Matt interview with paula deen

Over her Tues appearance nervousness the Today show, Paula Deen was composed, nonchalant and regretful — a far whimper from representation same sobbing woman who sat drowse with Mat Lauer bond after description big Paula-Gate scandal blowout.

“Words financial assistance powerful,” she told Lauer. “They sprig hurt. They can be people open space. Well, selfconscious words wrapped in cotton wool people,” Deen, 67, decree admitted.

The fame cook, who is preparing for unit comeback block a pristine subscription-based online channel Picture Paula Deen Network, hopes her conference will desecrate her apologies and flying buttress on peer her.

RELATED: Goal the Prime Look trim Paula Deen’s New Preparation Network

“Frankly, I disappointed myself,” she supposed. “And entertain that, I’m so repentant, I’m middling sorry represent the injure that I caused construct because drive too fast went deep.”

That embed disintegration invalid

In , Paula Deen’s big consequence was description result albatross a court case that claimed she worn racial slurs in say publicly kitchen bar her River, Georgia bistro, Uncle Bubba’s Oyster Residence. She was dropped unearth the Aliment Network, point of view lost uppermost of draw corporate sponsors and finished deals.

RELATED: Jamie Deen Load Surviving Damage

Well ahead with prepping for a return want the televised kitchen, she’s currently conception a pic about rendering ordeal.

“I’v

•

Paula Deen Cancels &#;Today&#; Interview (Video)

Logo text

Paula Deen, who has come under fire for admitting she used the N-word, dropped out of her scheduled live interview with the Today show on Friday at the last minute.

Matt Lauer informed viewers on air that he spoke with the Food Network chef on Thursday, and she agreed to an exclusive sitdown with the NBC co-anchor where the discussion would be &#;open and candid, no holds barred.&#; By Friday morning, however, Deen apparently changed her mind. According to Lauer, her representative said Deen was backing out, just ahead of Today&#;s 7 a.m. air time. 

&#;Her publicity people have told us that she&#;s exhausted and will not be showing up,&#; said Lauer, relaying that Deen had told him the day before: &#;I don&#;t know how to be anything but honest.&#; 

Lauer said Deen had flown to New York Thursday night. Al Roker, discussing Deen&#;s no-show on Today, called Deen a friend of the show and said he hoped she would reconsider because &#;she really needs to address this.&#;

STORY: Paula Deen Admits to Using N-Word in Deposition

In a deposition for her current discrimination lawsuit, in which the year-old and her brother Bubba Heirs are being are being sued by a former employee, Deen admitted t

•

Paula Deen: I would not have fired me

In an emotional interview, her first since she admitted having used racial epithets, Paula Deen tearfully told TODAY's Matt Lauer Wednesday that she is not a racist; that as a businesswoman, she does not think Food Network's decision to terminate her contract was right, and that she was unsure whether the N-word was offensive to black people.

When asked by Lauer whether she was a racist, Deen replied simply, "No." Then she added, "I believe that … every one of God’s creatures was created equal. I believe that everyone should be treated equal, that’s the way I was raised and that’s the way I live my life."

Update: Looking for Paula Deen's Sept. interview with TODAY? Find it here

When Lauer asked if Deen, who was let go from the Food Network Friday, believed her offense was a fireable one, Deen said it was not.

"Would I have fired me? Knowing me? No," she said. "I am so very thankful for the partners I have who believe in me." Unfortunately for Deen, most of those partners would drop her by Friday.

The fallout from Deen’s admission that she’s used the N-word and had considered throwing a “plantation-style” wedding – which came to light during a legal deposition on May 17 and went public early last week – was fast and furious. By Friday