Critics squeal over billboard of man having sex with a pig

Cable provider Foxtel has issued a prompt apology conceding that its outdoor ad for Australian TV network Studio was ‘clearly in appalling taste.’

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“Oink, oink” does sound remarkably similar to “boink, boink,” after all.

Regardless, cable provider Foxtel certainly achieved the “WTF” moment it was after with a recent billboard ad posted in Sydney for Australian TV network Studio.

Produced by SBS, and to the shocking dismay of many passersby, the outdoor ad depicts an offensive and bewildering image of a man having sex with a pig.

Expains News.com.au, the imagery was lifted from the controversial UK television program “Black Mirror,” which will air in June as part of Studio’s “Festival of WTF!”

Junkee reports that Foxtel quickly apologized, vowing that it would take swift action to take down the advertisement:

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