The Internet erupted when Kaley Cuoco posted a picture of her dogs sitting on an American flag on Instagram.

She’s not the one who TOOK the photo.  Her dog sitter did.  But Kaley posted it . . . and captioned it, quote, “Thank you . . . for taking care of the squad while I’m out of town!  4th of July pups!!!!!!!”

And she got a lot of negative comments for it.  One follower said, quote, “Showing disrespect for the flag, it should never touch the ground, or let your pet stand on it!”

Another person said, quote, “Shame on you, Kaley.  You lost a fan.”

Kaley took the picture down, then issued an apology.  (You can see the original post here.)