Paris Olympics organizers apologized Sunday to anybody offended by a picture of drag performers that evoked Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Final Supper” through the opening ceremony.
The scene throughout Friday’s ceremony featured LGBTQ+ icon, DJ and producer Barbara Butch flanked by drag artists and dancers.
Non secular conservatives decried the phase, with the French Catholic Church’s convention of bishops deploring “scenes of derision” that they mentioned made a mockery of Christianity. Complaints had been additionally made by Russian International Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova and the Anglican Communion in Egypt.
The ceremony’s inventive director, Thomas Jolly, claimed he meant to rejoice variety and pay tribute to feasting and French gastronomy.
Paris 2024 spokesperson Anne Descamps responded to that in an Worldwide Olympic Committee information convention on Sunday.
“Clearly there was by no means an intention to point out disrespect to any non secular group. Quite the opposite, I believe (with) Thomas Jolly, we actually did attempt to rejoice group tolerance,” Descamps mentioned. “ the results of the polls that we shared, we imagine that this ambition was achieved. If individuals have taken any offense we’re, in fact, actually, actually sorry.”
