Her mistake was admitting it. But I agree with you. Not because we've all done it, but because context is key. If I referred to "******s" to my best friend, which I probably have done but can't remember specifically, that would have a different meaning than if I said ****** in public to a stranger. I know how to communicate with my friend and I know the meaning that word has between us. ALL words have meaning relative to who you are speaking them to.. it says nothing that a person has uttered a word or not in their life.
She was under a sworn deposition. It would have been incredibly stupid for her to have denied she never said the ****** if she knew others could corroborate that she did. That said.
Her saying ****** in the early 1980s has no baring on today.
Neither does her performing fellatio on an eclair in outtakes of her show. Yes apparently said video exists where she is giving an eclair a bj.
Now her brother admitting to calling Obama a ****** while at work poses her and her brother serious problems. Honestly its this admission that has irreparably harmed and destroyed her brand. That and her belief that her brother showing employees porn at work as being acceptable.
They should have just paid the million before the suit was filed and made the person sign a binding confidentiality agreement. That said who knew Paula Deen was a freak with the mouth of a drunken sailor(referring back to her outtakes, they apparently are quiet salacious).