The “Hustlers” and “Loopy Wealthy Asians” actress, whose memoir shall be launched this fall, wrote that whereas she was “afraid of coming again on social media as a result of [she] nearly misplaced [her] life from it,” she needed to share her story to start out a wider dialog with Asian People about psychological well being.
After her ABC sitcom “Contemporary Off the Boat” was renewed for a sixth season in Might 2019, Wu appeared distraught by the information, tweeting, “So upset proper now that I am actually crying. Ugh,” adopted by expletives. She later stated that she despatched the tweets “on the heels of tough day & have been in poor health timed (with) the information of the present.”
However the backlash was swift and extreme, Wu stated in her new assertion on Twitter. Numerous customers, together with some fellow actors, criticized her for seeming ungrateful in regards to the success of her collection, which was considered one of only a few sitcoms with an all-Asian solid in central roles. When a fellow Asian actress messaged her and stated she had “develop into a blight on the Asian American neighborhood,” Wu stated she felt like she “did not need to stay anymore.”
She survived her suicide try and paused her appearing profession to give attention to her psychological well being over the previous few years, she stated. However she’s returning to social media now, she defined, “to share (her) story in order that it would assist somebody with theirs.
“If we need to be seen, actually seen … we have to let all of ourselves be seen, together with the components we’re afraid of or ashamed of — components that, nevertheless imperfect, require care and a focus,” she wrote.
Wu has resumed appearing, lately showing within the Amazon Prime collection “The Terminal Checklist” alongside Chris Pratt, and she or he stars within the upcoming kids’s movie “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile” with Javier Bardem.