The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show debacle in China is becoming increasingly bizarre.
While staffers for the lingerie giant scramble to get Monday’s show in Shanghai back on track after a string of problems obtaining visas for models and performers such as Katy Perry and Gigi Hadid — both of whom were denied — as well as permits for press, they’ve been even more hampered by the fact that e-mails of VS show staffers and production crew are apparently being monitored by Chinese authorities.
TV and media-industry insiders who are desperately trying to figure out what’s going on amid the production chaos are getting frustrated by messages from colleagues in China simply saying that they can’t speak frankly about the issues with the government because their communications are being watched.
As The Post has reported, Perry — who was booked to perform during the glitzy annual show — had her visa application declined because she once showed support for Taiwan (which is in an independence struggle with China) during a Beijing concert.
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