Fitness legend and pod-caster Jillian Michaels wrote in response to the Olympic opening ceremony on the X platform Saturday, “Dear Fellow Gays… We demand tolerance and respect but then make a mockery of something sacred for over 2 billion Christians. This type of hypocrisy and lack of understanding is a bad look. We get outraged when the extreme right bashes us, but then we do this s—. What kind of reaction do you think they will have towards the LGBTQ+ community after this. This is NOT how we break down barriers, it’s how you build them.”
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Michaels shed additional detail on her beliefs and reaction to the ceremony broadcast worldwide from Paris.
“There’s a history for the gay community feeling that religious communities have issues with gay marriage. And as you know, gay marriage comes with 1100+ federal rights,” Michaels said. “I completely understand if it’s not in your religion, and you don’t want to have gay marriages in your church or in your temple or in your mosque.
“But there’s an acrimony there. And I think I’m not trying to attack anybody who’s religious. I want them to understand where I think some of this, like, thumbing your nose at religion, is coming from. Now, with that said, we have been given the right to marry. We are able to adopt children and there is significantly more tolerance and more acceptance. And instead of appreciating that, acknowledging that, and showing the same respect in kind, the gay community takes something that’s sacred to two billion Christians and makes a mockery of it.
“Why would you not behave in the way you’re hoping to be treated, right? Treat people the way you want to be treated. You want to be included. You want to be respected. So to do that, in my opinion, was a big F.U. That’s how I saw it. And I think that’s how many people saw it,” Michaels concluded.
A previous post on Tulsa Today, “The Opening Olympic Ceremony 2024” by Mattias Desmet may be found at this link. Jillian Michaels is found on the X platform @JillianMichaels.
I was brought up Christian and pics like the one she is referring to are very upsetting. We should all respect each other. FULL STOP. I don’t know much more about Jillian other than what I have seen her do in the fitness arena. I do not know if she flips the coin and advocates for her people as strongly as she gives a tongue lashing. But let me speak freely here. It doesn’t matter if your religion is 2 hundred, 2 thousand or 2 MILLION years old or even older. Your beliefs should be respected. UNTIL you try to force them into my life, use them to impede my life or hurt me. UNTIL you go so far as to want everyone to conform to those beliefs and you will do anything to reach that goal including make actual laws and use legislation to force people to act how your religious BELIEFS dictate.
NO JILLIAN. You strike me as someone who might be legitimately, and justifyably upset about the Olympic Photo, but then took those feelings and used that anger to unleash a boat load of suppressed other emotions about your community. We have issues with religions for many many reasons, most would not exist we’re it not for the abuse, torture and regular threats we get to our livelihood. REGULARLY. AND MARRIAGE IS NOT JUST A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION ANYMORE, IT IS A CIVIL ONE. I got married in the eyes of my state and my higher power. PERIOD.
Please, just because one has a platform, doesn’t mean they should use it.
Just because you are famous, doesn’t make you our spokesperson.
Just because you have muscles doesn’t give you permission for you to push anyone around.