Paris Olympics organizers have apologized to any people who were offended by a tableau during Friday’s opening ceremony evoking Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper. The ceremony’s tableau featured DJ and producer Barbara Butch flanked by drag artists and dancers.
Drag queens prepare to perform on the Debilly Bridge in Paris , during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 26, 2024. Drag queen Piche prepares to perform, at the Debilly Bridge in Paris , during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 26, 2024. Drag queens prepare to perform on the Debilly Bridge in Paris , during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 26, 2024.
organizers apologized Sunday to anyone who was offended by a tableau that evoked Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” during the glamorousReligious conservatives from around the world decried the segment, with the French Catholic Church’s conference of bishops deploring “scenes of derision” that they said made a mockery of Christianity — a sentiment echoed by Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova.
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