Kim's Convenience star Jean Yoon slams 'overtly racist' storylines on show; Calls it a 'painful' experience

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After actor Simu Liu opened up in a detailed note about Kim's Convenience being canceled and revealed some harsh realities of the show, his co-star Jean Yoon too opened up on her experience of working on the show.

In a detailed Twitter thread, Yoon spoke about the difficulty she faced while working on the show thanks to the lack of diversity in the writers' room that made her experience on the show "painful."Yoon, who played Mrs.

Yong-mi Kim, or Umma, in the show, shared a series of tweets in response to an article about Liu's Facebook post regarding the problems on the show.

Backing Liu's experience, Yoon further wrote, "The lack of Asian female, especially Korean writers in the writers' room of Kim's made my life VERY DIFFICULT & the.