--- title: Kaley Cuoco American Flag 4th of July Instagram Post description: Actress Kaley Cuoco has apologized for sharing a photo of her dogs sitting on an American flag on the ground. canonical: https://time.com/4394601/kaley-cuoco-dog-american-flag-photo-apology/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-06T14:28:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:05.180Z og:title: Kaley Cuoco Apologizes for Photo of Dogs Posing on American Flag og:description: Some commenters were outraged to see the dogs on the flag on the ground og:url: https://time.com/4394601/kaley-cuoco-dog-american-flag-photo-apology/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kaley Cuoco Apologizes for Photo of Dogs Posing on American Flag twitter:description: Some commenters were outraged to see the dogs on the flag on the ground twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Kaley Cuoco Apologizes for Photo of Dogs Sitting on an American Flag After the Internet Got Angry by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jul 6, 2016 2:28 PM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jul 6, 2016 2:28 PM UTC _The Big Bang Theory_ actress [Kaley Cuoco](http://time.com/4199679/kaley-cuoco-lip-syncs-britney-spears-im-a-slave-4-u/?iid=sr-link4) has apologized for sharing a photo of her dogs sitting on an American flag for the Fourth of July. In the now deleted post from Monday, [Cuoco](http://time.com/4039994/kaley-cuoco-sweeting-puppies/?iid=sr-link3) thanked The Pet Handler for dogsitting her three dogs while she was out of town. In the picture, two of the dogs were sitting on the flag in the shade, and one dog stood next to the flag wearing a flag neckerchief, you know, the kind of dog that makes everyone proud to be an American. Some commenters were outraged to see the two dogs on the flag and that the flag was on the ground, violating the [U.S. government’s guide](https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CDOC-109sdoc18/pdf/CDOC-109sdoc18.pdf) to displaying the American flag, which states, “the flag should never touch anything beneath it such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.” Other commenters defended the actress, saying that it was not intentionally disrespectful. Cuoco wrote an apology, which she posted on Instagram on Tuesday: “First off, please know, I have the utmost respect for my country.” She continued, “I am a proud American in every sense of the word. I understand the American flag stands for our freedom and represents American heroes, past and present. Yesterday I made a mistake by posting the picture that was taken of my sweet dogs posing on an American flag. I sincerely apologize to anyone that has been offended by my previous post. This is no way reflects my feelings toward what the American flag represents.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4394601/kaley-cuoco-dog-american-flag-photo-apology/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4394601/kaley-cuoco-dog-american-flag-photo-apology/"},"headline":"Kaley Cuoco Apologizes for Photo of Dogs Sitting on an American Flag After the Internet Got Angry","datePublished":"2016-07-06T14:28:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:34:05.180Z","description":"\"This [in] no way reflects my feelings toward what the American flag represents.\"","url":"https://time.com/4394601/kaley-cuoco-dog-american-flag-photo-apology/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Television","celebrities","Dog","fourth of july"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4394601/kaley-cuoco-dog-american-flag-photo-apology/","name":"Kaley Cuoco Apologizes for Photo of Dogs Sitting on an American Flag After the Internet Got Angry"}}]}] ```