Olympics

A French drag queen from the 2024 Paris Olympics ceremony is speaking up about the controversy -- telling us the whole point was to showcase France’s LGBTQ+ scene and definitely not to offend anyone.

A rep for the singer and former "Drag Race France" star Piche tells TMZ ... offending anyone or a whole religion was the last thing they were thinking about. They just saw it as a fun, joyous, pop culture moment that most of the planet felt.

That said, Piche, who rocked an extravagant catwalk in the rain during the ceremony, is really happy that queer people were able to be represented in the show.

9:38 AM PT -- Jonathan Owens is now front and center at the gymnastics team final in Paris ... cheering on his wife in what appears to be a custom Simone Biles shirt.

He's already been shown a few times on the event's broadcast, as he's sitting with Biles' parents.

Simone Biles' husband, Jonathan Owens, has kept his promise ... he's ditched Bears' training camp and is now in Paris to watch the gymnastics star compete at the Olympics.

Coco Gauff was eliminated from the singles competition at the Paris Olympics Monday morning ... but her match didn't come without controversy, as an argument with the chair umpire left her in tears.

After dropping the first set 7-6(7), the 20-year-old tennis star, tied up two games a piece in the 2nd set, and with the score tied 30-30, her opponent, Croatia's Donna Vekic, served the ball ... which a line judge said was out of bounds, awarding Gauff the point.

However, the chair umpire -- Jaume Campistol -- declared the shot in ... and that set Gauff off.

Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez had a blade in her hand and apparently a bun in the oven during the Olympic Games this week -- she just revealed she was SEVEN MONTHS pregnant during competitions!!

The 26-year-old made the stunning announcement after reaching the round of 16 in the women's saber event in Paris ... writing on her Instagram page that her matches had a little bit of a 2v1 flair to them.

"It was me, my competitor, & my yet-to-come to our world, little baby!" Hafez said. "My baby & I had our fair share of challenges, be it both physical & emotional."

Teammates that keep each other's privates warm apparently win Olympic medals together ... 'cause Tom Daley revealed he once gifted his diving partner, Noah Williams, a "c*** sock" before they nabbed silver in Paris on Monday.

Daley actually told his fans about the unique gift way back in January -- some six months before the two teamed up to podium at the men's synchronized 10-meter diving event in France.

The guys were doing a Q and A on YouTube when Daley said the present was a last-minute 21st birthday gift for Williams.

Nicole Kidman's 16-year-old daughter Sunday Rose made a rare public appearance Monday in Paris with her actress mother – and the two beauties are spitting images of one and other.

Nicole – who shares Sunday Rose with her country star husband Keith Urban – showed up on the red carpet at last night's OMEGA watch event in the City of Lights. And she was accompanied by her looklike daughter and the two made quite the splash.

Check out these photos ... Nicole and Sunday Rose were standing facing one another with their heads turned to the photogs who were snapping away.

Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards got an early scouting report on Team USA table tennis ... pulling up to watch Lily Zhang win her round-of-32 matchup after he challenged the whole squad to a showdown!!

Edwards made the appearance after the hilarious exchange he had with the star table tennis athletes on the River Seine during the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics ... when he expressed his interest in testing his talents against them -- much to Stephen Curry's pleasure.

"They said they can smack you 21 nothing," Curry said.

A French diver is going viral at the 2024 Olympics -- not just for his aquatic skills, but for proving size might in fact matter ... but, so does the cut of your swim trunks.

Excitable fans went wild online over Jules Bouyer at the Paris games, sharing pics of the soaked springboard diver after one of his recent events -- mainly to highlight his bulge, which was making a big splash despite his teeny weeny swimsuit.

A key angle of Bouyer from the side gives fans an up-close and personal view of his junk in the trunk, which certainly thrilled international audiences. But this isn’t his first time he's made everyone go wild at the Olympics.

A Team Japan supporter used Caitlin Clark's absence from the Olympics to direct some trash talk toward the Red, White and Blue on Monday ... with the clever fan making a sign referencing the team's decision not to bring the Indiana Fever star along for the ride.

The little poster was spotted ahead of A'ja Wilson and Co.'s opening matchup against Japan in the preliminary round of the 2024 Paris Games ... and it read, "You need Caitlin Clark to beat us!"

Some of the Team USA players peeped the diss ... including Brittney Griner and Wilson, who pointed it out and had funny reactions during warmups.

NBC's Colin Jost is only seven toes down in his Olympic coverage in Tahiti -- the "Saturday Night Live" star has been dealing with a nagging injury after a nasty run-in with a reef.

The "Weekend Update" anchor -- who's notably ditched his shoes while working the surfing competition for the 2024 Paris Games -- probably wishes his dogs were more protected upon his arrival in French Polynesia ... 'cause he just showed off three of his toes wrapped in gauze on Monday.

Jost joked about the ailment on Instagram ... saying, "You know it’s going great when you’ve been to the Olympic medical tent more than any of the athletes."

Pro-Palestine protesters made their presence known at the Olympics in the worst possible way ... invoking the biggest antisemite known to human history straight from the stands.

Check it out ... as the Israeli team lined up on the field alongside Team Paraguay on Saturday at the Parc des Princes ... anti-Israel demonstrators holding Palestinian flags repeatedly made the Nazi salute and chanted, "Heil Hitler."

According to Sky News, the Israel national anthem was also booed by protesters, who held a banner that read, "Genocide Olympics." The protesters were reportedly removed during the game ... which saw Paraguay coming out victorious thanks to a 4 to 2 final score.

They can flip, they can twist ... these handsome gents can do IT ALL, but it's not always pretty ... especially in mid-air! The male gymnasts have taken the podium in Paris and with all that momentum and air awareness comes some pretty flippin' faces!

Check out USA's Brody Malone who was snapped silly mid air while completing his double piked dismount from the parallel bars and watch Joe Fraser of Team Great Britain push REAL hard through a planche on the still rings.

Arno Kamminga is making a splash at the 2024 Olympics -- but not for his swimming record ... it's more so for his junk coming through very clearly in his bathing suit.

The Dutch swimmer had Olympics viewers sweatin' when he showed up for one of his meets in a pair of seriously revealing swim trunks.

The bottoms had an almost flesh-colored look to them, especially when he exited the pool ... which left some viewers at home wondering if Arno was actually in the nude at the Olympic games in Paris. (Spoiler: He wasn't).

Candace Cameron Bure is sticking to her guns and doubling down on her critique of the Last Supper-inspired drag show at the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony.

The "Full House" actress, known for being a devout Christian, went on an IG rant over the weekend ... blasting the drag production as "completely blasphemous" and downright "disgusting."

Candance explained she wasn't just mad about it, but she was sad for the souls involved -- saying her heart broke for what broke God’s heart, and she felt bad for those who've rejected the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Tom Daley just took home a silver medal in Paris ... and it was quite emotional -- as he achieved the accomplishment in front of his loving husband and his kids!

The 30-year-old diver clinched second place for Team Great Britain in the men’s synchronized 10-meter platform on Monday -- and his hubby, Dustin Lance Black, and his 6-year-old and 1-year-old sons had front-row seats for it all.

The Daley fam was spotted cheering their tails off as the water wizard made it to the podium alongside his partner, Noah Williams -- and following the W, Lance Black couldn't have been happier.

Simone Biles' mom says Snoop D.O. Double G was a straight up J-E-R-K back in the day ... and she put him on blast on live television at the Olympics for it!!!

Nellie Biles dropped the shade on the rapper while she was being interviewed by Hoda Kotb at the Opening Ceremony in Paris on Friday.

Initially, she told the world how her daughter was doing in preparation for the Games ... but then she suddenly took aim at Snoop -- who, in addition to being an official Olympic torchbearer, is out in France to help NBC with its broadcast of the action.