Constance Wu reveals she attempted suicide three years ago after Fresh Of The Boat tweet backlash

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Constance Wu has revealed she attempted suicide after a 'fellow Asian actress' told her she was a 'blight' on their community amid backlash over tweets she made about Fresh Off The Boat being renewed three years ago.Wu made the revelation in a lengthy statement posted to her Twitter account as she returned to social media for the first time in nearly three years.The star, 40, recalled the 'severe' criticism she received at the time of her tweets in 2019, and said she started to feel as though she didn't 'deserve to live anymore' after allegedly receiving hurtful messages from the unidentified actress.

Constance Wu attempted suicide after facing 'severe' backlash from comments she made about Fresh Off The Boat being renewed; pictured January 2020Wu said she was found by a friend after her suicide attempt and was rushed to the emergency room.'Hi everybody.

I haven't been on social media in almost 3 years. Tbh, I'm a little scared, but I'm dipping my toe back in to say I'm here and while I was gone I wrote a book called Making a Scene. 'This next part is hard to talk about...

but I was afraid of coming back on social media because I almost lost my life from it: 3 years ago, when I made careless tweets about the renewal of my TV show, it ignited outrage and internet shaming that got pretty severe.'I felt awful about what I'd said, and when a few DMs from a fellow Asian actress told me I'd become a blight on the Asian American community, I started feeling like I didn't even deserve to live anymore. 'That I was a disgrace to AsAms, and they'd be better off without me.