Constance Wu, who recently opened up about the alleged sexual harassment she experienced while filming “Fresh Off the Boat,” explains why didn’t speak out sooner.
Category
📺
TVTranscript
00:00Constance Wu is opening up about her 2019 tweet storm, the alleged sexual harassment that sparked
00:04it, and why she didn't speak out sooner. I think it's important that we engage in
00:09curiosity and empathy before we go straight to judgment. Because if somebody does something
00:14out of character for them, it usually means something's going on in their life.
00:17In her memoir, Making a Scene, Wu addresses the backlash she faced in 2019
00:21after she took to Twitter to express frustration over Fresh Off the Boat being renewed for another
00:25season. At the time, she said she was upset because it meant she had to turn down a passion
00:29project. Now she has revealed the real reason was because a senior producer sexually harassed her
00:33during the first two seasons of the sitcom. This past July, Wu returned to social media
00:37after nearly three years to announce her book and shared that she attempted suicide following
00:41the backlash over the tweets. And more recently, she opened up about why she didn't speak up sooner.
00:46I didn't want to sully the one show with sexual harassment claims against the one
00:51Asian American man who was doing all this better work for the community.
00:55Wu is set to appear on Red Table Talk this week, in which she will discuss the allegations further.