�Full House� star Jodie Sweetin defended the drag queen Last Supper parody at
the Paris Olympics after her fellow costar Candace Cameron Bure slammed it as
�disgusting.�
During the opening ceremony at the 2024 Summer Olympics, a scene modeled
after The Last Supper opened with an obese woman wearing an aureole as Jesus
surrounded by drag queens as the Apostles, a decapitated head representing
Marie Antoinette of the French Revolution, and drag queens dancing around
children.
�Tell me you don�t know about art or history,� Sweetin wrote in a July 29
Instagram Story per E! News, �without TELLING me you don�t know about art or
history.�
Her post also included a video that started circulating online after
Christians blasted the offensive scene, claiming that it wasn�t religious but
inspired by the ancient Greek God Dionysus, who represents �feasting,
festivity and ritual theater.�
https://t.co/rV61qfwOuB Jodie Sweetin is shutting down criticism surrounding the
#ParisOlympics. She speaks out at the link.
pic.twitter.com/8EpBQsuqdl
� E! News (@enews) July 30, 2024
Sweetin�s post comes one day after �Fuller House� star Candace Cameron Bure
took to Instagram to blast the anti-Christian scene, as previously reported.
�I love the Olympic Games,� Bure said, mentioning that her husband Valeri
Bure, a retired professional hockey player, and several other family members,
were Olympic competitors.
�The Olympic Games have always brought me so much joy. It�s the best of the
best athletes in the world competing for the title,� she added.
�So to watch such an incredible and wonderful event that�s gonna take place
over the next two weeks and see the opening ceremonies completely blaspheme
and mock the Christian faith with their interpretation of the Last Supper was
disgusting,� Bure continued. �And it made me so sad. And someone said, �You
shouldn�t be sad. You should be mad about it.� And I�m like, �Trust me. It
makes me mad.� But I�m more sad, because I�m sad for souls.�
She also mentioned in her post that some followers claimed the opening
ceremonies were not mocking Da Vinci�s famous �Last Supper� painting, but
said she�s �not buying it� and she doesn�t �see how [Dionysus] relates to
unifying the world through competitive sports and [is] acceptable for
children to watch.�
The Paris Olympics admitted on Saturday the blasphemous scene was inspired by
da Vinci�s famous mural, then tried to walk it back on Monday, the New York
Post reported.
Following the backlash against the Olympics, Anne Descamps, a spokesperson
for the Paris Olympics, said at a press conference, �If people have taken any
offense we are really sorry.�
�Clearly there was never an intention to show disrespect to any religious
group. (The opening ceremony) tried to celebrate community tolerance,�
Descamps told reporters, via Reuters. �We believe this ambition was
achieved.�
-- Let's go Brandon!
"Full House" Star Defends Drag Queen Last Supper Parody After Candace Cameron Bure Blasts It