Benito Mussolini’s granddaughter has slammed Jim Carrey after he tweeted a drawing of the dead bodies of Italy's wartime fascist leader and his mistress.

Italian politician Alessandra Mussolini hit back at the star on Twitter on Saturday, branding him a ‘b*****d’ for drawing a sketch of her grandfather and his lover hanging upside down from a rafter.

Ms Mussolini, 56, is a member of the European Parliament for the center-right Forza Italia political party and is the niece of Sophia Loren as well as a former actress and model.

Carrey’s art is based on the real life deaths of Mussolini and his mistress Petacci who were captured by communist partisan fighters and executed by firing squad on April 28, 1945.

Benito Mussolini’s granddaughter Alessandra Mussolini (right) has slammed Jim Carrey (left) after he tweeted a drawing of the hanging of Italy's wartime fascist and his mistress

Carrey, whose drawings have been harshly critical of Trump, tweeted a caption which read: ‘If you’re wondering what fascism leads to, just ask Benito Mussolini and his mistress Claretta.’

Carrey’s drawing is based on the real life deaths of Mussolini (pictured second from the left) and Claretta Petacci (centre). In April 1945, Italian Communists shot and executed Mussolini, Petacci, and other key figures in the Italian fascist leadership. A day later, their bodies were hung in a public square in Milan (above)

The couple - along with other key figures in the Italian fascist leadership - were travelling through Italy and planning to head to the border of Switzerland, a neutral country in the Second World War.

Here it is thought they would have flown to their ally Francoist Spain had they not been intercepted.

Following their deaths, the bodies of Mussolini, Petacci, and other fascists were hung upside down in front of a gas station in Milan’s Piazzale Loreto as a large crowd vented their anger.

The Canadian-American actor, whose drawings have been harshly critical of Trump, expressed his views on fascism by sharing the drawing with the caption: ‘If you’re wondering what fascism leads to, just ask Benito Mussolini and his mistress Claretta.’

His tweet generated more than 57,000 likes and 15,000 retweets but was slammed by Ms Mussolini who replied to Carrey’s sketch, writing: ‘You are a b*****d.’

Alessandra Mussolini replied to Carrey’s sketch, writing: ‘You are a b*****d.’

Mussolini posted a number of angry tweets in response to Carrey, saying that he should draw images of America’s troubled past. She posted an image of Native Americans standing in front of Mount Rushmore

Mussolini also posted a photo of Rosa Parks, the black civil rights activist who refused to sit in the back of the bus in the segregated south of the 1950s

Mussolini also retweeted a link to a news article about the famous photo taken of frightened and naked Vietnamese villagers fleeing as American planes bombed from overhead

Benito Mussolini (left) and his mistress Claretta Petacci (right) were travelling through Italy and planning to head to the border of Switzerland, a neutral country in the Second World War

Ms Mussolini posted a number of angry tweets in response to Carrey, saying that he should draw images of America’s troubled past.

She also shared an image of Native Americans standing in front of Mount Rushmore as well as a photo of Rosa Parks, the black civil rights activist who refused to sit in the back of the bus in the segregated south of the 1950s.

She then tweeted a photo of a mushroom cloud, presumably as a criticism of the American use of atomic bombs on Japan during World War Two.

Ms Mussolini also retweeted a link to a news article about the famous photo taken of frightened and naked Vietnamese villagers fleeing as American planes bombed from overhead.

Ms Mussolini, 56, is a member of the European Parliament for the center-right Forza Italia political party as well as a former actress and model

Meanwhile, Carrey, who did not respond to the MEP's comment, has been posting his political cartoon drawings since August 2017

Carrey has also painted unflattering pictures of Sarah Sanders (left) and Ivanka Trump (right)

However, a number of Twitter users pointed out to Ms Mussolini that while Carrey is a Hollywood star, he is originally from Canada.

Carrey, who did not respond to the MEP's comment, has been posting his political cartoon drawings since August 2017.

Mussolini established a dictatorship of Italy in 1925 and was put in charge of a regime in northern Italy by Adolf Hitler in 1943.

Who is Alessandra Mussolini? Alessandra Mussolini in November 2018 Alessandra Mussolini is the granddaughter of Italy's wartime fascist Benito Mussolini and the niece of the renowned actress Sophia Loren. Her parents wed in 1962, with Benito's son Romano marrying Alessandra’s mother, Maria Scicolone, the sister of Hollywood siren Loren. Yet the marriage didn't last as Maria and Sophia had been illegitimate and the Mussolinis felt they weren't good enough for 'Il Duce's - 'The Leader's' - son. Before going into politics, the 56-year-old spent the 1980s modelling, acting in a string of films and even released an LP in Japan, which has now become a collectors' item. At the height of her modelling career, the glamorous granddaughter of the fascist dictator featured on the cover of Italian Playboy in 1983. Her aunt took her favourite niece under her wing, but Ms Mussolini failed to make it in Hollywood, complaining that producers judged her only on her appearance, telling her she was ‘too beautiful, too ugly, too tall, too short.’ At the height of her modelling career, the glamorous granddaughter of the fascist dictator featured on the cover of Italian Playboy (left in 1983) as well as various other magazines (right in 1992) Ms Mussolini started studying medicine instead but before completing her studies in 1992, she had already been elected as an MP, which she immediately celebrated as ‘an act of love for my grandfather’. She has since carved out for herself a formidable career in right-wing politics, as a fervent advocate for traditional family values and women’s rights. The out-spoken politician is now a member of the European Parliament for the center-right Forza Italia political party While her Benito died in 1945 - 17 years before Alessandra was born, her political career has been almost in his honour as she defended fascism. She once claimed she has a bust of him in her bedroom and she married her husband Mauro Floriani in her grandfather's birthplace in 1989. Advertisement