Victoria's Secret's controversy: CEO steps down over discriminatory comments

LAHORE - Sources revealed that CEO Jan Singer, who had been in the position since September 2016, would leave the company.

Victoria’s Secret parent company, L Brands, declined to comment. The controversy was regarding discriminatory comments regarding trans and plus sized women.

The brand's chief marking officer, Ed Razek, recently sparked outrage after explaining in a recent interview with Vogue why he doesn't cast trans or plus-size models in the Victoria's Secret fashion show.

Razek commented on how trans and plus sized women do not represent "fantasy".

"Shouldn’t you have transsexuals in the show? No. No, I don’t think we should. Well, why not? Because the show is a fantasy," he said. "It’s a 42-minute entertainment special. That’s what it is."

"If you’re asking if we’ve considered putting a transgender model in the show or looked at putting a plus-size model in the show, we have. We invented the plus-size model show in what was our sister division, Lane Bryant. Lane Bryant still sells plus-size lingerie, but it sells a specific range, just like every specialty retailer in the world sells a range of clothing. As do we. We market to who we sell to, and we don’t market to the whole world. We attempted to do a television special for plus-sizes [in 2000]. No one had any interest in it, still don’t."

Razek later apologized for his remarks in a statement shared via Victoria's Secret's Twitter account.