Constance Wu

Back in 2019, Constance Wu faced a hefty dose of backlash for being ungrateful when she tweeted “fucking hell” and “so upset right now that I'm literally ...

Constance had a [secret baby](https://dlisted.com/2020/12/29/constance-wu-had-a-secret-baby-in-the-summer/) girl early in the pandemic, making her a toddler by now. “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. “I was afraid of coming back on social media because I almost lost my life from it: 3 years ago, when I made careless tweets about the renewal of my TV show, it ignited outrage and internet shaming that got pretty severe,” she wrote in a tweet posted Jul. I handled it, nobody has to know, I don’t have to stain this Asian American producer’s reputation, I don’t have to stain the reputation of the show.'” “When really, I wanted to have a fresh slate where I didn’t have to start a show with all these memories of abuse.” “It was the only show on network television in over 20 years to star Asian Americans, and I did not want to sully the reputation of the one show we had representing us. Constance says that everything got so burdensome that it led her to attempt suicide. “I made some very profane, reckless tweets that sort of ignited this whole pile-on of hatred towards me because I just had a hit movie, Crazy Rich Asians, so it looked really bad from the outside. Ugh fuck” upon learning that the show that put her on the map, Fresh Off The Boat, [had been renewed](https://dlisted.com/2019/05/12/constance-wu-admitted-she-was-upset-about-fresh-off-the-boat-getting-renewed/) for a sixth season. And while Constance didn’t name the producer, she did say he was also Asian American, so it probably wouldn’t take the FBI to figure out who she’s talking about. [tweeted](https://dlisted.com/2019/05/11/constance-wu-didnt-seem-happy-with-fresh-off-the-boat-getting-renewed-but-she-says-her-tweets-with-badly-timed/) “fucking hell” and “so upset right now that I’m literally crying. “That’s when I was able to start saying ‘no’ to the harassment, ‘no’ to the intimidation, from this particular producer.