Fitness entrepreneur Jillian Michaels joined the onslaught of backlash that has ensued since the opening ceremony at the 2024 Paris Olympics, which featured seemingly overt mockery of Christianity. Michaels called out the LGBT community in a social media post over “hypocrisy” and a “lack of understanding” in what many have labeled as a parody of The Last Supper.
During one of the many bizarre performances during the event, one scene featured an apparent reinterpretation of The Last Supper. Instead of Jesus Christ sitting alongside his twelve disciples, it featured a woman surrounded by what appeared to be bearded men dressed in drag queen outfits. Subsequently, many have criticized the Olympics for the seemingly blasphemous display.
“California, got too crazy for me,” Michaels said, explaining her exodus from the Golden State. Michaels noted that she falls within the umbrella of multiple diversity-related intersectionalities that are often catered to in progressive political attitudes. However, she maintained that the current state of California had “gone too far.”
She continued, “I grew up here. I’m a woman. I’m a gay woman. My mom’s a Jew. My dad’s an Arab. I have a black kid, and believe it or not, my son is half Latin, even though he doesn’t look like it. I hold a million cards in your game of woke victimology poker, and when I leave California, maybe you’ve lost your mind, just maybe Liga when you when you have me running from home, maybe it’s gone way too far.”
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