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Constance Wu attempted suicide amid her Twitter backlash.
The โCrazy Rich Asiansโ actress, 40, made the admission in an emotional return to social media after quitting following her controversial tweets in 2019 about โFresh Off the Boatโ.
She had shared fury and frustration over the series being renewed as it made it harder for her to work on other projects โ prompting outrage from fans.
Returning to Twitter on Thursday (14.07.22) with an open letter, Constance said she was also hit with hate from entertainment industry figures, adding it took a devastating toll on her mental health.
She said: โI was afraid of coming back on social media because I almost lost my life from it.
โ(Three) years ago, when I made careless tweets about the renewal of my TV show, it ignited outrage and internet shaming that got pretty severe.
โI felt awful about what Iโd said, and when a few DMs from a fellow Asian actress told me Iโd become a blight on the Asian American community, I started feeling like I didnโt even deserve to live anymore.
โThat I was a disgrace to AsAms, and theyโd be better off with me.โ
Mum-of-one Constance, who shares a daughter with the โMan Manโ groupโs 41-year-old singer Ryan Kattner, continued: โLooking back, itโs surreal that a few DMs convinced me to end my own life, but thatโs what happened.
โLuckily, a friend found me and rushed me to the ER.โ
She said the โscary momentโ led her to โreassessโ life.
Constance added: โAsAms donโt talk about mental health enough. While weโre quick to celebrate representation wins, thereโs a lot of avoidance around the more uncomfortable issues within our community.
โAfter a little break from Hollywood and a lot of therapy, I feel OK enough to venture back on here (at least for a little bit).
โAnd even though Iโm scared, Iโve 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.โ
Constance appeared in โCrazy Rich Asiansโ in 2018 as Rachel Chu, an American professor who fell in love with Singaporean multimillionaire Nick, and played Jessica Huang in ABC comedy โFresh Off the Boatโ from 2015 until 2020.
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