Paula Deen's goose has been cooked at the Food Network. Officials tell TMZ they are not renewing her contract, which expires at the end of this month.
Paula apparently was done in for her comments during a deposition in a civil lawsuit, in which she freely admitted to using the N-word in the past.
Deen issued an apology this morning that bordered on ridiculous -- it was heavily edited and frankly insincere.
She issued a second apology shortly before the Food Network said it would not renew her contract.
Sitting in her office, Deen addresses her fans to discuss ""a subject that has been hurtful to a lot of people."Explaining her no-show on the Today Show that morning, she addresses anchor Matt Lauer directly on camera, explaining she "was physically not able" to go on camera earlier. "The pain has been tremendous that I have caused to myself and to others. So i'm taking this opportunity, now that I've pulled myself together and am able to speak, to offer an apology to all those that I have hurt."
Continues the Georgia native: "I want people to understand that my family and i are not the kind of people that the press say that we are. I've spent the best of 24 years to help myself and others. Your color of skin, your religion, your sexual preference does not matter to me."
"I am here to say that i am so sorry. I was wrong, yes. I've worked hard and I've made some mistakes. But that is no excuse." Deen offers her "sincere apology" and urges that it "comes from the deepest part of my heart."
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