Disinformation, as if the Head of the IOC Admitted that the Opening Ceremony Mocked the “Last Supper”

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On July 31, philosopher Giorgi Razmadze was a guest on the TV program “Comment of the Day” on the pro-Kremlin channel Alt-Info, where he claimed that the organizers of the Paris Olympics said they mocked Christianity during the opening ceremony, and that the chairman of the Olympic Committee stated that one part was a parody of the Last Supper.

Giorgi Razmadze: “What are our liberals, these sacred Euro-dependents, doing? What are they doing, their minds are so cemented that they consider it sacred over there. They are watching this, and they themselves are saying that they mocked Christianity, they themselves… the chairman of the Olympic Committee comes out and says, ‘Yes, yes, this was a parody of the Last Supper,’ and ‘No, he is lying!’ – we are dealing with people of this level.”      

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Giorgi Razmadze is spreading disinformation, as the chairman of the Olympic Committee has not confirmed anywhere that the Last Supper was parodied during the opening ceremony. The organizers of the Olympics denied that the scene depicted Leonardo da Vinci’s painting and stated that their source of inspiration was Greek mythology, Dionysus, and other gods.

The position of chairman mentioned by Giorgi Razmadze was never published by the International Olympic Committee. The organization is headed by President Thomas Bach, who has not made such a statement – he has not acknowledged that one of the scenes at the opening ceremony was a parody of Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper. No such statement by Thomas Bach can be found in open sources, including the media (1;2;3), the Paris Olympics, and the International Olympic Committee websites.

The information that one of the scenes at the opening ceremony was inspired by the Last Supper has not been confirmed by any organizer and has been repeatedly denied by the artistic director of the ceremony and the participants in the scene. Also, in no statement have the representatives said that they mocked Christianity. On July 30, the New York Post published an article stating that on July 27, an Olympics spokesperson confirmed to them that Thomas Jolly was inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s painting. However, in the same article, it is also noted that on July 29, this individual contacted the publication with updated information, in which the connection to Leonardo da Vinci’s painting and the scene was no longer mentioned. According to the publication, the updated information included Thomas Jolly’s clarification. The article does not mention a name, but the spokesperson for the Paris Olympics whose statements the media actively covers is Anne Decamp, and she has not confirmed the connection between the painting and the scene in her public comments to the media. On July 28, Decamp apologized to those who found the scene offensive.

The organizers of the opening ceremony of the Olympics explain that the man covered in blue paint on the scene is Dionysus, the god from Greek mythology, and that the performance is a celebration of diversity and emphasizes the importance of tolerance. In an interview with French media, Jolly also provided additional explanations and discussed the details:

“This is not my inspiration [the Last Supper]. On the table is Dionysus, because he is the god of celebration in Greek mythology. The god of wine, which is one of France’s beauties. Also, [Dionysus] is the father of the goddess Sequana, who is associated with the Seine River. The idea was to hold a pagan celebration related to the gods of Olympus. You will never find in me a desire to mock or degrade anyone.”

“Myth Detector” wrote about the misleading information about the alleged parody of “The Last Supper” at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics last week as well. For more on false information and manipulative content spread since the start of the 2024 Olympics, see the articles:


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Topic: Sport
Violation: Disinformation
Country: France
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