Monday, June 24, 2013

Paula Deen's Sloppy N-Word Apology - Was it Forced?



Sometimes two apology videos aren't enough to save your job. The Food Network announced late this afternoon that it will not renew Paula Deen's contract when it expires at the end of this month. The news came less than two hours after the celebrity chef released a pair of awkward videos apologizing for what she called her "inappropriate, hurtful language."*

Paula Deen seemed to have changed her tune about saying racial slurs, apoloizing vehemently in a video. But...do you buy it? Why did the video have so many edits, and was it coerced from her team? Ana Kasparian and Ben Mankiewicz discuss.

*Read more from Slate:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slates...

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