Due to allegations of racism, Paula Deen has been fired from the Food Network. Deen did apologize for admitting to saying racial slurs in the past in two online videos. The Food Network made her a star in 2002 with Paula's Home Cooking. The network asserted her show will be dropped from the schedule by month's end. The incident came to light when Lisa Jackson, an employee at the restaurant Deen and her brother own, claimed she worked in a hostile environment that included sexual harassment and racist comments.
Here is one of Deen's apology videos:
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