It seems pretty obvious that this is some kind of really terrible attempt to humanize him, but I don't know what's worse, his inability to seem truly genuine (see
reaction shot) or the fact that this is *the* most ghetto of ghetto no-bake cheesecake recipes, and has two cups of sugar in addition to whatever's already in those cookies, the three packets of Dream Whip and the cherry pie filling. Even if this is Mama Ford's recipe, it's not one worth keeping. This a the bottom-of-the-barrel, 1960's convenience recipe too terrible to even show up on a box label. I'd be surprised if there's anyone thinking to themselves, "y'know, this sounds like a really great recipe."
"If I wasn't Premier, I'd open up a Cheesecake Factory."
For the record, Dougie's pan of cheesecake-like diabetes primer weighs about 5lbs and is 11,253 calories (almost 4000 of that from the crust alone). It has 938g of sugar and 594g of fat.
Yeah, that sounds about what The Cheesecake Factory is aiming for.