The Food Network will not renew the contract of celebrity chef Paula Deen, it announced Friday. The network’s decision came after a firestorm that started Wednesday when a videotaped deposition Deen gave in May became public. In that deposition, Deen admitted to having used the N word and having told her staffers she wanted to plan a “very southern style wedding” for her brother with an all-black waitstaff.“Food Network will not renew Paula Deen’s contract when it expires at the end of this month,” a network spokesperson said in a statement.
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