After building an impossibly large retail, publishing and cable TV empire, the butter-heavy Southern-cooking guru became embroiled in controversy when she told lawyers in a discrimination-lawsuit deposition (filed by an employee at her brother’s restaurant) that “yes, of course,” she had used the N-word in the past. Before long, Deen’s empire had crumbled, with everyone from Walmart to Food Network jumping ship.
(The racial discrimination part of the lawsuit, which alleged that Deen and her brother Bubba had discriminated against Black employees and made racist comments, was dismissed because the judge said the plaintiff, who was white, had no standing; the rest of the lawsuit, including alleged sexual harassment by Bubba, would end…
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