Madonna Still Managing to Get Ads Banned for Being Too Sexy

ABC blushes at Truth or Dare fragrance spot

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It's hard to believe we still live in a world where Madonna is considered too sexy for things, but ABC blushed at the ad for her Truth or Dare fragrance and won't show it. If only the Super Bowl had been so discriminating. It's more likely ABC was creeped out by the Material Girl, 53, saying her mother's "feminine and mysterious" perfume had anything to do with inspiring an ad where she rolls around in her underwear and talks about what a bad girl she is.

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