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Chelsea Handler slammed for Lupita Oscar tweet

Looks like Chelsea Handler just lost a lot of potential readers.

Following the win of Best Supporting Actress by Lupita Nyong’o at Sunday’s Oscars, the comedian (using the Huffington Post account) tweeted, “Congratulations #lupita To pre order #ugandabekiddingme go to http://amzn.to/1pS4qpG #Oscars.”

The plug was a reference to Handler’s African travelogue, “Uganda Be Kidding Me,” out later this month. But outraged Twitter users weren’t sure what the connection was to Nyong’o. (The actress is Kenyan and now lives in Brooklyn.)

“YALL NEED TO APOLOGIZE,” read one angry response on Twitter. “Am speechless,” read another.

“Massive fail,” said another.

“Are you trying to connect this book to @Lupita_Nyongo because she’s black and from Africa? Wow,” wrote Twitter user Andrea Houston.

Handler continued to offend later in the show. When “12 Years a Slave” won Best Picture, she tweeted, “Congratulations #12yearsaslave Go to Africa or buy #ugandabekiddingme http://amzn.to/1de1ka9 #aheadofthecurve #Oscars.”

Shortly after, Handler apologized for her shameless plugs, tweeting, “Thank you @HuffingtonPost #imsorry.”