Former “Full House” cast member Jodie Sweetin is defending the 2024 Olympic opening ceremony after conservatives came under attack for a segment of the show that features drag queens.
A drag queen segment at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics attracted the attention of Christian viewers, who believed the performers were “mocking” Leonardo da Vinci’s painting “The Last Supper.”
However, in reality, the drag performers were celebrating the Olympics by recreating a festival of Dionysus, depicting the Olympian gods of Greek mythology.
Sweetin took to social media to complain about the backlash she received from the ceremony, which she said failed to acknowledge art history.
“Don’t tell me you don’t know about art or history, tell me you don’t know about art or history,” Sweetin said in a video mocking people’s anger.
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Sweetin also shared a post explaining the history of the Dionysus festival.
Jodie Sweetin posts Instagram Stories from the Olympic Opening Ceremony @jodiesweetin
Sweetin’s response came after her “Fuller House” co-star Candace Cameron Bure shared her thoughts on the Olympics opening ceremony, positing that drag queens were depicting Italian artist Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.”
“I was sick of watching this incredible event that’s taking place over the next two weeks and seeing the opening ceremony completely desecrate and mock the Christian faith with its interpretation of the Last Supper,” she said in an Instagram video. “And it made me so sad. And someone said, ‘You shouldn’t be sad, you should be angry,’ and I said, ‘Believe me, I am angry,’ but I’m even sadder because I’m grieving for souls.”
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Despite knowing what the opening ceremony depicted, Boulet strengthened his position by saying it was recreating a moment of the Greek god Dionysus, “the god of carnal desire, madness, religious ecstasy, ritualistic madness, and so on.”
“I still don’t understand what that has to do with uniting the world through competitive sports and being acceptable for kids to watch,” she wrote in the video’s caption. “Either way, I don’t believe it. I hope you’ll listen to the end.”
Check out Bure’s full video below:
