Olympics Last Supper reenactment was 'controversial': Ex-NFL QB | NewsNation Now

Former NFL quarterback and WGNO sports analyst Lester Ricard Jr. welcomed the unique opening ceremony at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Although, Ricard said the reenactment of The Last Supper was "controversial."

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[essr]

It was Controversial!?! It was DISGUSTING!!

[lokimarie]

Mocking someone’s religion no matter what it is, is pretty f*cked up. SMH

[marionfriedenthal]

I will never embrace the mockery of the Christian faith. The committee should apologise to Christians.

[ctwatcher]

Demonic Games nothing more. Stay away from these people, they bring harm.

[lilyquists]

why did you pick this guy as your guest?

bring someone on the show who has a backbone

[cqbarnieify]

I normally embrace different ways to express artistic creativity, but not at the expense of others. In general, I have nothing against people in drag. To each their own. That said, I am a Christian, and I am extremely offended. Why would they do this? There is no good reason for them to make a mockery of the last supper except to intentionally offend. It was actually frightening to watch, because if they hate Christians this much, what will they do to us in the future?

[somewhereinthemidwest]

Dude. We do NOT have to accept “different” when our God is being mocked.

[marysmith]

It is disgusting that every big event has demonic shows

[phylis]

Controversial is putting it mildly....

[xf]

The brother thats being interviewed is dangerously objective and he's definitely not for whats righteous. Man said, we have to just embrace it, bruh. People have kids to protect, we can't just embrace every new thing that pops up, then He's just cool with cheating..nah bruh, you cant be trusted. Stand for something or fall for everything. The woman was on point though 🙌🏽!

[JN-ngzc]

They have mocked our God openly in front of the whole world . Such people and the organizers should be held accountable. The churches around the world and in France should not keep silent this time.

[jfranklins]

This QB doesn't get it. It's wrong to mock the Christian faith like they did in France. He just brushes over it like it was nothing. They needed a better guest than this guy. Never heard of him in the NFL. He was utterly clueless.

[HandgunSafe]

The whole drag theme is appalling and completely inappropriate. And if this fiasco was about representation, why was there no ridicule of Islam or Hinduism or any other religion?

[rogerbuesing]

To call that opening depiction ‘controversial’ is the understatement of the year!!!

[neilrowan]

I.m not watching one minute of the olympics..too sad for the Olympians who worked so hard to get there

[BlakeElliott]

If nothing else, it’s a shameful and abhorrent publicity stunt that has backfired, and will be met with furious backlash. Whoever thought this reenactment was a good idea, or somehow good for public relations between heterosexuals and homosexuals, is/was a fool.

[lynnmorse]

Every knee show bow, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.

[lisaclaire]

No, we don’t have to embrace this kind of change!

[NC-bmuy]

Let them keep telling us who they are. It's a good thing, so our children can avoid them at all costs.

[amyh]

Controversial?! Blasphemous. I won't watch a single minute of the Olympics