Deen Done on Food Network

Channel dumps butter-loving celebrity cook amid controversy over racist comments

Like so many of her ingredients, Food Network host Paula Deen has been canned.

The celebrity chef's admission that she uses ethnic slurs in a deposition obtained by The National Enquirer appears to have been the straw that broke the camel's back for the network. Deen put a video apologizing for … something … on YouTube earlier today (excerpt: "I want to apologize to everybody for the wrong that I've done. I want to learn and grow from this").

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