"Fresh Off the Boat" was a breakthrough moment for Constance Wu, but the actor says the ABC sitcom left her with "memories of abuse."
Months after returning to social media after nearly three years, the "Crazy Rich Asians" star said Friday that an unnamed producer had sexually harassed her on the set of "Fresh Off the Boat." Wu addressed that at the Atlantic Festival and spoke about her upcoming memoir, "Making a Scene," which includes details about her time on the TV series.
"I did have a pretty traumatic experience my first couple years on that show, and nobody knew about it because that show is historic for Asian Americans," she said at the event. "And it was the only show on network television, in over 20 years, to star Asian Americans, and I did not want to sully the reputation of the one show we had representing us.