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ABC’s entertainment president says Fresh Off the Boat star Constance Wu’s job is safe despite her online rant.
The Crazy Rich Asians star posted an expletive-filled lament last week when the comedy’s renewal was announced.

“There’s been no thought to recasting Constance,” network executive Karey Burke told a teleconference on Tuesday.
“We love what she does in the show and we love the show. I did actually know that Constance had another opportunity that had Fresh Off the Boat not gone forward, she would’ve pursued. But we never really considered not bringing back Fresh Off the Boat. The show’s just too strong for us and we love it.”
Our 5 favourite Constance Wu moments in ‘Crazy Rich Asians’
Burke added that she is choosing to believe Wu’s most recent comment – that she’s happy to return to the series, in which she plays the mother in a Taiwanese-American family in Florida.
On Friday, Wu shared her frustration that the sitcom was picked up for a sixth season, tweeting, “So upset right now that I’m literally crying,” along with two expletives.
Wu later apologised in a lengthy statement for what she called “insensitive” comments and said she loves the show. She said she was temporarily frustrated that it would keep her from working on a passion project, which she did not describe.

These words are my truth. I hope you hear them pic.twitter.com/l6SvbFcUlj
— Constance Wu (@ConstanceWu) May 11, 2019

Fresh Off the Boat is based on celebrity chef Eddie Huang’s 2013 memoir. Wu had her big-screen breakout in last summer’s Crazy Rich Asians, and will next star in the stripper drama Hustlers with Jennifer Lopez and Cardi B this fall.
Associated Press and Tribune News Service


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In this image released by ABC, Randall Park, left, and Constance Wu appear in a scene from the new comedy series "Fresh Off the Boat." The Asian Pacific American Media Coalition released its report card for the big four networks Wednesday, May 1, 2019, the first day of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Of all the networks, ABC was ahead of the class. (Nicole Wilder/ABC via AP)

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Randall Park and Constance Wu in a scene from Fresh Off the Boat. Wu tweeted her apparent disappointment the show had been renewed, prompting a tide of negative comments. Photo: Nicole Wilder/ABC/AP

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Studio executive says there has been ‘no thought’ of recasting Wu’s role as mother in sitcom about Taiwanese-American family
Actress faced backlash after posting tweets suggesting she was unhappy that show was picked up for sixth season


Studio executive says there has been ‘no thought’ of recasting Wu’s role as mother in sitcom about Taiwanese-American family.


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