Constance Wu’s Book ‘Making a Scene’ Addresses ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ Controversy, Past Sexual Assault and More

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Mindy Kaling and Constance Wu sat down at HBO Max’s Velma panel during New York Comic Con 2022 on Wednesday (October 6) in New York City.

Constance Wu has opened up about what happened that made her feel betrayed by the Asian-American community.

Mindy Kaling's upcoming adult animated series for HBO Max, , has just cast a few more members of Mystery Inc.During a panel at New York Comic Con on Thursday, Kaling, who is lending her voice to the titular role, revealed that Sam Richardson has been cast as Shaggy, Constance Wu as Daphne and Glenn Howerton as Fred. The cast will also feature the voices of Jane Lynch, Wanda Sykes, «Weird Al» Yankovic, Russell Peters, Melissa Fumero, Stephen Root, Gary Cole, Ming-Na Wen, Ken Leung, Cherry Jones, Frank Welker, Fortune Feimster, Yvonne Orji, Sarayu Blue, Nicole Byer, Shay Mitchell, Debby Ryan, Kulap Vilaysak and Karl-Anthony Towns.Kaling's role in the animated spinoff series was first announced at the Television Critics Association press tour in February 2021. Billed as a comedic take on Velma Dinkley's origins, the show will put an «original and humorous spin» on the character, described as the «the unsung and underappreciated brains of the Scooby-Doo Mystery Inc.

Ethan Shanfeld Fresh off the viral news that Velma is officially a lesbian in the latest “Scooby-Doo” movie, the Mystery Inc. member is getting more love in Mindy Kaling’s upcoming adult animated series set at HBO Max. During a Thursday panel at New York Comic Con, Kaling revealed the star-studded cast of “Velma,” which features Sam Richardson as Shaggy, Constance Wu as Daphne and Glenn Howerton as Fred. Kaling will voice Velma. The voice acting cast also features Jane Lynch, Wanda Sykes, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Russell Peters, Melissa Fumero, Stephen Root, Gary Cole, Ming-Na Wen, Ken Leung, Cherry Jones, Frank Welker, Fortune Feimster, Yvonne Orji, Sarayu Blue, Nicole Byer, Shay Mitchell, Debby Ryan, Kulap Vilaysak and Karl-Anthony Towns.

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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.

Constance Wu became emotional as she discussed her experience of sexual harassment during a TV appearance on Monday. As part of an interview on Late Night with Seth Meyers to promote her new book Making a Scene, the Hustlers star explained why she decided to write about how she was a target of inappropriate behaviour by an unnamed producer on the first two seasons of TV series Fresh Off the Boat. "To be honest, I didn't want to write about that," she insisted.

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.

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.

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.

Constance Wu is returning to the stage and she will make her Ahmanson Theatre debut in Los Angeles at the end of the month!