The Olympics opening ceremony was intended to “trigger a reflection” while using a global audience to promote diversity and freedoms in France, Paris 2024 organisers say. They were responding to a question in today’s daily games news conference about apparent “offended reactions” to the spectacle from a Catholic and Muslim perspective and those “countries that don’t share inclusivity and sexual freedom”. One scene featuring drag artists in the ceremony was being viewed on social media as an interpretation of Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper that some found offensive, including Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini who branded it insulting and “sleazy”.