Full House's Jodie Sweetin rushes to defend Olympics drag performance after it was branded 'disgusting'

Jodie Sweetin was not in the slightest bit offended by the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony.

The Full House alum specifically defended the part of the opening ceremony that included drag performers. Many conservative voices slammed the performance , one of them being Jodie's fellow costar Candace Cameron Bure. Candace and other critics complained the performers were mocking Christianity as they assembled in a way that was reminiscent of Leonardo Da Vinci’s famous painting "The Last Supper", which depicts Jesus and his disciples.

"To watch such an incredible and wonderful event that's gonna take place over the next two weeks and see the opening ceremonies completely blaspheme and mock the Christian faith with their interpretation of the Last Supper was disgusting," Cameron wrote on Instagram on July 27.

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"And it made me so sad. And someone said, 'You shouldn’t be sad. You should be mad about it.' And I'm like, 'Trust me. It makes me mad.' But I'm more sad, because I'm sad for souls,'" she added.

On July 28, Jodie chimed in by resharing an Instagram post on her story from activist Matt Bernstein that talked about the hypocrisy of the outrage and had a slide detailing what the performance was actually recreating: "The drag queens at the Olympics were recreating the feast of Dionysus, not the Last Supper. And even if you thought it was a Christian reference — what’s the harm? Why is it a ‘parody’ and not a tribute? Can drag queens not be Christian too?"

Then on Monday, July 29, the 42-year-old reposted another video from comedian Walter J. Masterson explaining the link to the performance to Dionysus. Above the video, Jodie wrote: "Tell me you don’t know about art or history without TELLING me you don’t know about art or history."

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The opening ceremony director, Thomas Jolly, also explained how the performance was a homage to the 17th-century painting The Feast of the Gods by Dutch artist Jan Harmensz van Biljert. The Greek god Dionysus is one of the gods depicted within the banquet in the painting. The painting resides in the Musée Magnin in Dijon, France.

This is not the first time the two co-stars who played sisters in Full House and the Netflix revival have clashed. Jodie played Stephanie Tanner and Candace played DJ Tanner. In November 2022, the mother-of-three made controversial comments that received backlash to WSJ. Magazine about how the Great American Family Network would center "traditional marriage" stories in response to a question about the network highlighting LGBTQ+ stories.

Jojo Siwa criticized the Candance which Jodie supported. The 48-year-old unfollowed Jodie on Instagram during that situation.