From Fann Wong's skydiving accident, Coco Lee's mistreatment to Godfrey Gao's death: Zhejiang Television's accident-prone variety shows

Variety shows are meant as entertainment and good fun to its viewers and participating celebrities often show a hilarious or interesting side of themselves that audiences do not generally see.

Local actress Fann Wong had a close shave with death in 2015 when she participated in the Chinese reality show Go to Love with her husband, actor Christopher Lee. Christopher, now 52, arrived first and was rescued by a lifeboat. As Fann plunged into the water with her skydiving instructor later, they were both covered by the parachute.

Chinese singer Zhang Jie fainted during the filming of the Chinese variety game show Ace vs. Ace on March 6, 2018, after he had a lack of oxygen during a game segment where he had to blow a table tennis ball through a glass straw., as the 40-year-old fell to the ground, he hit his face against a chair and suffered bruises.

Godfrey's death also sparked off other rumours on Weibo that production staff did not rush to his aid immediately after he collapsed because they thought that he was hamming it up. However, the production team refuted the rumoursNetizens had called for a boycott for Zhejiang Television then. Director of Zhejiang Television Lin Chong apologised publicly to Godfrey's parents and cancelled the show.

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