Paula Deen tweets photo showing her son in brownface

Paula Deen is receiving criticism online after sharing on Twitter a photo of herself and her son, Bobby Deen, dressed up like “I Love Lucy’s” Lucy and Ricky Ricardo —with her son’s face painted brown.

Bobby Deen’s face is presumably painted brown to look like a person of Latino decent.

The caption of the photo read “Lucyyyyyyy! You got a lot of esplainin’ to do!” with the hashtag “#TransformationTuesday.”

“Paula Deen’s Social Media Manager posted a picture this morning of Paula and Bobby Deen dressed in costume as Lucy and Ricky, from I Love Lucy. This photograph is from a Halloween episode of Paula’s Best Dishes that aired in 2011,” a Paula Dean representative told Buzzfeed.

“Paula immediately had this picture taken down as soon as she saw the post and apologizes to all who were offended. As such, Paula Deen Ventures has terminated their relationship with this Social Media Manager.”

Paula Deen was in the spotlight in June 2013 after she was the target of a lawsuit alleging racial and sexual discrimination.

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