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We are so proud of this show, I’m so proud that sport and culture were celebrated in such a fantastic manner tonight,
said Paris 2024 organising president Tony Estanguet People really don’t realize that the Statue of Liberty in NYC is a REPLICA of the exact same statue in Paris.”
Amid the criticism, one user wrote The Olympics is predicting things again. Predictive programming go crazy, here we go again.”
Meanwhile, several people called the clip “anti-American”, with one commenting Opening TV animation for Olympics has some animated balloon travelling past the Statue of Liberty and she is beaten battered and has bullet holes in her.”
A video widely shared on X, formerly Twitter, is captioned as Every advertising sponsor of the Paris Olympics needs to answer if they support this kind of stuff, ... No one will be surprised if something terrible happens in Paris.”
While a second user said ... one more added Is that what they want?”
Slamming France's President Emmanuel Macron, netizens asked This insult has no place in the Olympics.”
To all the Christians of the world who are watching the #Paris2024 ceremony and felt insulted by this drag queen parody of the Last Supper, know that it is not France that is speaking but a left-wing minority ready for any provocation,
This is crazy. Opening your event by replacing Jesus and the disciples at the The Last Supper with men in drag,
a user wrote on X sharing the performance clip The 2024 Paris Olympics has gone full Woke dystopian,
There are 2.4 billion Christians on earth and apparently the Olympics wanted to declare loudly to all of them, right out of the gate NOT WELCOME,
The opening ceremony is really the moment when you can't mess up. It's a successful gamble,
communications specialist Philippe Moreau Chevrolet told AFP Paris, where the 2024 #Olympics just kicked off, dazzles in these nighttime photos taken from the International Space Station,
the International Space Station captioned the photos Love the pics, not from tonight for sure,
wrote one person, indicating the unseasonal rainfall that played spoilsport If this masked torchbearer isn’t revealed to be Celine Dion then what are we even doing,
one person posted on X, formerly Twitter This is the longest episode of the masked singer ever”
Although I am not a French artist, I have always felt a very special connection with French people and singing French music—I wanted nothing more than to create a performance that would warm the heart of France, celebrate French art and music, and on such a momentous occasion remind everyone of one of the most magical cities on earth—Paris,
she wrote in an Instagram post She's a vocal athlete, she's incredible,
host Kelly Clarkson, struggling through tears, said on the NBC broadcast Paris is back on its feet, jubilant, flamboyant, creative and open,
explained the ceremony’s orchestrator, Thomas Jolly Bonsoir, bienvenue en Paris!"
Gaga declared enthusiastically as she kicked off her musical number