Arnold Schwarzenegger is enlisting a pair of petite animals to urge the public to "stay the F home" and "ignore the morons" in order to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

The "Terminator" star and former California GOP governor tweeted a video on Sunday showing him chowing down with two pets, Whiskey and Lulu.

Stay at home as much as possible. Listen to the experts, ignore the morons (foreheads). We will get through this together. pic.twitter.com/FRg41QehuB — Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) March 16, 2020

"The important thing is that you stay home, because there's a curfew now," Schwarzenegger, 72, told his more than 4 million Twitter followers.

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Nationwide, government leaders are encouraging Americans to practice social distancing, stay home, wash their hands and avoid touching their faces to prevent the spread of the virus.

"So we stay home and we eat here," Schwarzenegger said, while Whiskey and Lulu, who appeared to be a miniature horse and a donkey, gobbled down some carrots.

"That's what we do: We don't go out, we don't go to restaurants, we don't go anything like that anymore here," Schwarzenegger said.

"Aren't we having a good time eating here together?" the bodybuilder-turned-actor-turned-politician exclaimed. "It's so much more fun than going outside. No more restaurants, OK? No more restaurants, forget all that."

"Public gatherings, restaurants, gymnasiums, out the window. We stay home," Schwarzenegger said.

Schwarzenegger later posted a photo of himself grinning alongside his four-legged companions, quipping that the snapshot was his new profile picture, with the hashtag #staytheFhome.