Is Paula Deen cancelled?*
Paula Deen
Cooking show host, restaurateur, author, and television personality
During the deposition for a 2013 lawsuit Paula Dean admitted to having used the “N-word” at some time in her life. She was being sued by a former employee (who is white) for racial and sexual discrimination. The racial discrimination claims were thrown out by the judge, and the sexual discrimination claims were likely settled out of court in private.
“That's just not a word that we use as time has gone on. Things have changed since the '60s in the South. And my children and my brother object to that word being used in any cruel or mean behavior. As well as I do.”
In 2015 she came under fire again for a social media post in which she appeared dressed as Lucy from “I Love Lucy” alongside her son in a blackface Ricky Ricardo costume. The post was taken down and she apologized via statement “to all who were offended”.
At the time of the “N-word” controversy she had various TV, publishing, and endorsement projects cancelled. She has remained in the public eye, though with appearing in “Positively Paula”, “Paula Deen's Sweet Home Savannah”, and “MasterChef: Legends”.