Jodie Sweetin has stepped in to defend the Paris Olympics opening ceremony after it faced backlash from conservative commentators over a segment featuring drag performers. Critics, including Sweetin's former Fuller House co-star Candace Cameron Bure, have condemned the performance, accusing it of mocking Leonardo da Vinci’s "The Last Supper."

The controversy erupted over a scene from the ceremony held on the Debilly Bridge in Paris, where drag performers, along with DJ and producer Barbara Butch, were featured.

Some perceived the performance as a blasphemous reinterpretation of da Vinci’s religious artwork.

However, Thomas Jolly, the ceremony’s director, clarified that the scene was inspired by and paid homage to "The Feast of the Gods," a 17th-century painting by Jan Harmensz van Biljert. This artwork, housed in the Musée Magnin in Dijon, depicts Greek gods at a banquet, aligning with the Olympic Games' Greek heritage.

Sweetin took to Instagram to address the uproar, sharing a video explaining the connection to Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and festivity.

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