DISINFO: Paris Olympics opening ceremony staged an LGBT parody of the Last Supper

DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS

  • Outlet: geo-first.com ( archive, original )
  • Date of publication: July 27, 2024
  • Article language(s): Georgian
  • Countries / regions discussed: France

DISINFO: Paris Olympics opening ceremony staged an LGBT parody of the Last Supper

SUMMARY

In order to make the opening ceremony of the Olympics the 'gayest ever', Paris Olympics officials staged an LGBTQ parody of the Last Supper - a fashion show featuring transgender models.

RESPONSE

A pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the Paris 2024 Olympics.

The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games 2024 in Paris was not inspired by the Last Supper.

"It's not my inspiration (the Christian Supper). There is Dionysus (Philippe Katerine painted in blue) who arrives on this table. He is there because he is the God of celebration in Greek mythology. The god of wine who is one of the jewels of France. And the father of Sequana, the goddess who is connected to the river, the Seine. 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. I wanted to make a ceremony that repairs, that reconciles. And also that reaffirms the values ​​of our Republic, liberty-equality-fraternity", - says the director of the ceremony.

The narrative on Western countries mocking Christianity on every occasion is recurrent in pro-Kremlin disinformation efforts. See more recurrent pro-Kremlin narratives portraying Western countries as morally corrupt, pagan, Satanist, deranged, vile who have lost all common sense, pushing LGBTIQ propaganda. See also the narrative The West is destroying Russia with the propaganda of perversions.

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