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Constance Wu has been making scenes all her life.
Below, eight stories that reveal it all.
You are not good enough to have written this, Wu claims her teacher told her.
Notably, the only one who said he believed she could was the drama teacher.
Sothatswhy I became an actor, Wu says.
Of course I did.
Go away!I wanted to yell at them.Stop making us look bad.
The softest spot of all was her Asian-ness her demeanor, her values, her accent, she writes.
She wasnt trying to avoid the T. rex; she was taunting it.
Wu learned to love the character not despite her stereotypical qualities but because of them.
Stereotypes are not harmful for their mere existence; theyre harmful for theirreductionof a person or group.
He puts his hand on her thigh, Wu claims, saying, Your skin is so smooth.
Then, She swats his hand away in a nonthreatening, playful way.
M grins and tightens his grip, moving his hand farther up her inner thigh.
Ultimately, (He grins and slides his hand up to graze her crotch.)
When Wu forcefully tells him to stop, he allegedlytells her she has big arms.
In response, Wu tweeted, So upset right now that Im literally crying.
Fuck, followed by a series of other negative tweets about the shows renewal.
I didnt care how I sounded; I just needed to finally make asound.
That moment led to her considering taking her own life.
A friend found Wu and took her out of her apartment.
That response was extremely difficult for Wu.
Why wouldnt she believe my remorse?
she asks in the book.
That I hurt as badly as she thought I deserved to hurt?
Discussing it onThe Viewon October 4,Wu refers to the woman as an actress, prompting speculation online.
Wu says she blocked the story from her mind until one day it all came back.
I was on a plane from Singapore, where I had finished filmingCrazy Rich Asians, she writes.
Id just woken up from a nap when the realization hit me like a flood.
Despite that, I couldnt call it rape, for a long time.
Now with help from her therapist, Wu is ready to call it what it was.
I did not consent to sex.
Maybe it wasnt violent, but it was rape.
Uncharacteristic, illogical behavior followed.
I am guilty of sexual harassment.
Ofbeingthe harasser, she says.
I had a problem: I couldnt stop writing the wordpenis.
Now shes very sorry for putting someone else in an uncomfortable situation.
I apologize and I recognize the problem, she says.
This is an earnest apology.
From the bottom of my boob, I am sorry.
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