Chelsea Handler Slammed for Joking On Black Oscar Winners (@chelseahandler)

Chelsea Handler stirred up a hornet’s nest on Twitter after making several jokes during Sunday night’s Oscars aimed at black actors.

Handler, who took over the Huffington Post Twitter feed for the event, got the ball rolling with a tweet aimed at Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong’o, writing, “#AngelinaJolie just filed adoption papers #lupitanyongo #Oscars.”

She also joked on Sidney Poitier, tweeting, “#NelsonMandela looks great #abc #resurrection.”

Many folks on Twitter were outraged, calling her jokes “racist and sexist.” Some people were angered that Handler congratulated “12 Years a Slave” for the win, and in the same tweet plugged her book, “Uganda Be Kidding Me.” Handler did offer an #imsorry tweet at the end of her tweeting duties.

Check out Handler’s tweets up top followed by the reactions they got on Twitter.