Ellen DeGeneres responds after being called ‘racist’ for Usian Bolt meme

Many celebrities have found themselves on the wrong side of the Twitterverse in the past over something they tweeted and on Monday, Ellen DeGeneres became the latest star embroiled in Twitter’s wrath.

On Aug. 15, the talk show host posted what she thought was an innocent and funny tweet about how to quickly get her errands done.

“This is how I’m running errands from now on,” she tweeted with a Photoshopped picture of her riding on the back of Olympic gold medal sprinter Usain Bolt.


That tweet was followed up with another of Bolt’s appearance on her show.

However, some social media users only focused on the initial tweet and weren’t laughing. They called Ellen’s use of the fastest man in the world’s image “offensive” and even branded her as a “racist.”


While some were crying foul, others Twitter users came to Ellen’s defense.


On Tuesday, DeGeneres took to Twitter again to clear the air.

"I am highly aware of the racism that exists in our country. It is the furthest thing from who I am," she tweeted.

What was missing in all this though is that many didn’t even realize that Usian Bolt himself didn’t see anything wrong with the Ellen’s meme, in fact he must have liked it since retweeted it.

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