Aretha Franklin is seeing Patti LaBelle‘s Sweet Potato Pie and raising her a jar of Chili and a package of baked chicken.
“Ms. Patti’s gonna have to move that pie to the side!” Franklin told Detroit’s Channel 4 this week when she announced she coming in the beginning stages of releasing her own line of grocery items.
Related: This Guy’s Stunning Review Of The Patti LaBelle Pie Should Be Required Viewing
You may remember that LaBelle made national headlines over the holiday season after Walmart couldn’t keep her Patti LaBelle Sweet Potato Pie, priced at just $3.49, on its shelves. The pies literally sold one per second for 72 hours straight before completely selling out, leading to a public outcry for “More pies! More pies!” and requiring WalMart to rush order an additional two million pounds — yes, two million pounds — of sweet potatoes to meet the demand.
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Now, Franklin hopes to do the same. She just announced she’ll be releasing her own brand of Aretha Franklin chili, gumbo and baked chicken, plus a few desserts.
No word yet where or when exactly the products will be released, but we can already feel our cholesterol rising.
Captain Obvious
Love them both but I love my arteries more.
Edward Kiner
They’re both well-known great cooks, so this should be good for us all
silveroracle
Love them both. Go girls.
Kangol
Why is Aretha constantly shading and trying to fade Miss Patti? Not a good look.
Low Country Boy
@Captain Obvious: My thoughts exactly! That said, I do love Miss Patti’s pies.