Constance Wu

'After a little break from Hollywood and a lot of therapy I feel OK enough to venture back on' social media, actor Constance Wu wrote in statement.

Since the “Fresh Off the Boat” controversy, Wu has remained relatively quiet on the internet aside from the occasional promotional appearance. In May 2019, Wu shared a series of tweets complaining about ABC picking up her hit TV show “Fresh Off the Boat” for a sixth season. I’ll admit it hurt a lot, but it also made me realize how important it is to reach out and care for people who are going through a hard time.” She also explained that she penned her forthcoming memoir, “Making a Scene,” in an effort to “reach out and help people talk about the uncomfortable stuff in order to understand it, reckon with it, and open pathways to healing.” “It was a scary moment that made me reassess a lot in my life,” Wu continued on Thursday. “For the next few years, I put my career aside to focus on my mental health. “3 years ago, when I made careless tweets about the renewal of my TV show, [‘Fresh Off the Boat’], it ignited outrage and internet shaming ...

In her first post in nearly three years, the Hustlers actor said she tried to kill herself after a negative response to tweets she had sent.

Even my tweets became a subject so touchy that most of my AsAm colleagues decided that was the time to avoid me or ice me out. “It was a scary moment that made me reassess a lot in my life,” Wu said of her suicide attempt. That I was a disgrace to AsAms, and they’d be better off without me. She added in a statement that her role on Fresh Off the Boat had become “easy and pleasant” and she was looking for new challenges. “I felt awful about what I’d said,” Wu wrote in Thursday’s statement, “and when a few DMs from a fellow Asian actress told me I’d become a blight on the Asian American community, I started feeling like I didn’t even deserve to live anymore. Ugh. Fuck” and “Fucking hell.” When another user congratulated her, calling the renewal “great news”, Wu replied, “No it’s not.”

Constance Wu revealed Thursday she attempted suicide three years ago, after tweeting her disappointment at the renewal of her sitcom Fresh Off The Boat, ...

Ugh. Fuck.” She later clarified that she “was temporarily upset” because the renewal meant she “had to give up another project that I was really passionate about,” and her frustration had nothing to do with her show. Wu said mental health is not often discussed in the Asian American community, and that because her tweets became such a sore subject many of her Asian American colleagues chose to “avoid or ice me out” during a time she needed support. In her Thursday statement, Wu tweeted that after her “careless” tweets about Fresh Off The Boat she was met with “severe” backlash, which included a message from a fellow actress calling her “a blight on the Asian American community.”

Actress Constance Wu has revealed she attempted suicide after experiencing social media backlash several years ago.

“Luckily, a friend found me and rushed me to the ER. It was a scary moment that made me reassess a lot in my life. “Because the truth is, I’m not poised or graceful or perfect. And we need to stop beating each other (and ourselves) up when we do.” Tbh, I’m a little scared, but I’m dipping my toe back in to say I’m here and while I was gone I wrote a book called Making a Scene,” the actress, 40, wrote in a lengthy letter to fans posted via Twitter on Thursday, reports Page Six. “While we’re quick to celebrate representation wins, there’s a lot of avoidance around the more uncomfortable issues within our community. AsAms don’t talk about mental health enough,” the Hustlers star explained.

Actress Constance Wu has returned to social media after a three-year hiatus, revealing she made a suicide attempt over online backlash.

Even my tweets became a subject so touchy that most of my AsAm colleagues decided that was the time to avoid me or ice me out. That I was a disgrace to AsAms, and they’d be better off without me. She also felt as though Fresh Off The Boat had become "easy and pleasant" and was looking to challenge herself with something new.

When a few DMs from a fellow Asian actress told me I'd become a blight on the Asian American community, I started feeling like I didn't even deserve to live ...

Even my tweets became a subject so touchy that most of my AsAm colleagues decided that was the time to avoid me or ice me out. After earning a Golden Globe nomination for 2018’s Crazy Rich Asians and starring alongside Jennifer Lopez in 2019’s Hustlers, Wu says that her suicide attempt “was a scary moment that made me reassess a lot in my life.” She continues, “For the next few years, I put my career aside to focus on my mental health. The actor returned to Twitter on Thursday for the first time in nearly three years to announce her upcoming book, Making a Scene, and reflect on what led to her hiatus from both social media and Hollywood. “I was afraid of coming back on social media because I almost lost my life from it,” Wu writes.

She describes how her “careless tweets about the renewal of my TV show” caused a lot of online ire, including some direct messages from “a fellow Asian actress” ...

In her post Thursday, Wu called the attempt to end her life “a scary moment that made me reassess a lot in my life. After that, she clarified that she was disappointed that the renewal meant she’d have to pass on “another project I was really passionate about.” In a series of tweets, she said that she was “so upset now that I’m literally crying,” and she wrote “dislike” under a post announcing the renewal news on Fresh Off the Boat‘s official Instagram page. She later said her posts were “ill-timed” and that she was actually “so grateful” that the comedy would be coming back for another season. “[Ending the series] really was a joint decision between us and [20th Century Fox] and the creators. “I was afraid of coming back on social media because I almost lost my life from it,” she wrote.

Constance Wu opened up on Twitter about attempting suicide in 2019. According to Wu, her suicide attempt followed criticism of her tweets reacting to the ...

“Even though I’m scared, I’ve decided that I owe it to the me-of-three-years-ago to be brave and share my story so that it might help someone with theirs,” Wu wrote. Wu, who said she had “a lot of therapy,” went on to discuss how the experience made her “reassess” her life and focus on her mental health, an issue she said Asian Americans “don’t talk about” enough. According to the actress, the attempt followed criticism of her tweets reacting to the renewal of her hit sitcom, Fresh Off the Boat, which she starred in from 2015 to 2020.

"I was afraid of coming back on social media because I almost lost my life from it," the Fresh Off The Boat star revealed.

That I was a disgrace to AsAms, and they’d be better off without me. I felt awful about what I’d said, and when a few DMs from a fellow Asian actress told me I’d become a blight on the Asian-American community, I started feeling like I didn’t even deserve to live anymore. It’s been four years since Crazy Rich Asians elevated Constance Wu—already the star of Fresh Off The Boat, a highly successful sitcom on ABC—into the realms of movie-stardom.

Crazy Rich Asians star Constance Wu reveals social media backlash and "internet shaming" almost caused her to take her own life.

She added the incident had caused her to "reassess a lot" and put her acting career on hold to focus on her mental health. "Luckily a friend found me and rushed me to the ER." Wu, who starred in Hollywood films Crazy Rich Asians and Hustlers, said a Twitter backlash to comments she made in 2019 left her "feeling like I didn't even deserve to live anymore".

The 'Crazy Rich Asians' actress, 40, made the admission in an emotional return to social media after quitting following her controversial tweets in 2019 about ' ...

The 'Fresh off the Boat' actress said more Asian Americans needed to discuss mental health as she made her return to social media.

She said she hoped her book would “help people talk about the uncomfortable stuff in order to understand it, reckon with it, and open pathways to healing.” That I was a disgrace to AsAms, and they’d be better off without me,” she said using an abbreviation. Almost 20 percent of American adults — some 50 million people — experienced a mental health illness in 2019, according to national nonprofit Mental Health America, with over half of adults not receiving treatment. More broadly, the movie, based on a novel by Kevin Kwan, was celebrated for breaking stereotypes and for its Asian American representation. “Looking back, it’s surreal that a few DMs convinced me to end my own life, but that’s what happened. After a three-year hiatus, Wu said in a statement Thursday that the episode had pushed her to attempt suicide.

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Tbh, I’m a little scared, but I’m dipping my toe back in to say I’m here and while I was gone I wrote a book called Making a Scene,” she said. “If we want to be seen, really seen... If you need help in a crisis, call Lifeline on 13 11 14. Wu went on to say the “scary moment” made her “reassess a lot” in her life. “Luckily a friend found me and rushed me to the ER.” I haven’t been on social media in almost 3 years.

The US actress says she attempted suicide due to "internet shaming" following her "careless tweets".

In 2018, Wu received a Golden Globe best lead actress nomination, the first Asian woman in 44 years to be named in the category. Thank you for all that you have given to the world - you are loved and appreciated." Thank you for sharing." Comedian Jenny Yang added: "I'm sorry you went through this darkness. I'm so glad you are still here with us. Ugh."