Paula Deen has been scrambling to regain the national respect that she relinquished when she admitted in court depositions that she used the N-word, even as one corporation after another drops her from the roster of prized endorsers.
The former TV cooking queen has told media outlets and anyone who would listen that she is not a racist and has black people whom she can call friends. While we highly doubt this, multiple celebrities have crossed her path over the years. Take a look
Take a look:
Oprah Winfrey: The former queen of daytime talk shows had the culinary queen on her show on a couple of occasions and also featured Deen in her magazine, O.