Paula Deen may have issued an apology for using racial slurs in both her Savannah, Ga., restaurants and also ever in her entire life, but that wasn’t enough for Food Network. Probably because the apology was terrible, but hey, she tried?? Earlier today it was announced that Food Network dropped the butter-loving Southern Belle known for sending love and “best dishes” to her viewers. Deen’s contract will not be renewed when it expires at the end of this month. Deen, who made her mark on the Food Network with her sugary, fat-saturated foods, has faced quite a rocky couple of years, to say the least. First she announced that she had been diagnosed with and battled diabetes and received backlash from critics for not modifying her unhealthy recipes. She went on to slim down with the South Beach diet before being slapped with a lawsuit regarding allegations of sexual harassment in her restaurants by G.M. Lisa Jackson. While Deen denies the sexual harassment, she doesn’t deny using racial slurs, and that, no doubt coupled with her skipped Today Show appearance this morning, landed her in hot water. All of this has left her image and her career in the slop trough, and it was all too much for Food Network, with which she will no longer be associated. It’s going to take more than a pan of brownies to apologize for this one. She’ll be serving up casseroles to everyone else while she eats Humble Pie. It’s a good thing she knows a thing or two about comfort food recipes , right?
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Paula Deen: Fired By Food Network Following Lawsuit, Racial Slurs
