Viewers notice government PSA number in 'Don't Look Up' goes to a sex hotline

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When you dial the 1-800 number a woman's voice says: 'Welcome to America's hottest hotline.'

In the middle of the movie, a fake PSA urges people worried about the comet to dial a 1-800 number.Insider has called the number. Yes, it's a sex hotline.In the middle of the Netflix dark comedy"Don't Look Up," about how the world reacts when two astronomers discover that a giant comet will destroy Earth in a matter of months, a fake PSA ad plays urging people who have questions to call a 1-800 number."Maybe, just maybe one of our scientists...

can be that friend we all need to lean on during uncertain times," DiCaprio's Dr Randall Mindy says to the screen during the commercial while in the background a concerned housewife calls the number in her kitchen.But when you call the number a scientist doesn't pick up. Instead, it's a woman's voice that says:"Welcome to America's hottest hotline. Guys, hot ladies are waiting to talk to you. Press 1 now.

 

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