Full House alum Jodie Sweetin is defending the 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony after conservatives attacked a portion of the show featuring drag queens.
During the opening ceremony for the Olympics in Paris, a segment featuring drag queens caught the attention of Christian-identifying viewers. They believed that the performers were “mocking” Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper” painting.
However, it turns out that the drag performers were re-creating the feast of Dionysus, which depicts the Greek gods of Olympus, in honor of the Olympics.
Sweetin took to social media to call out the backlash the opening ceremony received, as they were not aware of their art history.
“Tell me you don’t know about art or history without TELLING me you don’t know about art or history,” Sweetin posted alongside a video mocking people’s outrage.
Sweetin also shared a post that explains the history of the feast of Dionysus.
Sweetin’s response comes after her Fuller House co-star Candace Cameron Bure shared her opinion about the Olympics Opening Ceremony under the assumption the drag queens were depicting the Last Supper painting by Italian artist DaVinci.
“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 said in an Instagram video. “And it made me so sad. And someone said, ‘You shouldn’t be sad. You should be mad about it.’ And I’m like, ‘Trust me. It makes me mad.’ But I’m more sad, because I’m sad for souls.”
Despite being educated about what the opening ceremony was depicting, Bure doubled down on her stance as it was re-creating a moment with the Greek God Dionysus, “who is a god of lust, insanity, religious ecstasy, ritual madness, etc.”
“I still don’t see how that relates to unifying the world through competitive sports and acceptable for children to watch,” she wrote in the video’s caption. “In any case, I’m not buying it. I hope you’ll listen all the way through.”
Watch Bure’s full video below.