Quote from Eight:
Paula Deen's book sales went way up. LOL
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...attempt-save-career.html?ICO=most_read_module
Disgraced chef Paula Deen loses deals with Walmart, Home Depot and Caesars Casino just hours after teary last ditch attempt to save her career on the Today Show
Walmart, Home Depot and Caesars Entertainment Corporation are the latest brands to drop Deen
Her $18 million business empire was already crumbling following the end of contracts with The Food Network and meat producer Smithfield
On Wednesday morning a teary Deen told the Today show that she doesn't believe she should have been fired
A lawsuit last week revealed Paula Deen used racial slurs and wanted to throw a 'plantation-style' wedding for her brother
Deen admitted to using 'N-word' and wanting black men dressed as slaves
Despite her teary interview on Wednesday morningâs Today show, Paula Deen has been dropped by yet another two sponsors.
Walmart, Home Depot and Caesars Entertainment Corporation announced that they were ending affiliations with the celebrity chef just hours after she told Matt Lauer: 'I is what I is and I'm not changing.'
Deen's $18 million business empire has been unraveling since she become embroiled in a racial controversy after a former employee testified that she had heard Deen, 66, repeatedly use the N-word and talk of how she wanted to have a plantation-themed wedding for her brother with an all-black serving staff to emulate slaves.
Walmart, the world's largest retailer issued a statement Wednesday afternoon saying it will not place 'any new orders beyond what's already committed.'
The discounter has carrying Paula Deen-branded products at all of its U.S. namesake stores since 2011.
Caesars has Deen-themed restaurants - Paula Deen's Kitchen - in four of its casinos in Indiana, Illinois, North Carolina and Mississippi.
'While we appreciate Paula's sincere apologies for statements she made in her past that she recently disclosed during a deposition given in response to a lawsuit, after thoughtful consideration of their impact, we have mutually decided that it is in the best interests of both parties to part ways at this time,' said Jan Jones Blackhurst, executive vice president of communications and government affairs for Caesars Entertainment.
The four restaurants will be rebranded in the coming months, according to the statement.