Spears ad too hot for Tokyo subway

Tokyo's subway authorities have refused to allow the full poster of a naked and heavily pregnant Britney Spears appear in a metro station because it would be too stimulating for commuters.


The picture, in which a nude Spears covers her breasts with her arms and crosses her legs at the knee, featured in the August issue of Harpar's Baazar in the US and will be the cover of the Japanese edition in October.


A Tokyo transport official told Reuters: "We thought some of our customers would find it to be overly stimulating."




However a compromise was reached, with the ad for the magazine now masked below Spears' elbow and carrying the statement: "We apologise for hiding part of a beautiful image of a mother-to-be."