Deen may be getting a second chance at fame.
It was announced Thursday that Deen's new company, Paula Deen Ventures, which includes Paula Deen Food and Paula Deen Media, received between $75 to $100 million in an investment from Najafi Companies, a successful investment firm.
Jahm Najafi, the owner of the company, hopes that this investment will help Dean broker new deals, according to E Online.
"Our investment allows the Paula Deen brand to expand their relationships and the partnerships that are already in place, and support those partnerships on a go-forward basis," Najfi said.
Steve Nanula, the chief executive of Paula Deen Industries, said that the company is in talks with TV networks, retail chains, and others.
It has been less than a year since Deen, 67, was under fire for racial and sexual discrimination, costing her her partnership with the Food Network, as well as many her many other sponsors.
According to ABC News, Larry Woodward, CEO and president of Graham Stanley Advertising, thinks that Deen has a good chance to return to the public eye.
"The American public loves a comeback story," said Woodward. "She will have to overcompensate to the audience she slighted in order to regain full credibility, but we forgive our celebrities. Their mistakes humanize them."
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