Sage Steele Says Olympic Opening Ceremony Was ‘1,000%’ Mocking The Last Supper: ‘A Slap in the Face to Me’

Sage Steele doesn’t believe the Olympic organizer who claimed the Opening Ceremony did not mock Leonard da Vinci’s painting “The Last Supper.”

The opening ceremony has faced online scrutiny for one scene that critics claim was a reference to da Vinci’s painting. In the scene, several characters, including some dressed in drag, stood behind a long table while a scantily-clad blue man was sitting on it. To some, the scene drew clear inspiration from the painting — which depicts Jesus Christ and the Twelve Apostles — and made a mockery of Christianity.

Thomas Jolly, the designer of the opening ceremony, said in a statement that the scene was inspired by the Greek God Dionysus; but Steele wasn’t buying it.

“It felt absolutely like they were mocking Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of ‘The Last Supper’ — 1,000%,” Steele said on The Sage Steele Show. “Obviously, we not know that Thomas Jolly, the designer, said, ‘No, no, no, no, no, that’s not at all what it was. It was a recreation of the Greek God Dionysus; and there was an apology, ‘If it offended anybody,’ which is really not an apology.

“I don’t believe it. I saw what I saw; and I happened to be one of millions who saw it and just thought, ‘Why?’ Mainly because — yes, I understand opening ceremonies are supposed to represent the history of the country, the city that it’s in, and celebrate the athletes. So I don’t see how that tied into what we’re celebrating with the Olympics every four years; and it was absolutely a slap in the face to me because there’s no way he will convince that it was not a mockery because of the type of people, frankly, that he had in there.”

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