Paula Deen, Snooki, and the Situation at the CMT Awards

Here's a video clip of saucy Southern Belle Paula Deen with the Jersey Shore's Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino and Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi at the Country Music Television Awards presenting an award. While it is a little awkward and staged and unsettling — Deen is given the nickname "Mama Hoe Cakes" — it is, in fact, a cultural moment.

· Paula Deen, Snooki and The Situation [CMT via Food Network Humor]