Jim Carrey upsets Mussolini’s grand-daughter
Actor mocked late Italian dictator by sharing a drawing of the 1945 hanging
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Funnyman Jim Carrey may have been away from the limelight of late but he’s back in action – albeit for all the wrong reasons.
For those unfamiliar with the Twitterverse, the 90s superstar recently got into trouble over social media when he uploaded a self-made drawing of late Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress Claretta hanging upside down in a Milanese square back in 1945. He captioned the image, “If you’re wondering what fascism leads to, just ask Benito Mussolini and his mistress Claretta.”
The drawing was based on the historic photograph showing Mussolini and his people’s corpses displayed alongside two other fascists in Milan’s Piazzale Loreto, after they had been executed near Como on April 28, 1945.
Alessandra, as a current member of European Parliament for central Italy, further retaliated by sharing images from US nuclear attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. She also asked Jim to brush up on his history and draw images of slavery and the genocide of the Native American people instead.
Jim is yet to respond to Alessandra’s remarks. But fans of the actor have been defending him over Twitter since the controversy broke out. He has been drawing political cartoons since 2017, with subjects including Trump and White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Speaking previously about his newfound career, Jim explained: "I serve the world the way I serve the world. I'm a creative. And I can't not paint and I can't not create. It has to go some someplace and I can't sit behind a desk and I can't glad-hand people all the time. And I can't be dishonest."
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For those unfamiliar with the Twitterverse, the 90s superstar recently got into trouble over social media when he uploaded a self-made drawing of late Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress Claretta hanging upside down in a Milanese square back in 1945. He captioned the image, “If you’re wondering what fascism leads to, just ask Benito Mussolini and his mistress Claretta.”
The drawing was based on the historic photograph showing Mussolini and his people’s corpses displayed alongside two other fascists in Milan’s Piazzale Loreto, after they had been executed near Como on April 28, 1945.
Alessandra, as a current member of European Parliament for central Italy, further retaliated by sharing images from US nuclear attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. She also asked Jim to brush up on his history and draw images of slavery and the genocide of the Native American people instead.
Jim is yet to respond to Alessandra’s remarks. But fans of the actor have been defending him over Twitter since the controversy broke out. He has been drawing political cartoons since 2017, with subjects including Trump and White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Speaking previously about his newfound career, Jim explained: "I serve the world the way I serve the world. I'm a creative. And I can't not paint and I can't not create. It has to go some someplace and I can't sit behind a desk and I can't glad-hand people all the time. And I can't be dishonest."
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