Sean Hannity says he's refusing to watch the Olympics because of “their trans opening”
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Sean Hannity says he's refusing to watch the Olympics because of "their trans opening"
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From the July 29, 2024, edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show
SEAN HANNITY (HOST): I don't have any interest in the issue of the Olympics and their trans opening. I just don't. But what they did do, and now they're trying to walk back, lie about, even apologize for, but they're not having a successful time at it -- you know, they had a drag queen parody of The Last Supper featured as part of the broadcast for the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.
And this is sad I'm saying this, but I'm just, because I don't support boycotts or cancellations or, I know these athletes have worked hard. My interest in the Olympic games is pretty much zero. I just don't have an appetite for it. Maybe you do, that's fine. I don't. I have no appetite at all for it. First of all, we're in the middle of the most important election in our lifetime.
And secondly, and then I feel bad for the athletes because they worked their whole life to get to the point where, you know, they can, you know, go for Olympic gold, but now we have Paris Olympic organizers apologizing for the controversial opening ceremony scene that parodied -- it was a parody of The Last Supper with drag queens, that clearly has angered Christians around the world, as being what it was, extremely disrespectful, and it instantly got intense criticism for its take on The Last Supper. Apparently, it was enshrined in the timeless Leonardo da Vinci fresco painting and marking the moment when Jesus told the 12 disciples at the last supper that one of them would betray him.
And still Olympic organizers defended the intent behind the parody that featured, I don't know, DJ and the producer, who was a well known LGBTQ figure, and other drag queens and dancers that was put together by the ceremony's artistic director. "Clearly, there was never an intention to show disrespect for any religious group. On the contrary, I think we really did try to celebrate community tolerance" -- it goes on.
I mean, you know, if this is where the direction of the Olympics and going woke, that's fine. I just -- my interest in it is zero.