Embattled celebrity chef Paula Deen is hoping to clear her name in an all-new documentary, fittingly titled “Canceled: The Paula Deen Story.”

From filmmaker Billy Corben (“Cocaine Cowboys”), the feature, which premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, puts the spotlight on Deen, her signature Southern charm and ardent love for heaping amounts of butter. But it also attempts to do some damage control for Deen, who continues to reel from a bombshell 2013 deposition that soured her reputation and impacted her business — hard.

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Let’s dive into Deen’s career downfall, along with her first attempt at a television comeback. Everything leads up to the release of her documentary, which also includes a rather brutal moment.

Lisa Jackson — a former general manager of Deen’

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