Johnny Depp and his partner Amber Heard have made an awkward short video of canine contrition in which Heard apologises for smuggling their dogs into Australia last year.
The strange 42-second clip was imposed by an Australian court after Heard was accused to smuggling the couple's dogs Pistol and Boo into the country while Depp was filming Pirates of the Caribbean 5.
Depp and Heard recorded the video outlining the importance of following Australia's quarantine laws after charges of illegally importing the two Yorkshire terrier dogs were dropped.
The Australian court let off Heard with a one-month $1,000 good behaviour bond, meaning she cannot commit any other offences within Australia in the next month, after she pleaded guilty to falsifying travel documents to sneak the dogs into the country.
The court's magistrate said that the Australian Department of Agriculture will get "will get more deterrence value from the video than any conviction".
The carefully scripted clip shows a sullen Depp and Heard addressing the camera. Depp says: "Australians are just as unique, both warm and direct. If you disrespect Australian law, they will tell you firmly."
This was perhaps a reference to a comment Australia’s agriculture minister, Barnaby Joyce, made at the time of the incident. Joyce famously said that the dogs had better "bugger off" back to the US or he’d arrange to have them put down.
Heard said that she is "truly sorry that Pistol and Boo were not declared" as "protecting Australia is important".
Depp finishes the clip by saying "Declare everything when you enter Australia", adding without much conviction: "Thanks."
The celebrity couple both attended Southport Magistrate's Court in Queensland state on Monday amid a media scrum.
