Was anybody loved more in all 50 states than Paula Deen? She was all over television in the 2000s, with her own series and regular guest spots on various talk shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, enchanting audiences with her southern charm and butteriffic recipes.
That all changed in 2013, when Deen found herself at the center of a racism scandal that shocked America and sent her multi-million dollar empire crumbling to the ground. Twelve years after Deen’s reign as America’s favorite cook came to an end, a new documentary at the Toronto International Film Festival, Canceled: The Paula Deen Story, shines a new light on the scandal.
On Jan. 31, 2012, over a year before the racism accusations became public, Deen received a threatening legal letter. It came from a lawyer regarding a planned lawsuit from Lisa Jackson, the general manager at Uncle Bubba’s Seafood and Oyster House, a restaurant owned by Deen and run by her younger brother, Bubba.
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