Polish journalist and sports commentator Przemyslaw Babiarz has been suspended from the Paris Olympics after labeling John Lennon’s “Imagine” a “vision of communism.”
During the 2024 Olympics, the famed song — written by the late Beatle — was sung by French singer Juliette Armanet at the opening ceremony that took place on the Seine River in Paris on Friday.
While it was playing, the Polish state broadcaster said on air, “This is a vision of communism, unfortunately,”
The comments immediately triggered a reaction for those watching in Poland, ABC News reported.
The public broadcaster Babiarz works for in Warsaw, TVP, later issued a statement that made it clear the well known commentator would not be commenting on air from Paris about any more from the summer Olympic games.
Polish state TV has suspended its main commentator for the Olympics after he said on air that the…
