Paula Deen, the southern cook and former Food Network star who became a pariah in 2013 after she admitted she had used a racial slur in the past, is not holding back about those who she believes wronged her more than a decade ago.

That includes former “Today” host Matt Lauer, who himself was taken down during the height of the MeToo movement.

During Deen’s headline-making ordeal, Lauer interviewed her on the morning show in a manner she characterized as aggressive and unfair. 5

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“It was terrible. It was terrible,” Deen, 78, said in the new documentary “Canceled: The Paula Deen Story,” which premiered Saturday at the Toronto International Film Festival.

When the topic turned to Lauer’s termination by NBC in 2017, Deen added, “I wanted to send him a note when his troubles star

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