It's been years since Paula Deen evoked feelings of Southern hospitality and delicious, decadent soul food, and her failing reputation has continued to cost her big time. Deen's trouble started in 2013 when she went through a near career-ending scandal . While in court to fight a racial discrimination lawsuit from one of her former employees, Deen owned up to using the N-word on multiple occasions at her eateries, according to NPR , though at the time she said it was in the distant past. Deen's admission, along with other claims of racial mistreatment by other people in her orbit, was catastrophic for her career, leading her to lose various endorsements, TV contracts, and the public's goodwill.

Although Deen experienced a tragic downfall , she's continued to work over the past decade, chu

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