Candace Cameron Bure Doubles Down After Slamming ‘Disgusting’ Olympics Drag Show
Candace Cameron Bure was not a fan of the Olympics opening ceremony on Friday, July 26, after a drag performance that to some viewers appeared to mimic Leonardo Da Vinci’s famous The Last Supper painting.
The Full House alum posted a rant on Instagram Story on Saturday, July 27, before resharing the video on her Instagram page on Sunday, July 28. In the video, Bure claimed the performance “completely blasphemed and mock[ed] the Christian faith.”
“It made me so sad,” she continued. “And someone said, ‘You shouldn’t be sad. You should be mad about it.’ And I’m like, ‘Trust me. It makes me mad.’ But I’m more sad, because I’m sad for souls.”
The sketch seemed to interpret the iconic painting of Jesus Christ and his apostles sharing a last meal before Christ’s crucifixion. The performance featured drag queens, a transgender model, and a naked singer painted up as the Greek god Dionysus. The ceremony’s artistic director Thomas Jolly denied it had anything to do with The Last Supper and was, in fact meant to be “a grand pagan festival” featuring Greek god Dionysus.
In the caption of her post, Bure doubled down on her thoughts despite many fans telling her the performance was a celebration of the festival of Dionysus.
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“Since posting, many have tried to correct me saying it wasn’t about an interpretation of DaVinci’s The Last Supper, but a Greek god and the festival of Dionysus; who is a god of lust, insanity, religious ecstasy, ritual madnes etc. I still don’t see how that relates to unifying the world through competitive sports and acceptable for children to watch. In any case, I’m not buying it,” the actress wrote.
“God loves each and every one of you and His desire is for you to know Him. I won’t stop praying and calling on Jesus’ name,” she added.
The interpretation of the Greek God Dionysus makes us aware of the absurdity of violence between human beings. #Paris2024 #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/FBlQNNUmvV
— The Olympic Games (@Olympics) July 26, 2024
Responding to the criticism, Paris 2024 president Tony Estanguet said (per The Independent), “We imagined a ceremony to show our values and our principles so we gave a very committed message. The idea was to really trigger a reflection. We wanted to have a message as strong as possible.
“Naturally, we had to take into account the international community. Having said that – it is a French ceremony for the French Games – so we trusted our artistic director. We have freedom of expression in France and we wanted to protect it,” he added.
Paris 2024 artistic director Thomas Jolly was confused by the negative reactions, saying, “Our idea was inclusion. Naturally, when we want to include everyone and not exclude anyone questions are raised.”
Jolly continued, “Our subject was not to be subversive. We never wanted to be subversive. We wanted to talk about diversity. Diversity means being together. We wanted to include everybody. In France, we have artistic freedom. We are lucky in France to live in a free country.”
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You're entitled to your opinion, Candace, but others are entitled to react to your opinions. You didn't like the display? Fine, you've stated your feelings. But the ceremonies in France have nothing to do with you and the French don't require your opinion. Nor did they ask for it. Just ignore what you don't like and move on.
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The headless woman was Marie Antoinette. She ruled over France and was found guilty of treason, conspiracy, and stealing from the country.Also, it was NOT the Last Supper. It was a depiction of an ancient Greek Bacchanal… because, you know, the Olympics are ancient and Greek. Surprise!And if you didn’t know, a Bacchanalia is an uncontrollably promiscuous, extravagant, and loud party. The parties often spanned several days which honored the god of wine, Bacchus (the blue guy covered in grape vine). He is also known as Dionysus, the Greek god of fertility, later known as the god of wine and pleasure.And finally, it was not Death on a pale horse. It was Sequana, Goddess of the Seine, the River in which the boat precession took place. She was meant to be the representation of the Olympic spirit and of Sequana.
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I don't understand why these people are clinging so hard to being insulted over what they're calling the "Last Supper." It looked nothing like The Last Supper! Wrong number of people, wrong setting, wrong clothes and stylings... there was nothing in common between The Last Supper and the Olympics performance, even without taking Dionysus and the drag queens into account.
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Miss Cameron should be concerned about her own time of judgment. Instead of worrying about that of others.
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Oh the hypocrisy! Bure makes her living making movies, an artform. Her chosen theme is usually 'murder' glorifying and totally ignoring 'Thou shall not kill' Her movies are harmless, I have no issue with them, or murder in movies, it's art. What I do have an issue with is a woman using one of Bible's #1 sin for profit, yet judging others. Her bigoted comments are rooted in hate not Christianity.
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AMEN!!!!!
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It was a terrible opening.Lady Gaga,Kellie C.and Payton M.all sucked.What was the theme,purpose?Didn't get it.Celine Dion,the athletes coming down the Seine was superb.
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I'm still wondering why Celine Dion was such a featured performer, rather than a French singer.
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Thank God she is off the Hallmark Channel!!
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I find CCB and her brother far more disgusting than a good old drag show. I love s good drag show. Can't stand CCB.
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She’s terrible.
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