Olympics Organizer: Tableau Was “In Celebration Of Greek Mythology,” Not About Mocking “Last Supper”

Mediaite reports:

Friday night’s Paris Olympics opening ceremony angered Christians and conservatives across the world who interpreted it as a mockery of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper ” but the man who organized it said it was actually a nod to Greek mythology.

Thomas Jolly, the ceremony’s artistic director, told the French media on Sunday that he was not mocking anyone but merely putting on a “celebration of Greek mythology.”

“There is Dionysus who arrives on this table. He is there because he is the God of celebration in Greek mythology,” Jolly told BFMTV. “The idea was to have a pagan celebration connected to the gods of Olympus. You will never find in me a desire to mock and denigrate anyone.”

Read the full article. As you can see below, the official Olympics account on X said as much during the opening ceremonies.