The Paula Deen saga continues to simmer as the celebrity chef faces ongoing backlash after admitting that she’d used the N-word. Today, Deen’s sons Jamie and Bobby spoke with CNN and offered a staunch defense of their 66-year-old mother. Watch here as they defend their mother as one of the “most compassionate, good-hearted, empathetic people that you’d ever meet.”
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