Hey ya'll, I'm not racist: Paula Deen admits to using racial slurs, but says she's no
Hey ya'll, I'm not racist: Paula Deen admits to using racial slurs, but says she's not prejudiced
Paula Deen racist testimony: Food Network star uses epithet in court deposition
The celebrity chef, who is famous for her Southern approach to life, admitted to using racial slurs in a court deposition last month, but said neither she nor her brother, Bubby Hier, are racist.
Paula Deen, the recovering butter-loving chef, has admitted to using racial slurs in a court deposition, according to a report by the National Enquirer.
For the butter-loving Paula Deen, this certainly is a slippery slope.
The celebrity chef, who is famous for her Southern approach to life, has admitted to using racial slurs in a court deposition last month, saying that she was eyeing a Deep South-themed wedding for her brother's 2007 nuptials, but later decided against it.
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In the three-hour deposition given May 17, the 66-year-old cook was asked if Deen had ever used the N-word.
"Yes, of course," she replied, according to testimony.
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The queen of southern cooking is currently embroiled in some legal trouble — the former general manager of her Savannah, Ga., restaurant, Lisa Jackson, is suing Deen for $1.2 million.
In the lawsuit, Jackson alleges that Deen used the N-word on several occasions, and that Deen's brother, Bubby Hiers, sexually assaulted her.
Deen has reined in her Southern eating habits after she was diagnosed with Type-2 Diabetes last year.
"Now, that would be a true Southern wedding, wouldn't it?"
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Deen said in her deposition that neither she nor her brother hold any prejudices against minorities.
“Bubby and I, neither one of us, care what the color of your skin is,” she said. “It’s what’s in your heart and in your head that matters to us.”
Deen, known for her gut-busting recipes and folksy attitude, acknowledged in her deposition to sometimes telling racially charged jokes, and appeared to struggle when asked if she considered jokes using the N-word to be "mean."
"That's kind of hard," Deen said. "Most jokes are about Jewish people, rednecks, black folks ... They usually target, though, a group. Gays or straights, black, redneck, you know, I just don't know — I just don't know what to say. I can't, myself, determine what offends another person."
Bubba Hiers, who is Paula Deen’s brother and the chef and owner of Uncle Bubba's Oyster House in Savannah, Ga., is shown here grilling a dozen oysters. According to a lawsuit, he allegedly sexually harrassed a former manager of Deen’s Savannah restaurant.
Deen's lawyer, Bill Franklin of Oliver Maner LLP, issued the following statement to the Daily News: "Contrary to media reports, Ms. Deen does not condone or find the use of racial epithets acceptable. She is looking forward to her day in court."
Twitter users were quick to react, coming up with the hashtag #PaulasBestDishes with the accompanying racist dish, Eater reports.
Some of the cheeky tweets include: "Ku Klux Klandike Bars," "Uncle Tomato Soup," and "We Shall Over-Crumb Cake."
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