Wednesday 5 October 2022 05:06 AM Constance Wu was hesitant to speak about sexual harassment she suffered from ... trends now

Wednesday 5 October 2022 05:06 AM Constance Wu was hesitant to speak about sexual harassment she suffered from ... trends now
Wednesday 5 October 2022 05:06 AM Constance Wu was hesitant to speak about sexual harassment she suffered from ... trends now

Wednesday 5 October 2022 05:06 AM Constance Wu was hesitant to speak about sexual harassment she suffered from ... trends now

Constance Wu wept as she spoke about sexual harassment she had experienced from a producer while working on the series Fresh Off the Boat.

The Richmond, Virginia native, 40, appeared Monday on "Late Night with Seth Meyers, where she said she initially 'didn't want to write' to include the details of the aforementioned experience in her new book Making a Scene.

'That was the last essay I wrote for the book, and only after being, like, pushed by my editor, like, "You should write about this. This is what people want to hear,"' the Crazy Rich Asians actress said. 'And I was like, "I'm done with that chapter in my life."'

The latest: Constance Wu, 40, wept as she spoke about sexual harassment she had experienced from a producer while working on the series Fresh Off the Boat appearing Monday on Late Night with Seth Meyers

The latest: Constance Wu, 40, wept as she spoke about sexual harassment she had experienced from a producer while working on the series Fresh Off the Boat appearing Monday on Late Night with Seth Meyers 

Wu said that she was scared of being retaliated against if she spoke out about the harassment when it was occurring.

'I had never done anything big before,' she said. 'I had just graduated from being a waitress. I was scared of being fired. Once I, sort of, felt a little bit of job security then I started saying no to this producer, which infuriated him.

'But it was okay, so I thought, ''You know what? I handled it.'' I don't need to stain the reputation of this show or of this producer. I can just keep it inside.'

Wu said that she was 'never really able to be [herself] on set,' noting, 'I'd see my abuser being buddy-buddy with everyone else, knowing what he had done to me.'

Wu said she initially 'didn't want to write' to include the details of the aforementioned experience in her new book Making a Scene

Wu said she initially 'didn't want to write' to include the details of the aforementioned experience in her new book Making a Scene

Wu told Meyers that she was scared of being retaliated against if she spoke out about the harassment when it was occurring

Wu told Meyers that she was scared of being retaliated against if she spoke out about the harassment when it was occurring 

The Crazy Rich Asians actress brushed away tears as she recounted her painful experience

The Crazy Rich Asians actress brushed away tears as she recounted her painful experience 

Wu said that her anguish over what was happening led her her to tweet about her disappointment that the series had been renewed for a sixth season in 2019.

She said through tears on the show, 'The thing I learned is that bad feelings and abuse don't just go away because you will it to.

'It's gonna come out somewhere. I think people didn't understand the context of those tweets. And thank you for not making fun of it, because it led me to a really dark time.' (She revealed in July that she had attempted suicide amid the negative backlash to her tweets.)

She told Meyers, 'I decided to include it in the book because I think it's important that we engage in curiosity and empathy before we go straight to judgment because if somebody does something that is out of character for them, it usually means something is going on in their life.'

Wu also detailed how she felt amid the backlash to her tweet three years ago while appearing on Red Table Talk, in a preview for Wednesday's episode.

'It's actually hard for me to talk about without getting emotional,' she said. 'People were basically canceling me for being ungrateful and ungraceful. They were saying I didn't think of the other people's jobs on the show, how selfish that was and how I was, like, behaving like a diva.'

Wu said the backlash she received after tweeting her disdain for the show's 2019 renewal led to a 'really dark time'

Wu said the backlash she received after tweeting her disdain for the show's 2019 renewal led to a 'really dark time' 

Wu maintains she was sexually harassed and intimidated by a senior producer while working on the ABC sitcom Fresh Off The Boat

Wu maintains she was sexually harassed and intimidated by a senior producer while working on the ABC sitcom Fresh Off The Boat

She noted how the producer who harassed her 'is an Asian American, but because

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