Woman in center of "Last Supper" posted that she depicted "Olympic Jesus" despite @Olympics statement: thread
After heavy backlash against the Olympics, for what many have said is a drag queen parody of the Last Supper, the @Olympics disagreed, saying this:
However, the woman in the center of the crowd around the table said differently on social media, sharing posts that have defended the Last Supper depiction as well as posts saying that that she was the "Olympic Jesus."
This was found from stories on her Instagram handle "barbarabutch" for Barbara Butch.
Link to profile: instagram.com/barbarabutch?i…
In a post she shared on her story, written in French, the text reads, per Google translate:
"Sorry but:
1) barbarabutch as Olympic Jesus
2) the French team boat arriving on Johnny
3) the statues of important women in French history
4) Barbara Butch playing Diams in front of billions of viewers around the world
5) the medal-winning grandpa, penultimate torchbearer
6) Aya Nakamura with the Republican Guard in front of the French Academy
7) Celine Dion at the top of the Eiffel Tower
8) the Olympic hot air balloon cauldron taking off
9) the 1000 references to Drag Race France and queer culture
Thomas Jolly, president of the world in fact."
Butch shared a post of her getting pointed out in the line of people with a headline from NBC News (the broadcast outlet that streams the games) saying the "Drag performance resembling Last Supper"
Thomas Jolley is the artist behind the opening of the Olympic ceremony. Butch also shared posts defending it as the depiction of the Last Supper as seen here:
The text in this post, made by the user baptistebeaulieu and shared by Butch, translates to this, per Google translate:
User baptistebeaulieu gave several examples of the Last Supper being depicted in other ways, saying "Nintendo did it, when... Star Wars did it," etc.
Butch also shared this post that I have seen from multiple accounts, describing the image as the "gay New Testament."
It was shared from the Instagram account "blanka_flavin"
The "blanka_flavin" account helped to design the headset, which is similar to the aura around Christ's head that is found in some depictions of Him.
Butch began to backtrack in different Instagram stories afterwards, saying that this was the interpretation of the Greek God Dionysus or the "feast of the gods" perhaps after realizing that the Olympics posted this
The issue is that this statement from the Olympics was posted on Friday, at 4:10 PM eastern time.
I took this screenshot on Sunday at 8:34am eastern and the story was posted 21 hours before, on Saturday, likely around 11am or so.
In other words, the center person in the portrayal was posting that she was depicted as the "Olympic Jesus" in the Last Supper even as the organization was trying to backtrack.
The posts from Butch suggest - in contrast to the Olympics' statement - that is was the Last Supper.
The Olympics have apologized, saying they "never [had] an intention to show disrespect to any religious group" and that it was supposed to "celebrate community tolerance."
The organizers added they are "of course, really, really sorry" if people got offended, per Forbes.
The fact still remains: the main person in the center of the portrayal was posting in defense of it being the Last Supper and posted about her being the "Olympic Jesus" as the Olympics were saying otherwise.
Why is that, @Olympics?
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