The posts sparked backlash on social media. In July 2022, Wu revealed that the controversy, and specifically several private messages from "a fellow Asian actress" who told Wu that she had "become a blight on the Asian American community", had prompted her to attempt suicide; she was found by a friend and saved.

Constance Tianming Wu (born March 22, 1982) is an American actress. She began her career in the theater, before her breakthrough role as Jessica Huang in the ABC comedy series Fresh Off the Boat. In 2017, Wu was named one of TIME magazine's 100 People Who Help Shape the World.

23Constance Wu is an outspoken critic of typecasting and stereotyping in Hollywood. 24She has a tattoo of a phoenix on her back. 25Constance Wu is multilingual, speaking English, Mandarin, and Cantonese. 26She has starred in both independent films and major blockbusters.

Little Shop of Horrors has released a video of Constance Wu, the production's current Audrey, singing a stripped-down version of “Somewhere That's Green” (music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman).