Paris Olympics’ apology comes too late as company pulls ads over ‘Last Supper’ parody

The 2024 Paris Olympics apologized for “The Last Supper” scene at the opening ceremony featuring drag queens, a segment that prompted one tech company to pull its ads amid rising calls for a boycott.

“Clearly there was never an intention to show disrespect to any religious group,” said Paris 2024 spokesperson Anne Descamps at a press conference. “Looking at the result of the polls that we shared, we believe that this ambition was achieved. If people have taken any offense we are, of course, really, really sorry.”

The apology marked a change of tone from the previous day’s statement defending the provocative tableau of the Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece, a performance that spurred the hashtag campaigns #BoycottOlympics and #BoycottParis2024.