'Cancel culture is sociopathic': Alison Roman's fans leap to her defense and slam the New York Times' decision to suspend her column after she bashed Chrissy Teigen and Marie Kondo

Alison Roman's suspension from the New York Times has sparked furious debate on social media, with fans rushing to her defense and accusing the Times of overreacting — and critics affirming that it was the right move.

On Tuesday, a spokesperson for the outlet told the Daily Beast that Roman's biweekly recipe column had been suspended and Roman was 'on temporary leave'.

The decision comes after Roman criticized Chrissy Teigen and Marie kondo in an interview with New York Consumer, which readers have said was rude at best and racist at worst — and those readers are equally divided over the Times' call to suspend Roman's column.

The suspension comes nearly two weeks after the publication of remarks from Roman, in which she she described Teigen's climb to the top of the food empire as 'crazy.'

'She had a successful cookbook. And then it was like: Boom, line at Target. Boom, now she has an Instagram page that has over a million followers where it's just, like, people running a content farm for her,' Roman said. 'That horrifies me and it's not something that I ever want to do. I don't aspire to that.'

Roman also criticized Kondo, saying she 'sold out immediately' by selling things online.

The backlash was swift, with social media users slamming Roman and Chrissy chiming in to express her disappointment.

Roman eventually apologized, but the Times has apparently decided that further action was needed.

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