Paris 2024 says sorry over opening ceremony's 'Last Supper' sketch

Paris 2024 organisers on Sunday (July 28) apologised to Catholics and other Christian groups angered by a kitsch tableau in the Olympic Games' opening ceremony that parodied Leonardo Da Vinci's famous “The Last Supper” painting.

This was the second apology over the last two days, with the first over an error made when the South Korean contingent was introduced as Democratic People's Republic of Korea during the parade in the opening ceremony.

[guillermosandovaljr]

“Clearly, there was never an intention to show disrespect to any religious group.”
Clearly you’re lying. 🤥

[tabishtaqi]

Worst olympic opening ever in history. Cheap.. shame on you France.

[lenavinogradova]

So they are not sorry that they offended Christians, they are sorry that Christians feel offended. Totally different

[alexadoleva]

You shamed the Olympics and poisoned the Olympics. Doesn't matter your beliefs. The Olympics should stand for respect and the opposite of respect was the theme.

[An_]

Disgusting! It was the worst Olympic opening ceremony ever.

[edrlw]

Two years of planning, many times of practice sessions and no one of the organizer saw any red flags? No one said hey guys this is olympic ceremony not a gay parade? Whats is wrong with these people?

[petebrown]

That WASN'T an apology. They basically justified it under the umbrella of 'diversity'. You can be diverse without a specific mockery of a specific group. This was HATE and BIGOTRY on display that EXCLUDED people.

[maryeconomou]

There was exactly a desire to insult Christians. Shame on them.

[gnsdv]

Congratulations Paris. Your’s the worst opening ceremony ever. Pure GARBAGE.

[cstorbeck]

There is no apology for the blasphemy ... just confirmation that he (the event organiser) believes there was nothing wrong

[azadam]

Worst opening ceremony ever in olympic history

[LionsDen.]

Africa rejects your nonsense France. Keep your apology

[sixsixten]

When your only creativity is by mocking one of the most sacred moment of God, night before He was crucified...

[stlmopoet]

They didn't say they were sorry they did it. They said they were sorry anyone was offended.

[IngefromGraz]

The Olympic Committee made a huge mistake hiring this guy who literally offended the entire world with his blasphemous opening ceremony!
I hope he will feel the backlash he rightfully deserves and the same goes for President Macron who thought this was a good thing to portray for the Olympics! DISGUSTING!

[mirarim]

Sorry but I am not going to watch a minute of this sick event

[zoickn]

Oh is definately planned and meant to be offensive. Fire that creative director. Not creative at all and your opening sucks.

[musicjeffyoung]

This was not an apology. It was a, "Sorry you're offended", not sorry for what we've done.

[andraanzano]

Typical example of “sorry not sorry“. Not one of these idiots on the panel truly apologized for this horrific behavior

[ratava]

Apologies to Korea but not to billions of insulted christians, shows how completely out of touch this lot are.