While the Paris 2024 Olympic Games are in full swing, it seems a lot of people still can't get past the Opening Ceremony.
Many Christian groups have slammed the proceedings as a 'mockery' of their religion, claiming drag performers positioned at a long table depicted Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper painting.
A number of prominent figures have also spoken out against the Opening Ceremony, including Donald Trump.
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"I thought that the Opening Ceremony was a disgrace... I mean, they can do certain things. I thought it was terrible," the former US president told Fox News.
And now Candace Cameron Bure, who starred as D.J. Tanner on Full House, has weighed in on the debate.
In an Instagram video shared on Sunday (July 28), the actor said: "It felt too important not to [speak up] and I love the Olympic Games, I love them. My husband [Valeri Bure] is a two-time Olympic medalist, so is my brother-in-law, and my father-in-law is a three-time Olympic medalist.
"I have many friends that have competed in Games over the years and it’s something as a kid I have always loved… the Olympic Games have always brought me so much joy."
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Saying the Olympics is the home for the 'best athletes in the world', Bure found it disappointing: "So to watch such an incredible and wonderful event that’s gonna take place over the next two weeks and see the opening ceremonies completely blaspheme and mock the Christian faith with their interpretation of the Last Supper was disgusting."
She added: "It made me so sad and someone said, ‘You shouldn’t be sad. You should be mad about it.' I’m like, ‘Trust me, it makes me mad, but I’m more sad because I’m sad for souls.’
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"I pray for my heart to break over what breaks God’s heart and I just think about all the people that have rejected the gospel of Jesus Christ or don’t know the gospel of Jesus Christ.
"In the Bible, in Galatians, it says, 'God is not mocked for whatever a person sows he will also reap because the one who sows … will reap destruction from the flesh.'"
Amid all the controversy, a spokeswoman for the Paris 2024 Olympics has issued an apology.
Speaking to a group of reporters, Anne Descamps said: "Clearly there was never an intention to show disrespect to any religious group.
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"If people have taken any offence, we are of course really, really sorry."
Meanwhile, Thomas Jolly, who choreographed the scene, told BFM: “The idea was to do a big pagan party linked to the gods of Olympus.
“You’ll never find in my work any desire to mock or denigrate anyone. I wanted a ceremony that brings people together, that reconciles, but also a ceremony that affirms our Republican values of liberty, equality and fraternity."
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UNILAD has contacted representatives for the Paris 2024 Olympics for further comment.
Team USA's current medal count - 26
Gold medalists
- Lee Kiefer: Fencing - Women's individual foil
- Torri Huske: Swimming - Women's 100m butterfly
- Jack Alexj, Chris Guiliano, Hunter Armstrong, Caeleb Dressel, Ryan Held, Matt King: Swimming - Men's 4x100m freestyle
- Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey, Hezly Rivera: Artistic Gymnastics - Women's team competition
Silver medalists
- Nic Fink: Swimming - Men's 100m breaststroke
- Lauren Scruggs: Fencing - Women's individual foil
- Gretchen Walsh: Swimming - Women's 100m butterfly
- Haley Batten: Mountain Bike - Women's cross country
- Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh. Torri Huske, Simone Manuel, Erika Connolly, Abbey Weitzel: Swimming - Women's 4x100m freestyle
- Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook: Diving - Women's springboard 3m synchronised
- Katie Grimes: Swimming - Women's 400m individual medley
- Jagger Eaton: Skateboarding - Men's street
- Regan Smith: Swimming - Women's 100m backstroke
- Bobby Finke: Swimming - Men's 800m freestyle
- Carson Foster, Brooks Curry, Chris Guiliano, Luke Hobson, Drew Kibler, Blake Pieroni, Kieran Smith: Swimming - Men, 4x200m freestyle
Bronze medalists
- Carson Foster: Swimming - Men's 400m individual medley
- Katie Ledecky: Swimming - Women's 400m freestyle
- Chloe Dygert: Cycling - Women's individual time trial
- Frederick Richard, Brody Malone, Stephen Nedoroscik, Paul Juda, Asher Hong: Artistic Gymnastics - Men's team competition
- Nick Itkin: Fencing - Men's foil individual
- Emma Weyant: Swimming - Women's 400m individual medley
- Ryan Murphy: Swimming - Men's 100m backstroke
- Luke Hobson: Swimming - Men's 200m freestyle
- Nyjah Huston: Skateboarding - Men's street
- Ilona Maher, Kayla Canett, Lauren Doyle, Alev Kelter, Kristi Kirshe, Sarah Levy, Alena Olsen, Ariana Ramsey, Steph Rovetti, Alex Sedrick, Sammy Sullivan, Naya Tapper: Rugby 7s - Women's team competition
- Katharine Berkoff: Swimming - Women's 100m backstroke
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