Four Ohio restaurants have announced they won’t broadcast Olympic games to customers following “offensive” staging at the opening ceremony in Paris on Friday.
The restaurants, located in Columbus and Cleveland and owned by restaurateur Bobby George, released a joint statement Tuesday announcing their decision to cancel the Olympics.
According to WKYC, the four restaurants are TownHall, REBoL, Green Goat and Mandrake.
The post said the drag-queen-themed Last Supper parody was “insulting to Christian beliefs,” and the statement went on to say: “We do not tolerate discrimination or blasphemy of any kind, therefore we will not be showing the Olympics in our restaurants.”
Just midway through the opening ceremony, the camera focused on a bridge where a troupe of drag queens and LGBT performers were performing a parody of “The Last Supper.”
The Olympics are supposed to be a place of mutual respect and a coming together of people from all over the world. It is unacceptable that the opening ceremony mocked Christianity and the Last Supper and featured children in a drag queen performance. pic.twitter.com/mRBkKEYeYY
— Rep. August Pfluger (@RepPfluger) July 27, 2024
The scene sparked outrage from both laity and clergy, and prompted C-Spire, a US-based telecommunications company and Olympic sponsor, to withdraw its advert.
