Matt Lauer confronted Paula Deen about her allegedly racist recorded comments Wednesday, days after Deen skipped out on an originally scheduled “Today Show” interview and was dropped from lucrative contracts, including the Food Network.
Lauer was blunt about the repercussions the comments and surrounding media firestorm had on Deen’s business empire and pressed her to take a critical eye to her own brand.
“Given the same circumstances, would you have fired you?” Lauer asked.
“Would I have fired me? Knowing me? No.”
Watch the interview below, courtesy of NBC News:
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