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"Paula Deen wants to clear a few things up. The Food Network star, 66, is speaking out -- via her company -- about a newly filed deposition in which she admitted to saying the racial slur &amp;quot;n-gger&amp;quot; years earlier. On Wednesday, June 19, the butter-loving chef&amp;apos;s legal team released a statement saying that Deen &amp;quot;does not condone or find the use of racial epithets acceptable.&amp;quot; The following day, Paula Deen Enterprises gave Us Weekly a follow-up statement.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;During a deposition where she swore to tell the truth, Ms. Deen recounted having used a racial epithet in the past, speaking largely about a time in American history which was quite different than today,&amp;quot; the statement said. &amp;quot;She was born 60 years ago, when America&amp;apos;s South had schools that were segregated, different bathrooms, different restaurants and Americans rode in different parts of the bus. This is not today.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe statement continued, &amp;quot;To be clear, Ms. Deen does not find acceptable the use of this term under any circumstance by anyone nor condone any form of racism or discrimination.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nDeen admitted to using the word &amp;quot;n-gger&amp;quot; during a May 17 deposition connected to a $1.2 million lawsuit filed by her former employee, Lisa Jackson, who once managed Uncle Bubba&amp;apos;s Seafood and Oyster House; the restaurant is owned by Deen and her brother, Bubba Hiers.\r\n\r\nWhen Jackson&amp;apos;s attorney asked Deen if she had ever used the n-word, the Paula&amp;apos;s Best Dishes host replied, &amp;quot;Yes, of course.&amp;quot; According to the report, Deen then added, &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s been a very long time.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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