Crazy Rich Asians star Constance Wu says she attempted suicide after Twitter backlash
- The actress has returned to social media 3 years after her ‘careless tweets’ about hit television show Fresh Off the Boat drew outrage and internet shaming
- She said she got messages from a fellow Asian actress telling her she had become a blight on the Asian-American community
US actress Constance Wu, known for her lead roles in Fresh Off the Boat and Crazy Rich Asians, said she attempted suicide three years ago after receiving backlash for tweets she wrote about the hit television show.
In a statement shared on Twitter, Wu said she was making her return to social media after a three-year hiatus, during which she wrote an autobiographical book, Making a Scene.
“I was afraid of coming back on social media because I almost lost my life from it,” Wu said. “Three years ago, when I made careless tweets about the renewal of my TV show, it ignited outrage and internet shaming that got pretty severe.”
The tweets in question were published in 2019, after it was announced that the ABC sitcom Fresh Off the Boat was renewed for another season, Variety reported.
Wu, who plays family matriarch Jessica Huang on the show about a Taiwanese-American family living in Florida in the 1990s, expressed some frustration about the show’s continuation.