Actor Constance Wu of 'Fresh Off the Boat' recently shared allegations that she was sexually harassed by a member of the show's production team but that she was hesitant to speak out at the time because of the show’s popularity among Asian Americans.
Emily Berl / The New York Times via ReduxActor Constance Wu of"Fresh Off the Boat" recently shared allegations that she was sexually harassed by a member of the show's production team but that she was hesitant to speak out at the time because of the show’s popularity among Asian Americans.
“I did not want to sully the reputation of the one show we had representing us," Wu said before the crowd. “And so therefore, I kept my mouth shut for a really long time about a lot of sexual harassment and intimidation that I received the first two seasons of the show.” In her upcoming book “Making a Scene,” which will be released on Oct. 4, Wu detailed the alleged harassment. While she said she dealt with the situation her own way, she had hoped to move on.
“We actually have to calculate whether or not we can speak and how we can speak and who will be harmed,” Wun said. “In addition to the harm that we are experiencing, we have to actually balance and manage everyone else’s expectations.” Wu was immediately accused online of acting “entitled,” following her tweetstorm, for example. However, few bothered to question the context of the tweets, and what she may have been confronting at the time, Kim said. Wu revealed earlier this year that the harassment surrounding the tweets led her to attempt suicide, particularly after a fellow Asian actress accused her of being a “blight on the Asian American community.