Paula Patton is famously known for being an actress and producer, making her debut on screen in 2005.
The American star has also enjoyed a singing and song writing career. Here’s all you need to know about her.
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Who is Paula Patton?
46-year-old Paula Patton was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.
Paula is of a mixed race background with her mother White-American and her father African-American.
After graduating High School, she started college at the University of California, before transferring to the University of Southern California’s Film School after one year.
She then won a three-month assignment making documentaries for PBS. Paula progressed to making documentary segments for Medical Diaries on the Discovery Health Channel in 2000.
She provided vocals for Usher in 2004 , for his album Confessions.
After taking acting lessons her film career took off in 2005 when she acted in Hitch alongside Will Smith.
She gave birth to her only child, Julian Fuego in 2010.
In 2014 she divorced from long-time husband and the father of her son, Robin Thicke.
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Why is Paula Patton trending?
The actress is trending after showing off her mom’s fried chicken recipe in an Instagram video on March 4.
Paula seasoned the chicken along with the oil while cooking up her dish.
But fans criticized everything from the recipe itself to Paula’s cooking skills.
Viewers took to social media to slam her for not washing her chicken long enough before cooking and adding seasoning to the grease.
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What has Paula Patton said about her fried chicken recipe?
Despite the criticism, Paula said that she wouldn’t change how she does things in a separate Insta post.
She said: “It’s all good because everybody’s got their own way of making things.
“And I’ll take suggestions, I’ll make a new kind of fried chicken, but I’m gonna always make my mom’s chicken the way she did it.
“We put the seasoning in the oil and all that. It’s just the way we do it.”
