COMEDIAN RICKY GERVAIS BACKS COUNT DANKULA WITH NAZI CATS

Ricky Gervais, the comic mastermind behind "The Office" and "Extras," has come out in support of Count Dankula, the YouTube Vlogger who was found guilty on Tuesday (20th March) of a "hate crime," for teaching his girlfriend's pug dog to do this:

Not only this, but Gervais has now "mirrored" Count Dankula (real name Mark Meechan) by Tweeting a picture of his own cat, Ollie, engaged in what looks suspiciously like a Hitler salute. 

In fact, Ollie's salute is much more "Nazi-esque" than Buddha the Pug's limp effort.

Gervais's followers responded by posting their own pictures of "Nazi" pets to mock the ridiculous court decision against Meechan. 

Here is a selection taken from the Tweet thread:

Just posting this here might cause another Holocaust.

Why do I suddenly feel like invading Poland?

Don't try this at home.

This means that Gervais, who is internationally famous, is now technically just as guilty of "hate crimes" as Meechan and should share his fate. 

Count Dankula acknowledged Gervais's show of solidarity by Tweeting back with typical Scottish humour:

"Well hello there new cellmate. You got a pretty mouth."