Constance Wu Just Revealed She Stayed in a Psych Ward After ‘FOTB’ Backlash—It Made Her ‘Finally Get Help’
stylecaster.comA 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. Back in 2019, Fresh Off the Boat was renewed for season six, and Constance Wu infamously tweeted, “So upset that I’m literally crying.” While she later clarified that she was just upset that FOTB‘s renewal meant turning down another exciting project—many netizens attacked the actress for appearing ungrateful for the opportunity as a working actress.
The breaking point for Constance was when another Asian actress emailed her and told her “that nothing I could ever do would make up for my atrocious behavior and disgusting ingratitude.
How I had sullied the one shining beacon of hope for Asian Americans. How selfish I was to not consider everyone else’s jobs on the show,” Constance claims in Making a Scene. “She demanded I bake cookies for and grovel at the feet of [my co-star] Randall [Park] and every single crew member of FOTB but said even that wouldn’t be enough to make up for what I’d done.
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