Paris Olympics organizers apologize for 'The Last Supper' tableau: 'There was never an intention to show disrespect'

The scene during Friday's ceremony featured DJ and producer Barbara Butch — an LGBTQ+ icon — flanked by drag artists and dancers.

The organizers behind the Paris Olympics apologized to anyone who was offended by a tableau that evoked Leonardo da Vinci's 'The Last Supper' during Friday's opening ceremony and provoked outrage by religious conservatives around the world. The organizers, however, defended the concept behind it.Da Vinci's painting depicts the moment when Jesus Christ declared that an apostle would betray him.

'To all the Christians of the world who are watching the Paris 2024 ceremony and felt insulted by this drag queen parody of the Last Supper, know that it is not France that is speaking but a left-wing minority ready for any provocation,' she posted on the social platform X, a sentiment that was echoed by religious conservatives internationally.

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