Lolo Jones tweets joke about Zimmerman trial

Following in the missteps of defense lawyer Don West, Olympian Lolo Jones has tweeted joking about the Zimmerman trial.

Jones posted her joke on Twitter, though, where her followers had a direct opportunity to respond.

The athlete was watching the cross-examination of witness Rachel Jeantel as part of the George Zimmerman trial when she compared Jeantel to Tyler Perry's character Madea.

Jones has since deleted the tweet, which said, "Rachel Jeantel looked so irritated during the cross-examination that I burned it on DVD and I’m going to sell it as Madea goes to court.”

Her followers didn't find the Tyler Perry reference as funny as Jones did.

Smh RT @lolojones Rachel Jeantel looked so irritated that I burned it on DVD and I'm going to sell it as Madea goes to court.

— Ms. Toni (@misstonic813) June 27, 2013

@lolojones has the audacity to bash Rachel Jeantel?! You're worried bout the wrong thing, boo. #NeverForget pic.twitter.com/ZMCUfExeFt

— K. Rob (@misskeisha215) June 27, 2013

Rachel Jeantel and Lolo Jones have the same number of gold medals

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— Desus (@desusnice) June 27, 2013

I have tried to defend lolo jones on numerous occasion but Im not doing it anymoe

— Swanier Jerae' (@MakingGaines) June 28, 2013

Jones angered her bobsled teammates with a Vine earlier this month, talking about how little she had gotten paid as a bobsledder.