Video: Beyonce's 'Sexually Provocative' Perfume Ad

An ad for Beyoncé's perfume, Heat, has been banned from daytime TV in Britain. "Beyoncé's body movements and the camera's prolonged focus on shots of her dress slipping away to partially expose her breasts created a sexually provocative ad that was unsuitable to be seen by young children," said Advertising Standards Authority, which has ordered that the clip not be shown before 7:30 p.m.

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The perfume company, Coty UK, said that the ad was "intended to reflect the singer Beyoncé's personal 'sexy chic' style" and is not "overtly graphic or explicitly sexual and at no point was Beyoncé naked."

'Sexually provocative' Beyoncé ad ruled unsuitable for kids [The Guardian]

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“Baby Got Back”

Sir Mix-a-Lot | 1992

While watching a Budweiser commercial during the Super Bowl, Sir Mix-a-Lot thought the skinny female models in the ad didn’t represent reality. So he wrote this ode to ample bottoms, featuring its famous to-the-point lyric: “I like big butts and I cannot lie.” MTV banished the video, featuring shaking booties and sexually suggestive fruit, to 9 p.m. or later. “I thought my career was over,” he told Rolling Stone. “Then I called Rick Rubin, and I told him the video was banned, and he was like, 'Great!' We sold another 2 million records.”

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