butt or being “deditcated”? If so, count me out.
However, Unnamed, I have worked as a pastry chef in an actual restaurant and believe I have every right to mock Duff Goldman because I never would produce crap like he does.
From an artistic stand point, duffs cake deals with the complexity of weight distribution and balance for which he mastered. The design is simple yet not overdone like the other cakes. It throws my mind into loops because you are thinking of pie when its make as a cake. I love concepts that rearrange my thinking. I also do not think the designers chose a slice of pie to make fun of Oprah due to her struggles of weight. I am sure the were other reasons. The Charm city staff from what I see are some talented people who I admire.
your stupid…
Ummm…. Oprah asked them to make a CAKE. So no matter whether the cake was a pie made out of cake or a monument to Oprah or Vegetables or a diet pills it was still make out of CAKE. If Oprah was so touchy about her weight she wouldn’t have asked people on her show to make CAKE.
After watching a recently aired episode of Ace of Cakes, I don’t think Duff realized it was a cake challenge. The way he introduces it on his show is that Oprah is featuring Reality TV stars. I doubt he had any idea he was going up against other cake artist. Plus, they were only given 48 hours to throw the cake together. I think they were actually a last minute replacement for someone else.
wow sanood, cuz you haven’t already said the same exact thing 4 times already. We get it, you hate duff and think he didn’t deserve to be on the Harpo show. give it a rest.
Ace of Cakes is a great show because of the report all of them have with each other. Nobody I know watches the show for the cakes. I think sometimes they make very good cakes (usually Jeff), and often they don’t (like with the Oprah one). But who cares? You think people would prefer to watch the going-ons of an incredible cake shop where people didn’t have such an amazing report? I doubt it. A few bakers maybe. But it would get boring quickly. I like the show the way it is, honestly – occasional cafe failures aside.
For what it’s worth… I like Duff’s cake the best by FAR!
We all know that if they had known it was a competition duff and his crew would beat them all. It is still the cake you go back to look at and say that is really cool. I dont watch oprah but I love duffs show, very entertaining-keep up the great work guys!
WTF? All of you people are so negative and nasty!
Duff’s style is young, quirky, and offbeat. He remains true to his style and will continue to be awesome, regardless of how much you old decrepits dislike him.
Cake is cake, who cares if Oprah has weight issues. Don’t eat the cake the, hun.
Educate yourselves before jumping to conclusions about how he builds the structures, the cake, use of fondant, etc.
Ace of Cakes is original and already has others trying to copy him. Why? Because he rocks.
“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.”
Based on the Ace of Cakes episode where they make the pie cake Duff didn’t know the cake was for a contest or that it was supposed to have an Oprah theme.
In my opinion if he wasn’t told it was a contest and that it was themed then Oprah owes him an apology. You can tell that its bad for his business just by the negative feedback here he should have at least gotten a fighting chance or a chance to turn them down because 2 days isn’t really enough time to plan and execute a competition piece.
I THINK IT’S QUITE OBVIOUS THAT OPRAH CHOSE THE ONE THAT HAD HER OWN FACE ON IT. SHE DIDN’T LIKE THE MAN’S CAKE BECAUSE IT’S NOT ABOUT HER.
YOU haters are hilarious! You speak like you have the talent to make cakes let alone design them! All of the cakes were beautiful and creative, I mean can YOU design a cake so pithily like Duff’s? The only difference between all three cakes is that 1.) Duff didn’t kiss Oprah’s hurting ego and 2.) Oprah’s staff did not tell Charm City Cakes the main purpose of them making a cake.. It’s like writing an essay without a prompt! Chances are you’re gonna write about something you’re most knowledgeable of.. and in this case Charm City Cakes did what they’re known for which is making cake that looks like food! THINK PEOPLE THINK!
sorry. I mean to post this here.
It was a CAKE-off. He made a desert that looks like desert. Was he supposed to make a fattening food that was conceptually sensitive to her body issues?
Well I watched the episode were the cake was made. They guys at Charm City Cake were told it was a “best of reality tv” and were given all of maybe three days to complete the cake and get it to Chicago. No one said anything about creating a Oprah idol out of cake and fondant, so Duff and his crew made something quirky and unique, basically, what they are known for. They did something that represented them, not Oprah. If she wanted a shrine to her greatness, she should have asked.