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Airline Apologizes for Playing R-Rated Dakota Johnson Movie on Flight

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Uh oh, Daddio.

Qantas has apologized after screening an R-rated Dakota Johnson movie to a full flight of unwitting passengers.
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Australia’s biggest airline apologized Monday after accidentally screening “40 minutes of penis and boobs” to an entire aircraft full of unwitting passengers. Reported by the Guardian to have taken place on a Qantas flight from Sydney to Tokyo, the cockpit cock-up apparently occurred after a technical fault rendered individual in-flight movie selection unavailable. Staff held a quick poll, which resulted in a small selection of passengers picking this year’s racy Dakota Johnson flick Daddio (featuring an erect penis, prolonged sexting exchanges and profuse use of the word “f--k”) to play on every screen. It was apparently only about halfway through the movie that eyebrows were sufficiently raised for staff to then change it to something a little more family-friendly. “The movie was clearly not suitable to play for the whole flight and we sincerely apologize to customers for this experience,” a Qantas spokesperson has said, with passengers complaining about that the screens were locked and they were unable to turn it off before staff realized what was happening. “[The film] was featuring Dakota Johnson and I really thought they were playing Madame Web or something,” one person said, hastening to add “I honestly don’t know if that would’ve been worse.”

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