Ally McCoist and Laura Woods have condemned the actions of Kurt Zouma who has "tarnished the image of footballers".
The West Ham centre-half has found himself in hot water and a video emerged on him kicking his cat.
The footage, obtained by The Sun, shows Zouma slapping his pet’s face whilst also throwing a pair of designer shoes as the cat tries to escape.
Zouma’s brother, Yoan, filmed the video, which was posted to Snapchat on Sunday afternoon.
The first clip is captioned “sa commence”, translating to “it is starting”, before being replaced by laughing face emojis in later clips.
West Ham have said they will deal with the matter internally whilst Zouma himself has told The Sun: “I want to apologise for my actions. There are no excuses for my behaviour, which I sincerely regret.
“I also want to say how deeply sorry I am to anyone who was upset by the video. I would like to assure everyone that our two cats are perfectly fine and healthy.
“They are loved and cherished by our entire family, and this behaviour was an isolated incident that will not happen again.”
Despite his apology the Hammers defender has faced scathing criticism.
Former Rangers striker turned pundit Ally McCoist said on TalkSport : “It was sickening, it was pathetic, it was bullying of the extreme. It again tarnished the image of professional footballers.
“It was embarrassing and shocking and horrible at the same time. It was all of those things.
“To commit and do the things he did is the most horrendous of crimes, however to film it and put it out.
“If you are talking about gross stupidity, I don’t know what level you are talking about there.”
His colleague Laura Woods was not impressed with Zouma’s actions and suggested that this was not the first time he'd done so.
She said: “For me, you got caught. It’s not even that you just got caught, it is someone filmed you surreptitiously.
“Your mate or your brother, or whoever, has filmed you and you are performing to the camera, thinking it is okay to act like that and treat a cat like that or any living creature, in front of your kid.
“I don’t know how it’s going to dealt with now. For him to be doing that and to be filmed, he’s probably done it before.”
An RSPCA spokesperson said: “This is a very upsetting video. It’s never acceptable to kick, hit or slap an animal, for punishment or otherwise.”
