(EW.com) -- Things haven't been going great for Paula Deen the last few days: She's been dropped from the Food Network, QVC is "reviewing the relationship," and her biggest defenders so far have been her sons â€” and their examples left a lot to be desired. But Deen has got at least one public figure in her corner: Anne Rice. The vampire author took to her own Facebook page to defend the chef, but her comments (first discovered by Jezebel) are likely to just cause more controversy. Rice first posed the question to her readers by saying: "What's happening with Paula Dean? Is it fair? I never heard of her until today, and wow, this looks like a crucifixion. Opinions, thoughts welcome....aren't we becoming something of a lynch mob culture?"
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Anne Rice has come to Paula Deen's defense on Facebook
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The author began by asking whether what's happening to Deen is fair
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She also wondered if the present reaction is akin to a 'lynch mob culture'
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