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On Fox and Friends, Former NFL player and evangelist Jack Brewer attacked the opening ceremonies at the Paris Olympics, complaining the depiction of a Dionysian feast was instead a satanic ritual and mockery of the Last Supper that Jill and Joe Biden applauded.
The fauxrage from supposed right wing Republicans like Speaker Mike Johnson and psycho Marge Greene influenced the organizers to apologize, "Clearly there was never an intention to show disrespect to any religious group,” spokeswoman Anne Descamps told reporters. “If people have taken any offense we are, of course, really, really sorry.”
The thing is, there was really nothing to apologize for. As the director of the opening ceremonies explained:
Appearing on French news channel BFM-TV Sunday, Jolly confirmed “The Last Supper” was “not my inspiration.”
“There is Dionysus who arrives on this table. He is there because he is the God of celebration in Greek mythology,” Jolly said. “The idea was to have a pagan celebration connected to the gods of Olympus. You will never find in me a desire to mock and denigrate anyone.”
It was a Bacchanalia, not a Last Supper.
Co-host Sandra Smith took her time setting up the outrage.
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