Paris Olympics apologizes for controversial ‘Last Supper’ parody ...Egypt

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A member of the organizing committee of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Anne Deschamps, apologized on Sunday for any offense that may have been caused by the opening ceremony of the Olympics, especially a scene that depicts the Greek god Dionysus alongside drag queens in the middle of a table. The scene was a parody of the Last Supper by the famous artist Leonardo da Vinci about Jesus Christ, but with the Olympics version including LGBT members instead. Deschamps said: “It is clear that we never intended to show disrespect to any religious group, and on the contrary I see that Thomas Jolly, the artistic director of the ceremony, wanted to celebrate societal tolerance, and we believe that this

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