The official video of the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony appears to have been removed from the Olympics account as viewer backlash grows around the world. It should be noted that the ceremonies for Athens 2004, London 2012, Rio 2016, Beijing 2022, and even Nagano 1998 are available on the channel.
#BREAKING
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has taken down the official opening ceremony video of the #Olympics from its YouTube channel. The video, which included scenes with drag queens, was removed following a decision by the IOC to address concerns raised by… pic.twitter.com/CwY8JgxKv1— Jakob Simmons (@JakobASimmons) July 27, 2024
Olympics: The organizers apologized for the “Last Supper” monstrosity that caused an uproar
Paris Olympics organizers today apologized to Catholics and other Christians who may have been offended by a parody of Leonardo da Vinci’s famous work “The Last Supper” during Friday’s opening ceremony.
The skit featured 18 performers posing behind a long table in a similar manner to how Jesus and his 12 apostles are depicted in da Vinci’s painting. Among the performers were drag queens, a transgender model and a nude singer.
“There was clearly no intention to show disrespect to any religious group. The opening ceremony attempted to celebrate tolerance within the community. We believe that this ambition has been achieved. We are very sorry if people were offended,” Paris 2024 spokesperson Anne Deschamps said at a press conference.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis: The Athens Opening Ceremony has taken the gold – Acted as a guardian of the idea of Olympism and the Games
In his weekly review, Kyriakos Mitsotakis did not fail to mention the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games. “It was an ambitious and impressive effort, where the organizers tried to do something different. But what I feel and have to say, both as an observer and as a representative of the country that gave birth to the Olympic Games, is that the opening ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games in 2004 remains the owner of the gold. Not only for its aesthetics. But primarily because he acted as a guardian of the idea of Olympism and the games”, wrote Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Olympics: Hustle and fury with… Secret Dinner by drag queens – What the director of the Opening Ceremony says
An uproar has been caused by the lewd re-enactment of the Last Supper at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
The specific representation brought various comments and reactions in X as well. Most of them spoke of an insult to Christianity.
“Last night’s mockery of the Last Supper was shocking and offensive to Christians around the world who watched the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. The war against our faith and traditional values knows no bounds today. But we know that truth and virtue will always prevail,” one user wrote.
Last night’s mockery of the Last Supper was shocking and insulting to Christian people around the world who watched the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
The war on our faith and traditional values knows no bounds today. But we know that truth and virtue will always… pic.twitter.com/s88c9ymG9j
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) July 27, 2024
Another described what happened as “madness”. “This is crazy. You begin your event by replacing Jesus and the disciples at the Last Supper with men in women’s clothing. There are 2.4 billion Christians on earth, and apparently the Olympics wanted to make a loud statement to all of them, right from the start, that they are not welcome,” another comment read.
This is crazy. Opening your event by replacing Jesus and the disciples at the The Last Supper with men in drag. There are 2.4 billion Christians on earth and apparently the Olympics wanted to declare loudly to all of them, right out of the gate
NOT WELCOME pic.twitter.com/T88AmXbqXL— Clint Russell (@LibertyLockPod) July 26, 2024
The opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics feature Trannies and drag queens re-creating the last supper.
What is wrong with the French? pic.twitter.com/BO6S52JbIp
— (@creation247) July 26, 2024
Olympics 2024: Ceremony director Thomas Joli responds – ‘I didn’t want to shock or mock’
“I didn’t want to offend anyone” assures Thomas Joli, artistic director of the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris after the storm of negative comments and accusations of promoting woke culture and mocking Christianity. At an official press conference for the Olympics on Saturday, Jolie insisted that his intention was not “to be subversive, to mock or shock”, but to project democratic ideas and an image of France in all its diversity.
“My will is to say that I am a huge “we”. In France we have the right to love each other as we wish, to love with whom we wish, in France we have the right to believe and not to believe. In France we have a lot of rights,” said Joly, assuring that he has not seen all the messages, especially the critical ones.
Olympics Opening Ceremony: Outcry over mockery of Christianity – ‘Deeply sorry’ says French Catholic Church
After the representation, where drag queens participated, there were several negative comments on social media, which condemn the organization for this particular scene. The French Catholic Church also issued a statement, in which it is mentioned that it was a scene that mocks Christianity and that detracts from the rest of the good moments of the event. “We are deeply sorry,” the statement said, adding that “we are thinking of all Christians on every continent who have been hurt by the outrageous provocation of certain scenes.”
The French Catholic Church’s full statement on the ‘Last Supper’ at the opening ceremony for the 2024 Olympics
“Ahead of the Paris Games, the Holy Games project, inspired by the Roman Catholic Church, has been mobilizing for almost three years a large number of Catholics to share in the sporting and popular enthusiasm surrounding the Paris Games, this magnificent event organized by our country..
Last week, we were also happy to organize the opening ceremony of the Olympic truce in the presence of many religious, political and sports figures.
We believe that the values and principles expressed and spread by sport and the Olympic Games contribute to this need for unity and brotherhood that our world so desperately needs, respecting the beliefs of all, around sport that unites and promotes us peace to nations and hearts.
Last night’s opening ceremony, organized by France’s COJOP, offered the world a magnificent display of beauty and joy, rich in emotion and universally acclaimed.
This ceremony unfortunately included scenes of mockery and mockery of Christianity, for which we deeply regret. We would like to thank the members of other religious denominations who expressed their solidarity with us.
This morning, we are thinking of all Christians on every continent who have been hurt by the outrageous provocation of certain scenes. We want them to understand that the Olympic celebration goes far beyond the ideological prejudices of some artists.
Sports is a wonderful human activity that deeply excites the hearts of athletes and spectators. Olympism is a movement in the service of this reality of human unity and brotherhood. Now it’s time to take the field, and may it bring truth, comfort and joy to all!”
Tesla and SpaceX owner Elon Musk, who recently endorsed Donald Trump for the US presidency after the assassination attempt on him, argued that the depiction of the Last Supper was “extremely disrespectful to Christians”.
Reacting to the event, Catholic bishop Robert Barron, from the US, posted a video online and said: “I love the Olympics, that’s why I’m activating the opening ceremony of the Olympics. And what do I see now? It’s in Paris, France, a city I love, I spent three years as a PhD student there. I see this disgusting travesty of the Last Supper and will not describe it further.
Far-right French politician Marion Le Pen wrote on X: “To all the Christians of the world watching the #Paris2024 ceremony and feeling offended by this drag queen parody of the Last Supper, know that it is not France speaking but a left-wing minority ready for any challenge”.
Her Italian counterpart, Matteo Salvini, added: “Starting the Olympics by insulting billions of Christians in the world was really a very bad start, dear French. Horrible”.
The Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games in Paris does not stop handing out… apologies for the heavy criticism it has received for the opening ceremony, on various levels.
Kapralos: “We were satisfied with the organizers’ apology”
Spyros Kapralos stood for their apology for not showing our flag bearers, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Antigoni Drisbiotis. The president of the EOE, speaking to ERT, said that “I think the apology of the organizers is something that satisfies us because we really felt bad about some things we saw at the opening ceremony”.
He added: “The French wanted to show perhaps in a strong way the diversity, the equality of the sexes and perhaps they exaggerated in many parts and that is why they alienated us and perhaps in some places they disturbed us. The Athens Olympic Games have remained in everyone’s hearts because they were not ordinary Olympic Games.”
Very high risk of fire in Attica, Central Greece and Peloponnese
Plague: New outbreak of small ruminants in a livestock unit in mountainous Corinthia
Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games: Greek protests over the “disappearance” of Giannis – The blunder with South Korea and the Olympic flag
Weather: Where the temperature reached 38 degrees today – What will happen in the next few days
Proud as Greeks: The national polo team was shocked to tears during the national anthem [βίντεο]
Thessaloniki: 18 months in prison for the policeman who missed 160 days from work in two years
Olympics: What the organizers respond to those offended by the Opening Ceremony – Uproar from the mockery of the “Last Supper”
#Olympic #games #Incredible #blacked #official #video #opening #ceremony #backlash
