Paris Olympics organizers apologized Sunday to absolutely everyone who beca

Paris Olympics organizers apologized Sunday to   absolutely everyone  who   became  angry  with the aid of using  a tableau that evoked Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper"   at some stage in  the glamorous   commencing  rite .

Da Vinci's   portray  depicts   the instant  while  Jesus Christ declared that an apostle   might  betray him. The scene   at some stage in  Friday's   rite  featured DJ and   manufacturer  Barbara Butch — an LGBTQ+ icon — flanked   with the aid of using  drag artists and dancers.

Religious conservatives from   round  the sector  decried the segment, with the French Catholic Church's   convention  of bishops deploring "scenes of derision" that they   stated  made a mockery of Christianity — a sentiment echoed   with the aid of using  Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova. The Anglican Communion in Egypt expressed its "deep regret" Sunday,   announcing  the   rite  should  motive  the IOC to "lose its   specific  wearing  identification  and its humanitarian message."

The   rite 's   creative  director Thomas Jolly had   stated  it   became  intended  to   have a good time  range  and pay tribute to feasting and French gastronomy. Paris 2024 spokesperson Anne Descamps   became  requested  approximately  the outcry   at some stage in  an International Olympic Committee   information  convention  on Sunday.

"Clearly   there has been  by no means  an   purpose  to reveal  disrespect to any   non secular  group. On the contrary, I think (with) Thomas Jolly, we   in reality  did   try and  have a good time  network  tolerance," Descamps   stated . "Looking   on the  end result  of the polls that we shared, we   consider  that this ambition   became  achieved. If   humans  have taken any offense we are, of course,   in reality ,   in reality  sorry."

Jolly   defined  his intentions to The Associated Press after the   rite .

"My   want  isn't to be subversive, nor to mock or to shock," Jolly   stated . "Most of all, I   desired  to   ship  a message of love, a message of inclusion and   under no circumstances  to divide."

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