Turns Out Even Keira’s Chanel Bosses Don’t Find Her Sexy…

She can act, she can pout but for many people there's one thing Keira Knightley can't do very well and that's sexy. And apparently they're not alone because even her bosses at Chanel don't rate the award winning actress's seduction skills.

In her Chanel Coco Mademoiselle advert, the actress unzips her clothes, lies on a bed with only a sheet covering her modesty and then crawls towards a photographer before telling him to "lock the door".

Kinda sexy we suppose and probably not the most appropriate thing for children to see as they watch Ice Age 2 of an afternoon so it’s unsurprising that a complaint was made to the Advertising Standards after the ad was scheduled during the film.

The complaint challenged whether the ad “was suitable to be broadcast during a film that was likely to appeal to children, because she believed it was overtly sexual”.

However, Chanel argued that there was no nudity in the ad, and none implied, and that the character briefly revealed only her shoulders as part of a photo shoot, which was the setting for the advert.

It added that a degree of sexual charge was common in perfume ads but while the character was playful and sensual, she was not overtly sexual and her telling the photographer to "lock the door" was a distraction because the next shot showed that she had left.

However, the ASA have more faith in Keira’s seduction skills and they upheld the complaint saying: "The ASA acknowledged that the undressing in the ad took place in the context of a photo shoot but nevertheless considered those scenes involved sexually suggestive content.

"We noted that the photographer was directly involved in unzipping the actress's garments and that there was a suggestion that she was naked aside from a bed sheet. We also noted that there was clear sexual tension between the pair and that they appeared about to kiss on the bed.

"We noted that Ice Age 2 was of particular appeal to children. We considered the ad was suitable for older children, but that the sexually suggestive material was unsuitable for young children.

"We therefore concluded that the ad was inappropriately scheduled and an ex-kids restriction should have been applied to prevent the ad from being broadcast in or around children's programming.

"The ad must not be broadcast again in its current form in or around programmes of particular appeal to children."

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