Who saw Paula Deen this morning?

[iammalcolmx]

I saw her on the Today show. She's back with her own Network!! If it was me I would have shown up with Al Sharpton.



Paula Deen returned to TODAY Tuesday, more than one year after a racism scandal brought her multi-million dollar culinary empire tumbling down.

“Words are so powerful. They can hurt. They can make people happy. Well, my words hurt people,” Deen told Matt Lauer when asked about the lessons she's learned over the past months. “They disappointed people and frankly, I disappointed myself. And for that, I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry for the hurt that I caused people because it went deep.”

The sit-down marks Deen's return to TODAY following her tearful conversation with Matt in June 2013. “I didn’t recognize that woman. That was a woman in trauma, I would say in shock, trying to understand what had happened,” Deen told Matt, referring to their 2013 conversation. "I probably should not have been here. I probably should have been at home, maybe even under the care of a doctor.” Watch the 2013 interview below.

The celebrity cook and restaurateur lost a number of business partners following her admission in a court deposition that she had used racial slurs in the past. A federal judge eventually threw out the lawsuit, but by then, the damage had been done. Deen said she was disappointed that the final ruling “got almost no attention.”

But Deen said she has learned to move on. She recently started a new subscription-based online channel, “The Paula Deen Network,” that will air her old cooking shows — she purchased their rights from The Food Network — as well as offer new content.

Deen’s son, Jamie Deen, who appeared on TODAY next to his mother, along with brother, Bobby Deen, said the new network has developed 100 new shows so far and has been filming content for the past year.
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Paula Deen also said plans are in the works to air a documentary on the new network. "I’ve learned so much over the year. I really feel like it’s going to require another book, but we are working on a documentary because I feel like everybody needs to know the whole entire story," she said.

Deen said the last year has been filled with deep reflection as she tried to understand why the corporate world shunned her.

“I absolutely understood it, but I had to go home, sit on my sofa and get off the merry-go-round. I had to remove myself and sit quietly, so I could think and see things from all angles,” Deen said.

But Deen admitted the past year has left her more guarded.

"I've always been very, very naïve," she said. "Unless you do something that I can see you’re trying to hurt me, in my heart, you’re good. That’s childlike and it’s naïve, and I’m trying to be more guarded. I don’t ever want to get to the point where I’m cynical because I believe there are more good people than bad."

Follow TODAY.com writer Eun Kyung Kim on Google+ or on Twitter.

[pixy0stix]

Should have been under the care of a doctor? What the fuck? You still haven't learned because you're still playing the victim!

[IIOY]

Sept 23, 2014 9:09:34 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

I saw her on the Today show. She's back with her own Network!! If it was me I would have shown up with Al Sharpton.

She is a Southern white woman and therefore cannot be seen in public with someone who has hair bigger than hers.

[iammalcolmx]

Sept 23, 2014 9:18:58 GMT -5 IIOY said:

Sept 23, 2014 9:09:34 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

I saw her on the Today show. She's back with her own Network!! If it was me I would have shown up with Al Sharpton.

She is a Southern white woman and therefore cannot be seen in public with someone who has hair bigger than hers.

He has toned down hair but still has the conk:

[mbcdefg]

Paula Deen also said plans are in the works to air a documentary on the new network. "I’ve learned so much over the year. I really feel like it’s going to require another book, but we are working on a documentary because I feel like everybody needs to know the whole entire story money," she said.

[pixy0stix]

I'm surprised she hasn't claimed that she didn't know butter.

[mbcdefg]

Sept 23, 2014 9:22:54 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

I'm surprised she hasn't claimed that she didn't know butter.

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Paula Deen can go fuck herself.

[msmerymac]

A federal judge eventually threw out the lawsuit, but by then, the damage had been done. Deen said she was disappointed that the final ruling “got almost no attention.”

Who gives a shit if the lawsuit was thrown out? You admitted to using racial slurs and the whole waiters-dressed-like-slaves conversation. That's kind of the important part.

[wawa]

This doesn't sound like she learned jack shit. Who are these "bad people" who might make her cynical? People who were pissed that she dropped the n-word left and right? IMAGINE THAT.

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Sept 23, 2014 9:41:35 GMT -5 wawa said:

This doesn't sound like she learned jack shit. Who are these "bad people" who might make her cynical? People who were pissed that she dropped the n-word left and right? IMAGINE THAT.

Exactly. She seems to believe that the problem is that she said it in front of people she trusted not to tell anyone she said it, not that she even thinks like that in the first fucking place. And that's why bitch can't have an ounce of my goodwill. Fuck.her.

[wawa]

Sept 23, 2014 9:43:04 GMT -5 @helenabonhamcarter said:

Sept 23, 2014 9:41:35 GMT -5 wawa said:

This doesn't sound like she learned jack shit. Who are these "bad people" who might make her cynical? People who were pissed that she dropped the n-word left and right? IMAGINE THAT.

Exactly. She seems to believe that the problem is that she said it in front of people she trusted not to tell anyone she said it, not that she even thinks like that in the first fucking place. And that's why bitch can't have an ounce of my goodwill. Fuck.her.

Yes!  She's STILL in the "sorry if you are offended" mode.  Not OMG I never realized what a racist whorebag I used to be.  I'M SO SORRY I WAS AWFUL.<--try that paula.

She probably still thinks those black folk ought to be grateful for everything she ever gave them and know that "she didn't mean anything by it" and if they don't it's because they're just hateful and out for her $$.  

[iammalcolmx]

I am mad at the Slave party.

[mominatrix]

... Which reminds me of a long ago story, related to me by friends who overheard a woman loudly receiving oral sex, having first placed a stick of butter, to (I guess) encourage the process along.

[ESF]

It just aired here.

Fuck the Today Show for giving her a platform.

[pixy0stix]

Sept 23, 2014 9:54:55 GMT -5 mominatrix said:

... Which reminds me of a long ago story, related to me by friends who overheard a woman loudly receiving oral sex, having first placed a stick of butter, to (I guess) encourage the process along.

Butter makes everything better.

[decemberwedding07]

Sept 23, 2014 9:54:55 GMT -5 mominatrix said:

... Which reminds me of a long ago story, related to me by friends who overheard a woman loudly receiving oral sex, having first placed a stick of butter, to (I guess) encourage the process along.

Placed... where?  I'm so confused.  Like, inside?  Butter is mushy!  And it would melt so quickly, there's no way that would feel good.  Or like, all over the outside?  Did her partner hear the old urban legend (I hope that's all it is) about peanut butter and dogs and think, "You know, I want to be the dog in that scenario, but with butter instead of peanut butter."

[decemberwedding07]

Sept 23, 2014 10:17:43 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

Sept 23, 2014 10:14:29 GMT -5 decemberwedding07 said:

Placed... where?  I'm so confused.  Like, inside?  Butter is mushy!  And it would melt so quickly, there's no way that would feel good.  Or like, all over the outside?  Did her partner hear the old urban legend (I hope that's all it is) about peanut butter and dogs and think, "You know, I want to be the dog in that scenario, but with butter instead of peanut butter."

this is way too much thought into that.

i will say a high school math teacher was the center of a dog and PB rumor and the boys at school made her life hell for years. im shocked she never quit or killed herself.

Maybe it's too much thought?  I guess I should just assume that she took "buttering her crumpet" literally?

That poor, poor woman.  As if being a HS math teacher isn't a hard enough job!