Note: This article has detailed mention of sexual assault as well as suicide.
Constance Wu said that she was sexually assaulted by a senior member of the “Fresh Off the Boat” production team during its first two seasons on the ABC sitcom. new York Timeswho reports on the allegations she reveals in her forthcoming memoir.
In “Making a Scene”, which was published on October 4, the “Crazy Rich Asians” star claimed that the producer – who is given only an initial name – was controlling and demanded that he put all of his commercial efforts behind him. and told him what to wear.
“‘Fresh Off the Boat’ was my first TV show ever,” she said. “I was thrown into this world. I don’t have parents in the industry. And because I was 30, people thought I knew what I was doing. It drove me crazy and embarrassed.”
The “Hustlers” actress wrote that when she and the man attended a sporting event in 2015, she allegedly put his hand on her thigh and grasped her crotch. He politely found a way to stop her, and the two avoided the incident as if it had never happened. Once Season 2 of “Fresh Off the Boat” rolled around, she said she felt more empowered to say “no” and the two of them had an argument over whether she would go to a film festival with him. Due to which he did not talk to everyone. others again.
According to the Times, Wu wrote that he is not interested in “pointing fingers” or demanding accountability from the producers, but rather in coming forward with the story for his own sake. She also addressed the Twitter storm that erupted back in 2019, when she expressed her hopeless disappointment with the renewal of the 20th Century Fox show, saying those statements were likely suppressed by years of these negative on-set experiences. was the result. “I felt betrayed and trapped,” she said. That summer, the actress came forward to reveal that the intense reaction to the tweets prompted her to attempt to take her own life.
In a separate interview released Friday, Wu said she did not speak at the time for fear of harm and loss to her fledgling career: “I kept my mouth shut for too long about a lot of sexual harassment and intimidation. I got the first two seasons of the show,” she said Atlantic Festival, “Because, after the first two seasons, once it was successful, once I wasn’t afraid of losing my job, that’s when I could start saying ‘no’ to harassment, ‘no’ to bullying . Special producer. And, so I thought: ‘You know what? I handled it, no one will know, I don’t need to stain this Asian American producer’s reputation, I don’t have to stain the show’s reputation. ‘”
TheWrap has reached out to reps on 20th and ABC for comment.
