PaulaDeenGate Wire

Paula Deen's camp has denied the racism allegations given by one of her longtime cooks in the New York Times yesterday: The "'issue' is about money, not race. She receives a salary of more than $70,000 per year, plus profit sharing and benefits. For 20 years she has been paid a fair wage for her work, but she feels she deserves even more money. She claimed to be a friend of Paula Deen's but is now trying to cash in on the current situation." [ET]