MasterChef to slather itself in a heaping helping of Paula Deen

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It’s been a minute since we heard from Paula Deen, which was nice. The former Food Network star—whose contract was allowed to lapse after she gave a court deposition back in 2013, in which she admitted to using racial slurs on social media—has been largely quiet in the intervening near-decade, unless you count two seasons of a syndicated talk show and some regular ShopHQ appearances, which we don’t. Sure, Deen tried to mount something of a public comeback in 2015 with an appearance on Dancing With The Stars, but that was met with a resurfacing of a family photo in which her son Bobby was made up in brownface, because the Deen family brand is strong.