The 2024 Paris Olympic Games officially kicked off over the weekend with the opening ceremony, which included a controversial portion where drag queens and other performers appeared to parody the Leonardo da Vinci painting “The Last Supper,” a Reinassance art piece that depicts Jesus sharing a final meal with his disciples before his crucifixion. But one of the drag queens does not seem concerned that people were offended.
Nicky Doll was among the drag queens to carry the torch of the Olympic flame and also performed during a segment of the ceremony. And he embraced the fact that people were offended by the performance.
“The opening ceremony did ruffle some feathers… and I LOVE it,” Doll wrote on his Instagram Stories on Monday morning. “You know why? Because the Olympics are the biggest stage in the world and us queer people have always been the audience of other people’s life and achievement and it is time that we are welcome in the space.”
Doll said it was his “absolute honor” to perform at the opening ceremony.
“It was my absolute honor to perform in front of billions of people around the world, and celebrate our Olympians,” Doll’s post continued. “And remember, to the ones that had their feathers ruffled seeing queerness on their screen: WE AIN’T GOING NOWHERE.”
Doll also reposted an image claiming that the image depicted during the opening ceremony was not of the Last Supper but the feast of Dionysius.
