Travis Kelce’s mom has slammed critics of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.
Donna Kelce shared to her Facebook:
‘The Opening Ceremony of the Olympics wasn’t a mock of the Last Supper. If you have any knowledge of the Greek origin of the Olympics and the French’s rich history of theater you would have gotten this. However, because of your veiled homophobia, some of you can’t discern factual information.’
‘This is was what went down, so do your own research into the Olympics.
‘The scene was a portrayal of a Greek Dionysus Feast celebration, which is a Greek (the origin of the Olympics) celebration of Dionysus (who is also known as Bacchus) who is the god of festivities, ritual, wine, pleasure, and frenzy. The blue guy…..that’s Dionysus. Dionysus was one of the 12 Olympians.
‘The French are known for theatrics. Historical context and education surrounding the Olympics and its origin is important here in this. Many of you fell for the controversy in spun-up click bait.
‘Stop mindlessly sharing posts and do some research.’
The Paris organising committee publicly apologised for the reaction to the opening ceremony:
‘Clearly there was never an intention to show disrespect to any religious group. [The opening ceremony] tried to celebrate community tolerance,’ the Paris 2024 spokesperson Anne Descamps said. ‘We believe this ambition was achieved. If people have taken any offence we are really sorry.’
