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"Paula Deen has come under fire after admitting to using the N-word in a leaked deposition. The celebrity chef was questioned by police in connection to a racial and sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Deen and her Paula&amp;#039;s Oyster House in Georgia.  TMZ reports that in the deposition Deen responded: &amp;quot;Yes, of course,&amp;quot; when asked if she had ever used the N-word. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s just what they are - they&amp;#039;re jokes... most jokes are about Jewish people, rednecks, black folk... I can&amp;#039;t determine what offends another person,&amp;quot; said Deen. She went on to reference an incident in 1986 when she was held up in a bank robbery by a black man, stating: &amp;quot;I didn&amp;#039;t feel real favourable towards him.&amp;quot; Deen also addressed questions about a wedding she had planned with black waiters as &amp;quot;slaves&amp;quot;, saying that a restaurant she went to with her husband inspired the idea.  &amp;quot;The whole entire waiter staff was middle-aged black men, and they had on beautiful white jackets with a black bow tie,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;I mean, it was really impressive. That restaurant represented a certain era in America... after the Civil War, during the Civil War, before the Civil War... It was not only black men, it was black women... I would say they were slaves.&amp;quot; The 66-year-old insisted that she does not use the N-word as frequently as she used to, claiming that &amp;quot;things have changed since the &amp;#039;60s in the South&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;My children and my brother object to that word being used in any cruel or mean behavior. As well as I do,&amp;quot; she insisted. Deen, who last year revealed her battle with diabetes, has yet to comment publicly on the leaked deposition. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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