kansas city chiefs Kicker Harrison Butker has slammed the Paris Olympics opening ceremony after one of the performances included a drag queen and other performers imitating The Last Supper.
Bartek went viral in May for sharing his work faith-based perspective He shared his thoughts on social media during a commencement address at a Catholic university in Kansas.
Kansas City Chiefs place kicker Harrison Butker (7) celebrates after scoring a touchdown during a game against the Philadelphia Eagles at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. (Danny Medley-USA TODAY Sports)
“This is crazy,” he wrote in a post on Instagram Stories.
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He also included a passage from the Bible.
“Do not be deceived, for God will not be mocked.”
In a clip of a post Butke shared on his social media, several drag queens and other performers can be seen mocking Leonardo da Vinci’s famous scene depicting Jesus and his apostles sharing their final moments before the crucifixion. meal.
Performer Passerelle Deblly at the opening ceremony. Reuters/Wang Tingshu (Reuters/Tingshu Wang)
Opening tribute to headless Marie Antoinette, MÉNAGE À TROIS mixed reactions
The performance also included a young child; Drawing harsh criticism.
Other performances at the opening ceremony also received mixed reviews from audiences on social media. In one scene, a woman and two men embrace – seemingly suggesting a threesome.
The headless depiction of Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France before the Revolution, has also been criticized.
A headless figure depicting 18th-century queen Marie Antoinette performs along the embankment of the Seine River outside the ancient prison where the queen was imprisoned during the French Revolution, during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024. (Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP Getty Images)
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Opening Artistic Director Thomas Joly said the inspiration behind all the performances was to reinterpret the world’s perception of France.
“The extraordinary thing is that everyone in France and the rest of the world knows what France is all about. I want to capitalize on that, and that’s where I want to start – breaking down clichés because clichés appear with everyone else.” According to the Olympics website Report, he said.
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