![]() ![]() After reading some particularly unforgiving private messages from a former colleague, Wu said she tried to take her own life at her New York apartment. ![]() What most people didn’t realize is that Wu had experienced sexual harassment and intimidation from a senior Asian American male producer named M- during her first two years on the show. Her critics weren’t satisfied with her public apologies, accusing her of being ungrateful and egotistical and turning her into a laughing stock for the media. In the spring of 2019, Wu found herself at the center of a Twitter firestorm when she expressed her disappointment about the renewal of ABC’s Fresh Off the Boat, the first Asian American network sitcom to debut in over 20 years, in which she played fierce tiger mom Jessica Huang.īelieving that the show was on the verge of cancellation, Wu, who had risen to international prominence the previous summer as the lead of Crazy Rich Asians, had lined up two new projects, which she would have to forgo in favor of meeting her contractual obligations to the network. Constance Wu will be the first to admit that she was reluctant to rejoin social media. ![]()
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