In an interview with The New York Times, Wu talks about an incident she describes in her memoir Making a Scene, where a producer she refers to with only an initial note displayed “controlling behaviors.” “Fresh Off the Boat was my first TV show. I was thrown into this world,” Wu told the NYT. “I don’t have parents in the industry. And because I was 30, people thought I knew what I was doing. It made me paranoid and embarrassed.” Wu also revealed that during a sporting event in 2015, the producer touched her thigh and grazed her crotch. The Crazy Rich Asians actor also said there was another controversy during the second season of Fresh Off the Boat over attending a film festival, but by then, Wu felt empowered to cut ties with the producer in question . In an interview with The Atlantic, Wu said she hadn’t opened up about the situation before because of fear of repercussions. “I was closeted for a long time because of a lot of sexual harassment and bullying I received in the first two seasons of the show,” Wu said. “Because after the first two seasons, once it was successful, once I was no longer afraid of losing my job, then I was able to start saying ‘no’ to harassment, ‘no’ to bullying, by this particular producer. And I thought, “You know what? I handled it, no one has to know, I don’t need to tarnish the reputation of this Asian American producer. I don’t need to tarnish the reputation of the show.” I had a pretty traumatic experience my first two years on ‘Fresh Off the Boat,’ says @ConstanceWu at #TAF22 . “This show was historic for Asian Americans… and I didn’t want to insult the reputation of the one show we had representing us. So I kept my mouth shut.” pic.twitter.com/fR4KJyYoKm — The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) September 23, 2022 Wu also spoke about the infamous tweet in 2019 after learning that ABC had renewed Fresh Off the Boat for another season. “I wanted to have a new slate where I don’t have to start a show with all these memories of abuse,” she told The Atlantic. “Few people knew [the harassment] it happened and going to work every day and seeing those people who knew he was sexually harassing me being ‘friends’ with him felt like a betrayal every time,” she added. “I loved everyone on that crew and I loved working on that show, but it had this history of abuse that it started with, and even though I got over it after two years, I was looking forward to a clean slate.” A representative for 20th Television, which produced Fresh Off the Boat, had no comment.