Full disclosure: I’m not up enough on my French history, so you’ll pardon me here.
But, uh, Marie Antoinette was queen of France in the late 1700s and was beheaded. That much I know. And while I know the French Revolution overthrew the French monarchy, I would not expect there to be a tribute at the wild 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony with … a body holding a head in its hands and singing.
But there was! And people had a lot of reactions to the move to do that in something that would represent France.
Here’s a sampling of some of that reaction:
Give the singing beheaded Marie Antoinette all the medals #Olympics #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/4LAtKRsAaa
— SHANE REACTION (@imshanereaction) July 26, 2024
Give the singing beheaded Marie Antoinette all the medals #Olympics #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/4LAtKRsAaa
— SHANE REACTION (@imshanereaction) July 26, 2024
A beheaded Marie Antoinette is one of the wildest and craziest things ever at the Olympics #Olympics #OpeningCeremony
— Fiona Small (@FionaSmall) July 26, 2024
I was not into this opening ceremony until Marie Antoinette’s severed heads showed up.
— Tom Hart (@tom_hart) July 26, 2024
