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Constance Wu Says She Faced Sexual Harassment connected Fresh Off the Boat
Constance Wu is opening up astir a tough period in her life.
On Oct. 5's occurrence of Facebook Watch's Red Table Talk, Wu recalled the "betrayal" she felt from the Asian American assemblage during a December 2019 lawsuit hosted by Simu Liu. At the Unforgettable Gala, which took spot conscionable months aft her May tweets detailing her disappointment that Fresh Off the Boat was renewed for a sixth play by ABC and subsequent termination attempt, Liu made a gag astir her societal media behaviour after Wu was promised the actor would steer wide of the topic.
"They wanted maine to travel 'cause they wanted to observe the amusement and the kids connected the show," Wu explained. "At that time, determination was truthful overmuch contention astir maine that I was like, 'If I go, radical are conscionable gonna privation to speech astir the tweets, and like, I emotion my kids connected the amusement truthful much. I privation this to beryllium a infinitesimal for them to celebrate.' I told them, 'I don't privation anybody to marque amusive of it, 'cause I'm inactive successful a precise earthy spot astir it. I'm not acceptable to beryllium mocked for it.'"
Though Wu told hosts Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith and Adrienne Banfield-Norris that gala organizers were not alert of her termination attempt, they "promised" her that she wouldn't beryllium a taxable of ridicule.
"They sat maine successful the beforehand enactment and had each these cameras connected maine and wrong 10 minutes, the big of the amusement made a ace astatine me," she recalled. "I was sitting there, alone, trying not to outcry successful a nationalist mounting and the full assemblage was like, 'Oh, s--t!' They had promised they wouldn't mock me, and they did it close disconnected the bat. It astir felt similar they were mounting maine up for it. And it genuinely felt similar a betrayal from the Asian American community."
Though the contents of the gag are not public, Deadline reported astatine the time that Liu took a "playful jab" astatine Wu, which was met with "raised eyebrows and 'oooooohs' from the audience."
After the event, Wu said Liu privately apologized to her, and "it was a sincere apology." Reps for Liu did not instantly respond to E! News' petition for comment.
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Later connected Oct. 5, Wu posted connected her Instagram Stories that she had mistakenly identified the gala. During the episode, she archetypal said that the lawsuit was hosted by the Coalition of Asian Pacifics (CAPE), not Character Media, who really led the gala.
"In an interrogation with 'Red Table Talk,' I recounted a gala successful 2019 that I went to, but misidentified the hosting enactment of that event," Wu said. "It was the Unforgettable Gala that was hosted by Character Media, not CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics successful Entertainment). I apologize to @capeusa & regret the error."
During the interview, Wu besides discussed her strained narration with her mother, why she didn't travel guardant astir being raped at 22 years aged and the intersexual harassment she faced connected the Fresh Off the Boat set, each of which are besides talked astir successful her memoir, Making A Scene.
Making A Scene is out now.
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