Posted on 08/17/2016 1:15:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
What was meant as a joke about Usain Bolt and Ellen DeGeneres swiftly went awry on Twitter.
On Monday, the daytime talk show host’s official Twitter account tweeted a doctored image of Ellen riding the back of the gold medalist.
The photo is the now famous one of him smiling as he heads to winning the men’s 100m race at the Olympics in Rio.
The tweet’s caption from Ellen reads “This is how I’m running errands from now on.”
Some on Twitter found the image less than golden, with cries of racism and insensitivity in joking about a white woman riding the back of a black man.
But others defended DeGeneres and pointed out that she and Bolt, who has appeared before on her show, are friends.
One person tweeted, “If Usain was white, y’all wouldn’t care. We all know Ellen isn’t racist & didn’t mean any harm by that. Stop it.”
Elllen later responded to those who called her racist, saying it’s the “furthest thing from who I am.”
I guess race trumps lesbianism.
Didn’t Seinfeld give an interview not long ago saying he doesn’t enjoy doing comedy anymore because people are so politically correct these days? It’s like nobody has a sense of humor. Everybody’s looking to be offended.
It’s just refreshing to see that she wants to ride a man..
She just picked the wrong time with gas stations burning n leftists going crazy.
She’s not an ole hag now
Me too.
Me too.
+1.
I think it’s the same closet Liberal homophobes who are looking around for something to take offense at, and they know that accusing her of being queer won’t fly (since everyone knows it already) , so they latch onto the race thing, because , deep down, they hate her for being a Lesbian.This is a dog whistle heard over a bridge too far.
She should have went all Al Jolson and made the pic blackface. The howling would have been delicious.
Yep. And, to her credit, she hasn’t taken the tweet down.
Does this mean Ellen would go straight for Usain?
See my post #29, Nea Wood. I think they ARE closet homophobes, these good Liberals.And yes, the mildest, and most normal of his generation of comedians, even Seinfeld can’t stand today’s PC climate.
Doesn't anyone have a sense of humor anymore?
Leni
Oh, please. You’ve got LGBT Stockholm Syndrome. If someone is gay, why does that make them better than straight people.
She looks a lot like the late Linda McCartney.
I think that pic is hilarious. And I think Bolt would find it funny.
From what I’ve heard about him, he’s a decent guy & I don’t think he’d be offended.
Only the libs care about stories about Ellen Degenerate.
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