Calvin Klein’s racy new billboard: F-word or optical illusion?

Is that the four-letter word on the company’s outdoor ad in lower Manhattan—or is profanity in the eye of the beholder?

It all depends on how you look at it, or what you read into it.

For instance, if you think that table behind the model’s right leg looks like an F, and her bikini briefs resemble a U, and the CK—well, are you starting to get the point?

Several passers-by weren’t pleased with the billboard’s content, reports the CBS affiliate in New York.

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