Benito Mussolini’s granddaughter has slammed Jim Carrey after he tweeted a drawing of the dead bodies of Italy's wartime fascist leader and his mistress.
Italian politician Alessandra Mussolini hit back at the star on Twitter on Saturday, branding him a ‘b*****d’ for drawing a sketch of her grandfather and his lover hanging upside down from a rafter.
Ms Mussolini, 56, is a member of the European Parliament for the center-right Forza Italia political party and is the niece of Sophia Loren as well as a former actress and model.
Carrey’s art is based on the real life deaths of Mussolini and his mistress Petacci who were captured by communist partisan fighters and executed by firing squad on April 28, 1945.
Benito Mussolini’s granddaughter Alessandra Mussolini (right) has slammed Jim Carrey (left) after he tweeted a drawing of the hanging of Italy's wartime fascist and his mistress
Carrey, whose drawings have been harshly critical of Trump, tweeted a caption which read: ‘If you’re wondering what fascism leads to, just ask Benito Mussolini and his mistress Claretta.’
The couple - along with other key figures in the Italian fascist leadership - were travelling through Italy and planning to head to the border of Switzerland, a neutral country in the Second World War.
Here it is thought they would have flown to their ally Francoist Spain had they not been intercepted.
Following their deaths, the bodies of Mussolini, Petacci, and other fascists were hung upside down in front of a gas station in Milan’s Piazzale Loreto as a large crowd vented their anger.
The Canadian-American actor, whose drawings have been harshly critical of Trump, expressed his views on fascism by sharing the drawing with the caption: ‘If you’re wondering what fascism leads to, just ask Benito Mussolini and his mistress Claretta.’
His tweet generated more than 57,000 likes and 15,000 retweets but was slammed by Ms Mussolini who replied to Carrey’s sketch, writing: ‘You are a b*****d.’
Alessandra Mussolini replied to Carrey’s sketch, writing: ‘You are a b*****d.’
Mussolini posted a number of angry tweets in response to Carrey, saying that he should draw images of America’s troubled past. She posted an image of Native Americans standing in front of Mount Rushmore
Mussolini also posted a photo of Rosa Parks, the black civil rights activist who refused to sit in the back of the bus in the segregated south of the 1950s
Mussolini also retweeted a link to a news article about the famous photo taken of frightened and naked Vietnamese villagers fleeing as American planes bombed from overhead
Benito Mussolini (left) and his mistress Claretta Petacci (right) were travelling through Italy and planning to head to the border of Switzerland, a neutral country in the Second World War
Ms Mussolini posted a number of angry tweets in response to Carrey, saying that he should draw images of America’s troubled past.
She also shared an image of Native Americans standing in front of Mount Rushmore as well as a photo of Rosa Parks, the black civil rights activist who refused to sit in the back of the bus in the segregated south of the 1950s.
She then tweeted a photo of a mushroom cloud, presumably as a criticism of the American use of atomic bombs on Japan during World War Two.
Ms Mussolini also retweeted a link to a news article about the famous photo taken of frightened and naked Vietnamese villagers fleeing as American planes bombed from overhead.
Ms Mussolini, 56, is a member of the European Parliament for the center-right Forza Italia political party as well as a former actress and model
Meanwhile, Carrey, who did not respond to the MEP's comment, has been posting his political cartoon drawings since August 2017
Carrey has also painted unflattering pictures of Sarah Sanders (left) and Ivanka Trump (right)
However, a number of Twitter users pointed out to Ms Mussolini that while Carrey is a Hollywood star, he is originally from Canada.
Carrey, who did not respond to the MEP's comment, has been posting his political cartoon drawings since August 2017.
Mussolini established a dictatorship of Italy in 1925 and was put in charge of a regime in northern Italy by Adolf Hitler in 1943.
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