Ashley Graham Banned Lane Bryant Ad – VIDEO

ABC is at war with Lane Bryant (not one of Tiger’s ladies of the night) over a bra ad that features the ample bosom of Ashley Graham. The size 16 model flaunted the company’s lingerie line, Cacique, in a commercial that was reportedly banned from ABC. It was set to run during “Dancing with the Stars,” but was pulled.

Via NY Post:

“The cleavage of the plus-size models, they said, was excessive, and we don’t think that’s the case,” said the source. “It certainly appears to be discrimination against full-sized women.”

Fox was also thrown into the shamed network ring. The ad was due to be shown during “American Idol” but failed to make it to air. It was replaced by a Victoria Secret ad instead. This left Lane Bryant to take action. At the start of this debacle, Fox has been more restrictive with the plus size label when it came to showing skin. Bryant’s team posed to the question as to why Victoria Secret was allowed to show massive amounts of skin, but the plus size label was told to cover it up. After the network’s edits, the commercial would have feature “nothing but the model’s face.”

Graham was saddened to hear about the brewing controversy.

“I was very surprised. The first thing I thought of was Victoria’s Secret commercials, and how they’re just as racy, if not more racy, than Lane Bryant. [The models are] just a lot smaller than what I am,” said the Nebraska native, a 38D. “[ABC] can’t handle bigger on TV, bigger boobs on a normal-sized woman on TV.”

Being that ABC has the Empress of Silicone Chichis (Pamela Anderson) twirling around “Dancing with the Has Beens” with the biggest tv boob (Kate Gosselin), I don’t see how the networks suddenly developed standards. Perhaps Fox’s half hour long fart joke (Family Guy) could tackle the subject of well endowed women enjoying a nooner.

I digress. I like Family Guy. Hey, I never said I had standards.