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Constance Wu, who led ABC's Fresh Off the Boat from 2015 to 2020, has shared that intersexual harassment from a shaper led to her devastation astatine the amusement getting renewed.
Constance Wu Says She Faced Sexual Harassment connected Fresh Off the Boat
Constance Wu is explaining her past societal media behavior.
After coming guardant astir the sexual harassment she faced from a elder shaper on ABC's Fresh Off the Boat Sept. 23, the histrion is present giving discourse to those 2019 tweets where she expressed disappointment astatine the show's renewal.
"All of the intersexual harassment, the inappropriate touching, the telling maine to deterioration abbreviated skirts and intimidation—that each lone happened successful the archetypal 2 years of the show, erstwhile I was inactive precise scared," she explained Oct. 3 on Late Night With Seth Meyers. "Once I felt a small spot of occupation security, past I started saying nary to this producer, which infuriated him, but it was OK. So I thought, 'You cognize what? I handled it. I don't request to stain the estimation of this amusement oregon of this producer. I tin conscionable support it inside.'"
But Wu couldn't support the maltreatment she suffered a concealed forever.
"The happening I learned is that atrocious feelings and maltreatment don't conscionable spell distant due to the fact that you volition it to," she continued. "It's gonna travel retired somewhere. People didn't recognize the discourse of those tweets."
In May 2019, aft quality broke that Fresh Off the Boat had been renewed for a sixth season, Wu posted a bid of tweets expressing her frustration. "So upset close present that I'm virtually crying. Ugh. F--k," Wu wrote astatine the time, followed by "F--king hell." Then, responding to a instrumentality who congratulated her connected the "great news," she replied, "No it's not."
An affectional Wu went connected to convey Meyers for not "making fun" of the tweets, due to the fact that the incidental led her to "a truly acheronian time." In July, Wu returned to Twitter aft 3 years off, sharing that she attempted suicide aft the backlash from her statements went viral.
Though she was initially hesitant to see the allegations successful her caller memoir, Making a Scene, she yet decided to due to the fact that she believes it's "important that we prosecute with curiosity and empathy earlier we spell consecutive to judgement."
"Because if idiosyncratic does thing retired of quality for them," she continued, "usually, something's going connected successful their life."
Wu's memoir, Making a Scene, is retired Oct. 4.
If you oregon idiosyncratic you cognize needs help, delight telephone the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline astatine 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
