Constance Wu attempted suicide amid Twitter backlash

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Constance Wu attempted suicide amid her Twitter backlash.

The โ€˜Crazy Rich Asiansโ€™ actress, 40, made the admission in an emotional return to social media after quitting following her controversial tweets in 2019 about โ€˜Fresh 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: โ€œI was afraid of coming back on social media because I almost lost my life from it.

โ€œ(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.

โ€œI felt awful about what Iโ€™d said, and when a few DMs from a fellow Asian actress told me Iโ€™d become a blight on the Asian American community, I started feeling like I didnโ€™t even deserve to live anymore.

โ€œThat I was a disgrace to AsAms, and theyโ€™d be better off with me.โ€

Mum-of-one Constance, who shares a daughter with the โ€˜Man Manโ€™ groupโ€™s 41-year-old singer Ryan Kattner, continued: โ€œLooking back, itโ€™s surreal that a few DMs convinced me to end my own life, but thatโ€™s what happened.

โ€œLuckily, a friend found me and rushed me to the ER.โ€

She said the โ€œscary momentโ€ led her to โ€œreassessโ€ life.

Constance added: โ€œAsAms donโ€™t talk about mental health enough. While weโ€™re quick to celebrate representation wins, thereโ€™s a lot of avoidance around the more uncomfortable issues within our community.

โ€œAfter 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).

โ€œAnd even though Iโ€™m scared, Iโ€™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.โ€

Constance appeared in โ€˜Crazy 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 โ€˜Fresh Off the Boatโ€™ from 2015 until 2020.

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