Depp dogged by 'Lecter'
Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce yesterday billed himself as Hannibal Lecter, playing mind games and escalating a "war on terrier" with film star Johnny Depp. The sparring began with the illegal entry of Depp's two Yorkshire terriers into Australia last year.The Hollywood star kicked off the latest round in the war of words on Jimmy Kimmel Live! this week, describing Joyce as looking "inbred with a tomato". Johnny Depp's wife guilty in dog case Down UnderJohnny Depp's wife Amber Heard pleaded guilty Monday to falsifying immigration documents in a case dubbed the "war on terrier" after she brought her two pet dogs on their private jet into Australia last year.Joyce, who had threatened pets Pistol and Boo with euthanasia, fired back, comparing himself to Lecter."I'm turning into Hannibal Lecter. I'm inside his head," Joyce said. ..
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