By AFP
SAN FRANCISCO: US actress Constance Wu made a suicide try three years in the past, bruised by a bitter social media backlash, the ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ star mentioned on Thursday.
Wu, 40, confronted a torrent of criticism in 2019 over remarks she made on Twitter in regards to the sitcom ‘Fresh Off the Boat,’ wherein she starred in.
After on-line shaming from customers who referred to as the remarks disparaging, and a message from one other Asian American actress who referred to as Wu “a blight on the Asian American community,” Wu determined to take her personal life.
“I started feeling like I didn’t even deserve to live anymore. That I was a disgrace to AsAms, and they’d be better off without me,” Wu mentioned in an announcement posted Thursday on Twitter.
“Luckily, a friend found me and rushed me to the ER,” the actress wrote with out giving additional particulars.
After surviving the suicide try, Wu put her profession on maintain and left social media to concentrate on her psychological well being. But she determined to return to on-line platforms and share her story to be able to launch a broader dialogue about psychological well being amongst Asian Americans.
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— Constance Wu (@ConstanceWu) July 14, 2022
“AsAms don’t talk about mental health enough,” Wu wrote. “While we’re quick to celebrate representation wins, there’s a lot of avoidance around the more uncomfortable issues within our community.”
Wu’s 2019 tweets adopted information that the hit ABC sitcom ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ depicting a Taiwanese-American household making an attempt to construct a brand new life in Florida had been renewed for a sixth season.
“So upset right now that I’m literally crying. Ugh,” Wu tweeted then, including an expletive.
Many customers chastised her for showing ungrateful for the present’s success.
Wu mentioned in her put up on Thursday that these tweets have been “careless.” She had additionally defined on the time that she was upset as a result of the present’s renewal would put her different tasks on maintain.
“Even though I’m scared, I’ve decided that I owe it to the me-of-3-years-ago to be brave and share my story so that it might help someone with theirs,” the actress wrote.
SAN FRANCISCO: US actress Constance Wu made a suicide try three years in the past, bruised by a bitter social media backlash, the ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ star mentioned on Thursday.
Wu, 40, confronted a torrent of criticism in 2019 over remarks she made on Twitter in regards to the sitcom ‘Fresh Off the Boat,’ wherein she starred in.
After on-line shaming from customers who referred to as the remarks disparaging, and a message from one other Asian American actress who referred to as Wu “a blight on the Asian American community,” Wu determined to take her personal life.
“I started feeling like I didn’t even deserve to live anymore. That I was a disgrace to AsAms, and they’d be better off without me,” Wu mentioned in an announcement posted Thursday on Twitter.
“Luckily, a friend found me and rushed me to the ER,” the actress wrote with out giving additional particulars.
After surviving the suicide try, Wu put her profession on maintain and left social media to concentrate on her psychological well being. But she determined to return to on-line platforms and share her story to be able to launch a broader dialogue about psychological well being amongst Asian Americans.
pic.twitter.com/7YScJ4Pvig
— Constance Wu (@ConstanceWu) July 14, 2022
“AsAms don’t talk about mental health enough,” Wu wrote. “While we’re quick to celebrate representation wins, there’s a lot of avoidance around the more uncomfortable issues within our community.”
Wu’s 2019 tweets adopted information that the hit ABC sitcom ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ depicting a Taiwanese-American household making an attempt to construct a brand new life in Florida had been renewed for a sixth season.
“So upset right now that I’m literally crying. Ugh,” Wu tweeted then, including an expletive.
Many customers chastised her for showing ungrateful for the present’s success.
Wu mentioned in her put up on Thursday that these tweets have been “careless.” She had additionally defined on the time that she was upset as a result of the present’s renewal would put her different tasks on maintain.
“Even though I’m scared, I’ve decided that I owe it to the me-of-3-years-ago to be brave and share my story so that it might help someone with theirs,” the actress wrote.
