Ellen DeGeneres has been accused of being a racist after tweeting a meme of Usain.
The Photoshopped image showed her riding the back of the Olympic gold medalist in what is now an iconic image of him casually smiling at the camera during his winning 100 meter men’s final sprint.
The caption read: ‘This is how I’m running errands from now on.’
Backlash: Ellen DeGeneres was accused of being a racist after she posted a meme of her riding on Olympian Usain Bolt's back on Monday
Defending herself: The talk show host told her fans she is not racist in a tweet posted on Tuesday
The popular day time talk show host, 58, faced backlash on social media, with some branding it racist and insensitive.
'You thought it'd be funny to post a pic of yourself riding on the back of a Black man? Nope. Delete this racist garbage,' tweeted MikeAllen_47, of the meme.
'So the first thing that pops in your head when looking at this pic is "oh let me jump onto his back like he's a common mule"?', asked Twitter user Jon Snow-ratio.
Iyonah tweeted,'an apology won't do. This is utterly f*cking ridiculous. How dare you!?!?'