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The Highwire with Del Bigtree

OLYMPICS SWIMMING IN CONTROVERSY

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

News, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.93.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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OLYMPICS SWIMMING IN CONTROVERSY

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0:00.0

The story that has really grabbed the new cycle for the entire week which is hard to do in in this fast rapid crazy new cycle

0:08.0

But what am I talking about this is the Olympics and the opening ceremony so on Monday people had a lot to say about what happened over this past weekend and

0:16.9

if you didn't have an internet connection or you live in a cabinet in the woods, this is

0:21.1

what it looked like. All right.

0:27.0

Back lash to this year's Olympic opening ceremony.

0:30.0

Back lash after Olympic ceremony,

0:32.0

Drag Queen's parody Last Supper. ceremony.

0:33.0

A

0:32.0

Drag Queen's parody Last Supper.

0:34.0

There was instant controversy

0:37.0

over an opening number that some people said was last for me.

0:41.0

The highly anticipated Paris Olympic Games has been overshadowed by a controversial

0:46.4

depiction of the Last Supper that sent billions across the world into a rage.

0:51.6

At one point during the ceremony there was a long table that included a woman with a

0:56.4

halo-like crown at the center.

0:58.6

Soon after a nearly naked man painted in blue who depicted the Greek god Dionysus laid on the center of the table

1:05.1

the god was surrounded by drag queens. The far right here in France called it a

1:10.0

provocation whilst many Catholics all over the globe were united and

1:14.8

they just taste for it. You took something religious which 2 billion people in

1:20.7

the world hold sacred and you mocked it with something that many of

1:26.9

those two billion people are struggling to accept and understand.

1:30.8

Why offend such a huge population of the Olympic village, the

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