They come from a close-knit southern family, so when Jamie and Bobby Deen heard their mother Paula Deen was in trouble, they couldn’t help but speak out.

The brothers appeared on “New Day” earlier today (June 25) to hopefully put an end to the notion that their famous chef mom is racist in any way.

Bobby stated, “Neither one of our parents ever taught us to be bigoted towards any other person for any reason.”

Furthermore Jamie recounted a memory of Paula getting him some Hank Aaron pajamas back in 1975, when she told him the African American baseball player’s story and encouraged him to never judge anyone based on the color of their skin.