Poll: Most don’t find Deen racist
Corporate America may be running away from Paula Deen as fast as it can, but ordinary viewers are sticking with the deposed chef, a new poll says.
Seventy-one percent of respondents said they did not believe that Deen was a racist, according to the online survey from search engine Ask.com.
And nearly two-thirds believe that another network will pick up Deen, who was dumped by the Food Network after scandal engulfed her last month.
A court deposition surfaced in which Deen admitted to using the N-word and also planning a wedding party that would attire black wait staff as slaves.
Deen initially apologized in a series of statements and videos, but emerged defiant in a subsequent interview with Matt Lauer on NBC’s “Today,” proclaiming: “I is what I is.”
A long list of companies severed ties with her, including Wal-Mart Stores and Kmart.
But many fans seem to believe that Deen’s former partners are blowing the incident out of proportion.
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