Celebrities Sing 'Imagine' in Olympics Opening Ceremony

In Friday's Hot Clicks: The Olympics may have forgotten about the awful celeb video last year and more.

Not again!

A giant rotating Earth made of drones appeared over Olympic Stadium as John Lennon and Yoko Ono's "Imagine" played during the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony, and while it's a timeless anthem for peace, the rendition did not sit well with fans. 

This is not the first time we've seen 'Imagine' featured at an #OpeningCeremony of an Olympic Games.

Take a trip down memory lane... 🕊️#StrongerTogether #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/MjNKYLG6UM

— The Olympic Games (@Olympics) July 23, 2021

More than a year ago, celebrities created a moving montage of the song while in quarantine. Gal Gadot shared the video on her social media, which featured 25 celebrities singing the cover. Among those included were former Saturday Night Live cast members, Maya Rudolph and Will Ferrell, and stars like Leslie Odom Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Jimmy Fallon and Sia.   

"We are in this together, we will get through it together. Let's imagine together. Sing with us," Gadot wrote in the caption. 

While it was meant to be touching, instead it just caused some fans to roll their eyes. 

One user commented, “What would I do without celebrities posting videos on social media telling us little people it’s going to be okay?” Another tweeted “Celebrities at home thinking ‘How can we stay relevant?’ Ah yes — sing a song from our plush mansions talking about a world with no possessions! This video is worse than the actual virus!”

Now, more than a year later, opening ceremony highlighted diversity during a rendition of "Imagine," which followed the parade of nations. But still, people reacted similarly again as the COVID-19 global pandemic rages on. 

The fine people of Tokyo must have missed the whole celebrity video thing we went through in America

— sarah kelly (@thesarahkelly) July 23, 2021

I love that the Olympics produced a version of celebs singing Imagine 18 months after twitter roasted the other celeb Imagine rendition. Twitter is not real life lmao

— Jessica Smetana (@jessica_smetana) July 23, 2021

"Imagine there's no countries" seems a slightly self-defeating idea for the Olympics to suggest. #Olympics2021

— Brydon Coverdale (@brydoncoverdale) July 23, 2021

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If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. 😎 #OpeningCeremony #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/wEN8eg08YW

— The Olympic Games (@Olympics) July 23, 2021

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