Actor Jodie Sweetin appears to be at odds with her former “Full House” co-star Candace Cameron Bure when it comes to a controversial segment from the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony.
On Sunday, Bure shared a video on Instagram in which she denounced what she and some other viewers perceived as a drag parody of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper,” a 15th-century painting depicting Jesus Christ and his 12 disciples at a fateful final meal.
“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,” she said in the clip, which can be viewed here.
Bure was, of course, among several conservative figures who criticized the performance. According to Thomas Jolly, the opening ceremony’s artistic director, the scene was intended as a tribute to Dionysus, the Greek god of decadence and celebration, rather than “The Last Supper.”
Sweetin amplified Jolly’s commentary on Monday when she shared a short video to her Instagram stories in which comedian Walter Masterson explains why the Olympics would choose to depict a Greek god who represents “feasting, festivity and ritual theater.”
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“Tell me you don’t know about art or history without TELLING me you don’t know about art or history,” she wrote in a caption alongside the video, according to People and E! News.
By Tuesday, Bure appeared to have updated the caption of her Instagram post in response to Jolly’s remarks, stating that she didn’t see how a depiction of Dionysus, who embraces “lust, insanity [and] religious ecstasy,” was somehow more “acceptable for children to watch.”
“In any case, I’m not buying it,” she wrote.
Bure and Sweetin were co-stars on “Full House” from 1987 to 1995, and later on the Netflix sequel series “Fuller House” from 2016 to 2020. The two actors have seemingly enjoyed a cordial relationship off-screen, too, and have made a number of joint red carpet appearances in recent years.
Sweetin, however, has publicly pushed back on Bure’s conservative beliefs on more than one occasion. Last year, she said she was “disappointed” to learn that her recent film, “Craft Me a Romance,” had been picked up for broadcast by Great American Family, a Christian network for which Bure serves as chief creative officer.
In 2022, Bure drew backlash when she told the Wall Street Journal that Great American Family would emphasize only “traditional marriage,” and that viewers shouldn’t expect to see LGBTQ storylines in its Christmas movies.