Orlando later sings a song to the tune of Jingle Bell on an electronic keyboard God gave to Jesus. But Jesus tries to deny it by saying that he and Orlando are just friends. The movie suggests that Jesus has a gay relationship with Orlando. The tagline for the movie is: “Jesus, who’s hitting the big 3-0, brings a surprise guest to meet the family.” In another part, Orlando sings a song that is ripe with sexual innuendo. The movie stirred up considerable controversy because it heavily implied that Jesus was homosexual or had had a homosexual relationship.įor instance, at one point Jesus walks into his surprise 30th birthday party and has to explain why he has been wandering the desert with a male companion named Orlando. “The First Temptation of Christ” was created by the Brazilian comedy group Porta dos Fundos. While most of those rumors proved to be false, that wasn’t the case in December 2019, when the 46-minute satirical comedy “The First Temptation of Christ” aired on Netflix. In December 2000, we wrote an article about the surprisingly long history of rumors claiming that Jesus would be depicted as a homosexual in an upcoming movie or television show.
