Talk Show host, Ellen
DeGeneres sparked an online debate with picture of her gawking at Katy Perry’s
breasts in a happy birthday tweet to the singer. The photo captures the talk
show host taking an exaggerated stare at Perry’s cleavage while wife Portia de
Rossi laughs. The caption reads: “It’s time to bring out the big balloons!”
The “balloons” line
references a lyric in Perry’s 2013 song “Birthday.”
Hence with
sensitivities running high in the wake of sexual assault and harassment claims
against producer Harvey Weinstein, director James Toback, journalist Mark
Halperin and former President George H. W. Bush, the photo struck a nerve.
Thus, some Twitter
users took to their handle to call out DeGeneres for perpetuating a double
standard, while others dismissed the outcry as political correctness gone too
far, pointing out that DeGeneres and Perry are friends.
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