GB News star Bev Turner unleashed a blistering rant over the Olympics opening ceremony, which she claims helped to “normalise obesity”.
The ceremony has yielded criticism over its supposed recreation of Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’ painting with drag performers.
Bev and fellow GB News host Andrew Pierce quickly went about venting their frustrations about the ceremony as they presented Britain’s Newsroom on The People’s Channel today.
“I was watching it aghast”, Bev admitted.
Bev Turner hit out at the Olympics opening ceremony
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“What is the Olympics? The motto is ‘faster, higher, stronger’. That opening ceremony for me was, ‘fatter, weirder, stranger’.
“You’ve got these athletes who represent brilliance and are brilliant at what they do.
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“Then you’ve got a bunch of weirdos normalising obesity, completely at odds to the physical specimens competing in the sport.
“You’ve got this idea that gender doesn’t matter anymore. It was utterly depraved.”
Andrew had similar sentiments as he directed his ire at the supposed Leonardo da Vinci depiction.
“It went on and on. It was meaningless”, he said.
Andrew Pierce and Bev Turner both had similar views on the opening ceremony
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“If you’re going to have an Olympic opening ceremony, you need a focus.
“Having it all over Paris with a stupid, childish and offensive drag show, an upside down Olympic flag. Apparently Celine Dion was very good, but I had passed out by then.”
The ceremony’s artistic director, Thomas Jolly, explained the scene in question was a reference to pagan gods and said there was no intention to “mock or denigrate anyone”.
"Clearly there was never an intention to show disrespect to any religious group," Paris 2024 spokeswoman Anne Descamps told reporters on Sunday.
The Paris Olympics opening ceremony was held outside of a stadiumGETTY"On the contrary, I think Thomas Jolly did try to intend to celebrate community tolerance. We believe this ambition was achieved. If people have taken any offence, we of course are really sorry."
Jolly told French broadcaster BFM: "The idea was to do a big pagan party linked to the gods of Olympus.
"You'll never find in my work any desire to mock or denigrate anyone. I wanted a ceremony that brings people together, that reconciles, but also a ceremony that affirms our Republican values of liberty, equality and fraternity."