An oblivious Emmanuel Macron was filmed telling Olympics organisers 'Bravo,you made France shine' amid backlash against the opening ceremony in Paris.
The ceremony took place amid pouring rain with viewers complaining of poor audio,technical issues and watching thousands of athletes burying themselves under ponchos as they paraded down the river Seine on a series of boats.
But the French president,who is beleaguered by political chaos after calling a last minute election earlier this summer,told participants afterwards to be 'proud' of their performance.
It comes as new pictures from last night's ceremony show a spectacularly illuminated Paris with landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower taking central stage.
Previously Christians including Elon Musk slammed the Paris Olympics opening ceremony for an apparent parody of the Last Supper as technical hitches and rain-drenched performers meant only Canadian singer Celine Dion could save it.
The event also saw South Korea wrongly announced as North Korea and the Olympic flag raised upside down.
Meteorologists who predicted the unusual rainy July weather would be a 'disaster' for the outdoor ceremony appear to have been correct as the screen at the Trocadéro where thousands of spectators are gathered appeared to suffer a blackout as a result of the dreary weather.
Instead of crowds wearing shorts and t-shirts to soak up the Parisian sun,streets were lined with umbrellas and spectators - including celebrities - turning to ponchos to protect from the rain.
A viewer on social media joked: 'If this rain keeps up by the time they get to Zimbabwe they'll be able to sail the boat down the street!'.
'Well this fancy outside idea went well didn't it',wrote another sarcastically.
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