Paula Deen is ready to share her story.

The former Food Network star, 78, appeared on “Fox and Friends” Wednesday to discuss some of the lowest points in her life, including her agoraphobia battle and her 2013 racism scandal that tarnished her career, ahead of her documentary that comes out next month.

“Let me tell you something, Steve. I thought I was going to die of a broken heart,” she told host Steve Doocy at her Savannah, Georgia home. “And I said I couldn’t let myself fall back into that terrible [agoraphobia].” 7

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“But I had, like, 5 and a half, 6 million people come in on my Facebook and put their arms around me,” Deen added. “And without y’all, I would not have survived.”

The celebrity chef explained that she self-diagnosed herself with agoraphobia — an anxiety di

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