First lady Jill Biden praised the Paris Olympics’ controversial opening ceremony as “spectacular” after it received backlash for offending Christians with a drag queen depiction of Jesus’s Last Supper.
Biden, who led the U.S. delegation to this year’s Olympic Games, remarked that it will be difficult for Los Angeles to top Paris’s opening ceremony in 2028.
“So, last night, it was just spectacular,” the first lady said at a commemorative brunch, according to NBC Los Angeles. “The rain did not dampen our spirits…. Every step of the way, I was thinking to myself, oh my god, oh my god. How are we going to top this?”
Rain poured down over the ceremony as athletes of different countries sailed down the river Seine and drag queens and other costumed performers danced, garnering criticism from those who did not believe it represented French culture:
France used to be symbolised by breathtakingly beautiful women and smoulderingly handsome men. I think we can all agree things are much improved now that two fat drag queens are parading in the rain at the opening of the Paris Olympics. pic.twitter.com/prYpLOygR2
— Malcolm Clark (@TwisterFilm) July 26, 2024
“So, ok. Paris has the Eiffel Tower, but we have Hollywood and the magic of Hollywood that makes all dreams come true. I think we’re going to be ok.… It’s a city where new generations of dreamers shape our culture,” Biden added at the brunch, which was also attended by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D).
“At the end of the 2028 Games, Olympians and fans will see themselves reflected in Los Angeles,” the first lady added.
At one point in the opening celebration, men in makeup and wigs portrayed Jesus’s disciples while self-described “love activist” Barbara Butch attempted to fill the role of Christ in a representation of Leonardo DaVinci’s famous the Last Supper:
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 display was called a “mockery” of Christianity and “appalling” by U.K. television host Piers Morgan:
Btw, what the f*ck was all this about? A drag queen mockery of the Last Supper at the Olympics? Would they have mocked any other religion like this? Appalling decision. pic.twitter.com/50uREKJEJd
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) July 27, 2024
“The Olympics has made it clear that Christian viewers aren’t welcome,” journalist Kyle Becker wrote:
The 2024 Paris Olympics has gone full Woke dystopian.
The opening ceremony was filled with transgend*r mockery of the Last Supper, the Golden Calf idol, and even the Pale Horse from the Book of Revelation.
The Olympics has made it clear that Christian viewers aren’t welcome. pic.twitter.com/LgawyE6YRX
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) July 26, 2024
The ceremony was also denounced by Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, who called it a “really bad start” to the Olympic Games:
Aprire le Olimpiadi insultando miliardi di Cristiani nel mondo è stato davvero un pessimo inizio, cari francesi. Squallidi. #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/3RpNvUundd
— Matteo Salvini (@matteosalvinimi) July 27, 2024
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