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Constance Wu alleged that she was sexually harassed by a accumulation subordinate portion moving connected Fresh Off the Boat. Learn astir what Constance is sharing successful her upcoming memoir.
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Constance Wu is coming forward.
In her upcoming memoir, the 40-year-old histrion alleges that she was sexually harassed by a subordinate of the accumulation squad during her archetypal twelvemonth with Fresh Off the Boat, per The New York Times. Constance alleges that the shaper "controlled her, demanding that she tally each her concern matters past him and telling her what to wear," the NYT wrote successful a illustration of her connected Sept. 23.
In 1 instance, she said she and the shaper attended a sporting lawsuit unneurotic backmost successful 2015, wherever the shaper placed their manus connected her thigh adjacent her crotch.
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Reflecting connected the alleged experience, Constance shared with the outlet that she felt "paranoid and embarrassed."
"Fresh Off the Boat was my first-ever TV show," she said. "I was thrown into this world. I don't person parents successful the industry. And due to the fact that I was 30, radical thought I knew what I was doing."
She further spoke astir the allegations astatine the Atlantic Festival successful Washington, D.C. connected Sept. 23, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "I kept my rima unopen for a truly agelong clip astir a batch of intersexual harassment and intimidation that I received the archetypal 2 seasons of the show," she said connected stage. "Because, aft the archetypal 2 seasons, erstwhile it was a success, erstwhile I was nary longer frightened of losing my job, that's erstwhile I was capable to commencement saying ‘no' to the harassment, 'no' to the intimidation, from this peculiar producer."
The 40-year-old continued, "And, truthful I thought: ‘You cognize what? I handled it. Nobody has to know.'"
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Constance's memoir comes aft the histrion came nether occurrence for posting a tweet successful 2019 that said she was "So upset close present that I'm virtually crying. Ugh. F--k" successful effect to the quality that Fresh Off the Boat had been renewed for a sixth play connected ABC.
While Constance's publication is teased to beryllium composed of 18 essays that "determined the direction" of her life, penning about Fresh Off the Boat and the tweet lone came past aft propulsion from her editor, she told the NYT. Constance shared that she hesitated including those topics.
She aboriginal added, "I felt betrayed and trapped."
Constance's memoir Making a Scene will beryllium published Oct. 4.
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