Actors in Hollywood want new protections against discrimination.
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Constance Wu's Twitter controversy landed her in the psych ward. In her new memoir, , the 40-year-old actress details the fallout of her 2019 tweets that lamented the season 6 renewal of her ABC sitcom, .In her memoir, Wu explains that «the numbers pointed to cancellation» when season 5 wrapped, noting that «the last episode of the season had been written to function as a series finale» and that the original showrunner was set to depart.Given all of that, Wu claims, her team asked ABC if she could pursue other projects.
«While they didn’t make any promises, they gave us their blessing to do so,» Wu writes. «Cancellation became a foregone conclusion.»But then, Wu's film, , became a box office smash.«People started to wonder: Would the network really cancel when had been such a success? When everyone was talking about the dearth of Asian American representation in Hollywood?» she writes.
«But numbers being numbers, I still thought the show would be canceled.»So when she found out on Twitter that the show was renewed for a sixth season, Wu was taken «by surprise.»«Because of my studio contract, I’d have to drop everything else — all the exciting jobs that the network had given us permission to pursue — and return to ,» she writes. «The fresh start I’d looked forward to would have to wait.»Wu's tumultuous time during the show meant that its renewal left her with «overwhelming» feelings, «a tsunami crashing through my body.»«I had kept my head down and tolerated the discomfort for so long, trying to preserve everything for everybody else, and I just couldn’t do it anymore. I needed to put my feelings somewhere other than my own body, which was at capacity,» Wu writes. «I didn’t think about the lack of context, didn’t care how
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Constance Wu has opened up about what happened that made her feel betrayed by the Asian-American community.
Constance Wu has admitted it was "unsafe" for her to be alone when her mental health plummeted. The 40-year-old actress faced a huge backlash in 2019 when she expressed her disappointment that her show 'Fresh Off the Boat' had been renewed for a sixth season and she's admitted the response she received from the Asian-American entertainment community for being "ungrateful" for her success tipped her over the edge. Constance - who recently admitted part of her upset was due to trauma from alleged sexual harassment at the hands of a producer on the sitcom - told of how she received a DM from an Asian-American actress.
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Constance Wu is opening up about being mocked in public for her controversial tweets. On the latest episode of “Red Table Talk”, the 40-year-old actress claimed that, at the 2019 Unforgettable Gala, which came months after she nearly attempted suicide, she was mocked by host Simu Liu for her tweets bemoaning the renewal of “Fresh Off the Boat”.
Constance Wu is opening up about being mocked in public for her controversial tweets. On the latest episode of , the 40-year-old actress claimed that, at the 2019 Unforgettable Gala, which came months after she nearly attempted suicide, she was mocked by host Simu Liu for her tweets bemoaning 's renewal.ET has reached out to Character Media, who put on the gala, and Liu's rep. Wu said on that the event's organizers were not aware of her near suicide attempt at the time, and added that Liu offered her «a sincere apology» after the alleged incident.«I have been punished and mocked,» Wu said of the backlash to her tweets. «There was an event several months later… they do this gala every year for Asians and they wanted me to come, 'cause they wanted to celebrate the show and the kids on the show.»Wu was hesitant to attend the event — where was being honored with the Lexus Legacy Award, which recognizes the Asian and Pacific Islander leaders who have fought for API presence in the arts, entertainment and culture -- because there was «so much controversy» around her at the time.«If I go, people are just going to want to talk about the tweets.
Constance Wu is opening up about her 2019 tweets about Fresh Off The Boat which went viral after she was less than pleased about the show being renewed for a new season.
A change. Constance Wu revealed that she stayed in a mental hospital after backlash to a series of tweets regarding Fresh Off the Boat. In her new book, Making a Scene, she talks about how the Twitter backlash affected her mental health.
Emily Longeretta Constance Wu is opening up about her 2019 tweets during which she expressed her frustration over the news that her ABC sitcom “Fresh Off the Boat” was renewed for another season. At the time, she tweeted that she was “literally crying” over the renewal because she had to turn down a passion project. “It’s actually hard for me to talk about without getting emotional. People were basically canceling me for being ungrateful and ungraceful,” the actor shares in Variety‘s exclusive sneak peek of her upcoming appearance on Facebook Watch’s “Red Table Talk,” set to drop this week. “They were saying I didn’t think of the other people’s jobs on the show, how selfish that was and how I was, like, behaving like a diva.”
Constance Wu is getting candid in her new memoir. In , the 40-year-old actress alleges that she faced harassment from an unnamed co-worker on , her ABC sitcom that aired its series finale in 2020 after a six-season run.
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