The Ellen DeGeneres daytime talk show is on hiatus during the Olympics, but she managed to get into trouble anyway. On Monday she tweeted a Photoshop of herself clinging to Usain Bolt during the 100 meter finals, and, well, decide for yourself is this is in anyway offensive.
There was quite a bit of controversy over this over at @TheEllenShow, now mostly deleted. Sample:
@TheEllenShow @usainbolt So riding on his back like a mule, a horse as some form of property is fun to you…
Ok.
Ellen replies:
I am highly aware of the racism that exists in our country.