Venice Film Festival: Don’t ask Johnny Depp about dogs

The issue of Australia and dogs is still a sore spot for Johnny Depp.

In May, Depp and his wife Amber Heard were accused of illegally bringing their Yorkshire terriers Pistol and Boo to Australia — an incident that captured global attention after the nation’s agriculture minister angrily ordered the pooches to get out of the country or face death.

On Friday, an Australian reporter asked Depp whether he had brought his canine companions to Venice, where the actor is promoting gangster thriller Black Mass.

“I killed my dogs and ate them, under the direct orders of some sweaty, big-gutted man from Australia,” Depp said.