Paris Olympics Organisers "Really Sorry" For 'Last Supper' As US Sponsor Pulls Out After Backlash
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Published 2024-07-28
The segment resembled the biblical scene of Jesus Christ and his apostles sharing a last meal before crucifixion. It featured drag queens, a transgender model and a naked singer who represented the Greek god of wine Dionysus. The parody drew sharp criticism from the Catholic Church and the religious right.
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0:00 INTRODUCTION
3:12 “THE LAST SUPPER” SPARKS OUTRAGE
5:03 NETIZENS SEEK TO CLARIFY ‘MISUNDERSTANDING’ AROUND THE LAST SUPPER PARODY
Footage: Reuters/AP/IOC
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All Comments (21)
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France will be remembered for generations as the country that held the first antl-christ Olympics
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That was not artistic creation, that was copying someone's artistic creation and making a mockery of it, the bible does not condone being gay, so this was more of a slap in the face to followers of Christ
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That was not creative, it is mockery and blasphemy A true sign we are in the last days
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"We're sorry that you're offended" is not an apology...it's a middle finger. So this is the new french culture...empty, perverse, offensive, blasphemous. No thanks.
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Do not accept your apology. Boycotting Olympics - Paris 2024 -
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Olympics opening ceremony was evil , a desgrace.Abominable!!!!
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If they've dared to mock moslems, Paris would have been in flames right now.
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That is one big lie, it was ment to schock and degrade the Christian faith.
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So basically what they said is, " We knew what we were doing, and have achieved our goal. If you are offended we don't give a crap because thats exactly what we intended"
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Inclusion has nothing to do with the last supper! So so sorry my ass!
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How could Thomas Jolly NOT know or understand how his last supper rendition insult or anger Christians around the world? He clearly knew what he was doing!
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The Olympics are about the whole world not only about France..... It was beyond disgusting to me! Greetings from Germany!
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The French taxpayer has been landed with an enormous bill for this fiasco as sponsors are pulling out. The opening ceremony should have been a huge advertisement for the Parisian and French tourist industry and a huge benefit to the economy but is now an expensive disaster. The whole thing was totally disjointed & it was completely idiotic to hold the event outside given the weather. You had to watch the slow ceremony along the Seine through rain soaked cameras, you could hear the rain in audio, the Olympic flag was upside down, they mixed up South Korea with North Korea and the can can dancers were not in sync. A lack of French celebrities & music eg David Guetta, Jean-Michel Jarre (Oxygène) with the fireworks, no French accordion music, no Stéphane Grapelli music, no French children singing. A lack of French celebrities eg Marion Cotillard, Catherine Deneuvre, Brigitte Bardot and with famous French athletes at the sidelines. After 4 hours, nobody cared about who the flame carrying guy was. What we were left with was a combination of Ru Paul’s drag race and the Eurovision Song Contest. To top it off, they managed to offend the Christian population of 2.38bn people. They hired an inexperienced director, Thomas Jolly, who was more concerned with political ideology than doing his job.
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Our neighbors are Muslims and they didn’t care for the “homosexual” content of the opening ceremony and said they were disgusted by all of it, even the Last Supper was horrible! I completely AGREED with my neighbors!
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he didn't think it would offend, cos he didn't care about 2.4 billion christians. all he cared about about woke agenda. in the end he just has big ego and nothing more. talent? i didn't see any. he doesn't even think he has done any wrong.
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Thomas Jolly explains his woke position with a smirk on his face. Shameful! What a world we have become.
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I hope the Olympics is never held in France again. Purely Disgusting and Disrespectful.
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This SO-CALLED "APOLOGY" in which they ATTEMPT TO DENY ANY WRONGDOING is the biggest PILE of B.S. EVER !!
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the modern "Sodom & Gomorrah " is all I can see...
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Aujourd'hui j'ai tellement honte d'être français. Et en tant que catholique je suis tant blessé. Cette cérémonie ne ressemble en rien à la France.