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Paula Deen is speaking ill of the dead.

Deen, 78, took shots at fellow celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain — who died by suicide at age 61 in 2018 — in her new documentary, “Canceled: The Paula Deen Story,” that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday.

“Anthony Bourdain did call me the most dangerous woman in America,” Deen says in the doc, according to Entertainment Weekly, over flashes of news clips from 2011 showing Bourdain calling Deen the “worst, most dangerous person in America.”


  Paula Deen in “Canceled: The Paula Deen Story.” Rakontur Paula Deen in “Canceled: The Paula Deen Story.” Rakontur

  Anthony Bourdain at a 2005 Television Critics Association event. Getty Images Anthony Bourdain at a 2005 Television Critics Association event. Getty Images

The doc showed more past footage from the pair’s feud, including an old clip of Bourdain saying, “This is not Southern food she’s been selling. Her brand has been, all these years, novelty food.”

Meanwhile, Deen is shown shading Bourdain on “The Joy Behar Show,” quipping, “Let me tell you something, girlfriend. Maybe [my food] is bad for you, but I don’t go around eating or serving unwashed anuses of wildebeests.”


  Paula Deen at Build Studio in Noho in September 2017. WireImage Paula Deen at Build Studio in Noho in September 2017. WireImage

In her present-day interview in the doc, Deen says of Bourdain, “I don’t know what he was off in these foreign countries eating. Bat brains or something like that. I think I’ll just stick with my fried chicken.”

“God rest his soul,” Deen adds about the late travel documentarian. “I felt like he didn’t like anybody. Not even himself, maybe.”


  Anthony Bourdain after an interview on “Today” in Midtown in 2016. GC Images Anthony Bourdain after an interview on “Today” in Midtown in 2016. GC Images

  Anthony Bourdain in Park City, Utah, in 2006. WireImage Anthony Bourdain in Park City, Utah, in 2006. WireImage

The documentary then plays a clip of Bourdain discussing one of Deen’s critical comments about him.

“I like the quote, it was, ‘Well, he has had his demons, I hope he had them under control.’ ‘He’s probably still shooting dope,’ is probably what she’s saying in a nice kind of Southern way,” Bourdain said.


  Paula Deen on “Today” in June 2013. NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images Paula Deen on “Today” in June 2013. NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images

Current-day Deen says, “He started something with me, and I’d never even met him,” as archival footage shows her publicly asking Bourdain to come to her house for a home-cooked meal.

At the end of the segment, Bourdain, in old footage, tells a journalist it would take “nuclear war” for him to agree to eat Deen’s cooking.


  Anthony Bourdain attends the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in 2016. Getty Images Anthony Bourdain attends the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in 2016. Getty Images

Deen’s new documentary also highlights her infamous 2013 racism scandal that tarnished her career. At the time, Deen was being sued by a former employee, and in her legal deposition, she admitted to using the N-word and making racist jokes.


  Paula Deen at Fox Studios in NYC in December 2012. Getty Images Paula Deen at Fox Studios in NYC in December 2012. Getty Images

In “Canceled,” Deen’s lawyer, Bill Glass, says that people “should not take any issue” with her using the racial slur in context.

“Yes, of course I’ve used that word,” Deen says in the doc.

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