KFC somehow thought this advert was a good idea

Some time on Friday morning, the social media team at KFC decided it would be a good idea to send out a new advert for its chicken.

The very suggestive ad featured a woman thrusting her hand towards a man's pixelated lap and was accompanied by the hashtag #NSFW. This was not a good idea.

It did not go down well...

It did not go down well at all...

After facing a backlash on Twitter, the fast food chain's Australian subsidiary quickly deleted the tweet and issued an apology, admitting that it had made an "error in judgment":

Quite.

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