Constance Wu Red Table Talk Details Alleged Harassment, Suicide Attempt – Rolling Stone

The main girl in a success sitcom and a record-breaking summer time blockbuster, Constance Wu appeared to have all of it in 2019. So individuals have been shocked when the actress was publically upset when her present Recent Off The Boat was renewed for a sixth and closing season— resulting in a flurry of hate on social media. On Wednesday’s episode of Crimson Desk Discuss, Wu advised hosts Jada Pinkett-Smith, Willow Smith, and Adrienne Banfield-Norris that her response to the present’s renewal was pushed by alleged sexual harassment from a Recent Off The Boat producer— an emotionally turbulent time that drove her to aim suicide.

Roughly primarily based on the lifetime of Asian-American chef Eddie Huang, Recent Off The Boat premiered in 2015 and was praised for its Asian-American forged and constructive portrayal of Asian household life. However behind the scenes, Wu mentioned an Asian producer of the present verbally harassed her, and allegedly positioned his hand on her crotch.

She added that the collection’ constructive reception made her really feel like she’d be ruining the one constructive Asian-American illustration on the time if she dared to talk up about her expertise.

“As a result of this present was type of a beacon of illustration for Asian Individuals, and I type of turned an emblem of illustration, I didn’t wish to sully the one present with sexual harassment claims in opposition to the one Asian American man who was doing all this higher work for the neighborhood,” Wu mentioned Wednesday on the Fb Watch collection. “So I feel that’s type of what occurred after I tweeted that stuff. It appeared out of character in case you don’t know me and don’t know all of the ache and abuse I needed to swallow for years.”

The information comes after Wu’s bombshell July announcement when the actress returned to Twitter after a three-year absence and revealed that the backlash from her tweets led her to ponder suicide. She added that the ultimate straw was a hurtful message from a former colleague and Asian-American actress calling her a “blight” to the neighborhood.

“I learn these DMs from an Asian actress, any person who ought to have been my ally, and I felt like nothing I might ever do can be sufficient,” Wu mentioned on Wednesday’s present. “I felt like the one factor that will show to her that I felt as unhealthy as she thought I deserved to really feel can be if I died. I felt like even that may not be sufficient as a result of I felt just like the world was saying, ‘You’ll by no means undergo as a lot as you should undergo. You should pay for this and be punished for this.’”

The actress credited a buddy for locating her on a ledge and taking her to the hospital. Wu particulars these experiences and extra in her memoir Making A Scene, launched on Oct. 4. She mentioned she wrote the ebook “to succeed in out and assist individuals speak in regards to the uncomfortable stuff to be able to perceive it, reckon with it, and open pathways to therapeutic.” Whereas she nonetheless feels just like the Asian American neighborhood is avoiding her, Wu mentioned she is finished apologizing to individuals who nonetheless imagine she’ll by no means be ok.

“I feel the individuals who nonetheless need me to apologize and to really feel regret are the individuals like that Asian actress who say that nothing I ever do can be sufficient. That’s truly your concern,” Wu mentioned. “It’s not about me anymore.”