Constance Wu It opens on time Fresh off the boat and allegations that she was sexually harassed by one of the top producers of the 2015-2020 sitcom on ABC.
in Interview with New York timesWu talks about an incident that she described in detail in her diary make a scene Where it refers to a product it refers to only through an initial offer of “control behaviours”.
“Fresh off the boat It was my first ever TV show. Wu said The New York Times. “I don’t have parents in the industry. And because I was in my 30s, people thought I knew what I was doing. It made me feel paranoid and embarrassed.”
Wu also revealed that during a sporting event in 2015, the producer touched her thigh and patted her in the crotch. The Crazy Rich Asians The actor also said that there is another argument during the second season of Fresh off the boat While attending a film festival, but by then, Wu felt she was able to cut ties with the producer in question.
in Interview with Atlantic OceanWu said she has not spoken about this situation in the past due to fear of the consequences.
“I kept my mouth shut for a really long time about a lot of sexual harassment and intimidation that I received in the first two seasons of the show,” Wu said. “Because after the first two seasons, and once it was successful, I was no longer afraid of losing my job, that’s when I was able to start saying ‘No’ to harassment, and ‘No’ to bullying, from this particular product. And so I thought: You know what? I handled it, Nobody has to know, you don’t have to discredit this Asian American producer. You don’t have to discredit the show.”
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Wu also talked about Notorious Tweet In 2019 after ABC learning was renewed Fresh off the boat for another season.
She said, “I wanted to get a new slate since I didn’t have to start a show that had all these memories of abuse” Atlantic Ocean. Few people know [the harassment] It was happening, and going to work every day and seeing these guys who knew he was sexually harassing me because I was a “buddy buddy” with him I felt betrayed every single time.” “I loved everyone on this crew, I loved working on this show, but it was He has this history of abuse, which he started with, and even though I dealt with it two years later, I was looking forward to a clean slate.”
Actor for 20th Television, who produced Fresh off the boathas no comments.
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