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"Paula Deen&amp;apos;s video mea culpa, take two. The embattled celebrity chef has been dealing with a public relations disaster all week for her racial slur scandal -- and didn&amp;apos;t exactly make matters much better on Friday afternoon June 21 by releasing a strange video apology that left many scratching their heads. After that rambling message was quickly yanked off YouTube by Deen&amp;apos;s team, the 66-year-old Southerner tried again -- and this time, she appears much calmer, collected and coherent.\r\n\r\nSitting in her office, Deen addresses her fans to discuss &amp;quot;&amp;quot;a subject that has been hurtful to a lot of people.&amp;quot; Explaining her no-show on the Today Show that morning, she addresses anchor Matt Lauer directly on camera, explaining she &amp;quot;was physically not able&amp;quot; to go on camera earlier.  &amp;quot;The pain has been tremendous that I have caused to myself and to others. So i&amp;apos;m taking this opportunity, now that I&amp;apos;ve pulled myself together and am able to speak, to offer an apology to all those that I have hurt.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n\r\nContinues the Georgia native: &amp;quot;I want people to understand that my family and i are not the kind of people that the press say that we are. I&amp;apos;ve spent the best of 24 years to help myself and others. Your color of skin, your religion, your sexual preference does not matter to me.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I am here to say that i am so sorry. I was wrong, yes. I&amp;apos;ve worked hard and I&amp;apos;ve made some mistakes. But that is no excuse.&amp;quot; Deen offers her &amp;quot;sincere apology&amp;quot; and urges that it &amp;quot;comes from the deepest part of my heart.&amp;quot;\r\nWatch Deen&amp;apos;s (second!) apology now."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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