Story highlights Ellen tweeted Tuesday about the controversy

DeGeneres was joking about Bolt's Olympic win

Some were offended while others defended her

(CNN) 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."

This is how I'm running errands from now on. #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/gYPtG9T1ao — Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) August 15, 2016

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.

@TheEllenShow This is so gross. Fire whoever did this. — dai for night (@daibyday) August 15, 2016

@TheEllenShow 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"? — Jon Snow-ratio (@Jhoratio) August 15, 2016

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