Paula Deen is making headlines in all the wrong ways today after she (or a staffer) tweeted an old photo of her decked out as Lucille Ball and son Bobby—in brownface—as Desi Arnaz. The tweet for #TransformationTuesday read "Lucyyyyyyy! You got a lot of esplainin’ to do!" and was deleted without explanation once the Internet got hold of it. The flap comes about two years after Deen's controversy over the n-word. Reaction:
- Eater: "Somehow, Deen doesn't understand that brownface is never okay," writes Daniela Galarza, who notes that the photo is actually from 2011. "It wasn't okay in 2011 and it's not okay in 2015."