Candace Cameron Bure, Jillian Michaels join 2024 Olympics opening ceremony critics

Published July 28, 2024 3:31pm ET



Actress Candace Cameron Bure and fitness personality Jillian Michaels have joined the growing number of critics slamming the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics, with Bure calling it “disgusting.

Bure, a Great American Family actress who is married to a two-time Olympic medalist, described her love for the Olympic games and the fond memories she has of watching them growing up, specifically the 1984 Olympic games in Los Angeles. This year’s opening ceremony for the games, held in Paris, France, generated controversy for featuring drag queens in the place of Jesus Christ and the disciples in reenacting Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.”

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