Paris Olympics organisers apologise for opening ceremony's unintentional Last Supper parody

Paris 2024 organisers have apologised to Catholics and Christian groups angered by a kitsch tableau in the Olympic Games opening ceremony that parodied Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper painting.

The segment, which resembled the biblical scene of Jesus Christ and his apostles sharing a last meal before his crucifixion, featured drag queens and a singer made up as the Greek god of wine, Dionysus. This drew dismay from the Catholic church and the religious right in US.

The creative director of the opening ceremony, Thomas Jolly, said: 'I did not intend to be subversive or to mock or shock … In France we can believe or not believe, in France we have a lot of rights and I wanted to convey those values throughout the ceremony.'

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[abhisheknamdeo]

It's olympics, not a pride parade. They all should resign from their post.

[BuffPomsky]

How is this an apology? The director had zero regrets

[axelolord]

Calling it 'unintentional' is offensive to the intelligence of ANY living being.

[jimjimo]

Where is their apology??all i see is one 'guy' who is smiling and one woman who dont know what to say....

[tammyjo]

Basically, you demand tolerance, respect, and inclusion by being intolerant, disrespectful, and divisive. Got it.

[dumwyteguy]

"If anyone was offended, we are sorry" - That is a classic example of a non-apology.

[marklonghorn]

This is not an apology, the girl was reading off a script and the man wasn’t even apologising

[lac]

Since when has someone's sexuality had anything to do with anything??? The Olympics is about sport and the excellence of those individuals who have trained so hard to get there.

[Johnlanzer]

That's not an apology, that's a "we succeeded and we will do it again"

[Pneuma]

In France you're not allowed to speak about religion publicly but the government is allowed to mock it

[madeyez]

"In France, we're allowed to love who we want, how we want..." - There was a little child partaking in that ceremony. It is WILD to be saying that with that optics.

[tejahsingh]

France has the worst opening ceremony in Olympic

[Dav-ysrl]

When someone says, IF this offended you, then we apologise.

That is not a genuine apology

[JustAnotherRich]

Imagine the outrage if they did a parody of LGBTQ pride...

[bigfunda]

How about apologize to that girl from Italy that just got beat up by a man in their "competition"?!

[threestars]

The fact they took it down shows us they don't care!

[flaviutothazan]

This is not an apology. This is: "Sorry YOU got offended. It"s on you!"

[pribilovian]

Pathetic and embarrassing. "Apology" not accepted. France should never hold the olympics again.

[lpawlowicz]

Try cleaning that disgusting river too.

[anyaspackman]

No one apologized, in fact the guy defended the opening ceremony… 🤨