When Constance Wu found out that Fresh Off the Boat was picked up for a fifth season, she was literally crying. Not tears of joy, but she was mad because she had to turn down a job to continue on one that most actors, especially Asian ones, would dream of having.
You would think that would make her persona non grata in Hollywood, but I guess not. Variety is reporting she was cast in the film Goodbye Vitamin. The movie is about, “Ruth Young, who discovers that her father, a renowned history professor, has lost his job after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. She decides to return home and work with her father’s former student to stage a fake class so he can continue to teach.”
I hope she finishes in time to film the ABC sitcom. I also hope the writers give her easy storylines for the sitcom that don’t challenge her. Although, I do not think we will be able to tell the difference because she plays the role the same way no matter what they give her. Translation. she is so one note.
On Friday, when ABC announced that they were renewing Fresh Off the Boat, Constance Wu said it was not a good thing. Her tweets made her the most hated person. Even more so than Jussie Smollett. She tried to say by the show being picked up for another season, it meant that she could not do a role that was more challenging for her.
Ever since then, ABC has been radio silent, but today they had no choice but to respond to reporters on the Upfronts call. Karey Burke, president of ABC Entertainment, said, “There’s been no thought to recasting Constance.” Then she explained why “We love what she does on 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 is just too strong for us and we love it.”
Maybe since Wu has nothing to do during her hiatus, she will take some acting lessons. This way she won’t play Jessica so one-dimensional. She is the weakest actor on the sitcom. She could learn a thing or two from her TV husband Randall Park who is one of the funniest guys on television.
BTW I am glad they are not recasting her. Maybe it will teach her lesson in humility. Tiffany Haddish, who we can agree is a much much much bigger star, signed on to do a remake of Kids Say the Darndest Things for ABC. All while still making movies people see. She knows what it means to be grateful for work.
While several actors and crew members are sad today because their shows were cancelled, Constance Wu is sad because Fresh Off the Boat was picked up for another season.
After the news broke, she tweeted, “So upset right now that I’m literally crying. Ugh. F*ck,” and “F*cking hell.” Now, we do not know if she was talking about the renewal from those tweets. Then I checked her replies and she replied to someone who said it was great news by saying, “No it’s not.” Therefore, we know she is talking about her sitcom.
Which I think is so f*cked up on her part. She was nothing until this show. Yeah, she was one of the stars of Crazy Rich Asians, but she didn’t get an Oscar nom and neither did the movie. She might have had more movies in the works, but she was never going to be a huge star and now she never will be.
Go tell Oliver Hudson, Vicki Lawrence, Micah Fowler and the others how you feel. They all lost their jobs and you still have one. You are the weakest one on the show and I hope they keep you on to f*ck with you, you ungrateful bitch.
UPDATE: Constance Wu later tweeted, “Todays tweets were on the heels of rough day&were ill timed w/the news of the show. Plz know, Im so grateful for FOTB renewal. I love the cast&crew. Im proud to be a part of it. For all the fans support, thank u & for all who support my casual use of the word f*ck-thank u too😘” Do you believe her? I do not. I think she got yelled at by a lot of people and this her trying to save face.
Now that Fresh Off the Boat is on filming hiatus, Constance Wu is fresh out of the salon with a new do. The strict TV mama has gone from black to pink hair, and she no longer looks like she could be a mother to teenagers because he looks like a teenager herself. Are you tickled pink over her new look?
Tonight at 8:30p on ABC’s Fresh Off the Boat, it is Christmastime 1997. Do you remember what movie came out that holiday? One word, Titanic, and Louis wants to see it. Only problem is no one wants to go see it with him, so he goes by himself. While he is there, he runs into Honey (Chelsey Crisp), his wife’s BFF who also has no one to see it with. They go to see the movie together, but don’t tell anyone they did. Now Honey’s husband, Marvin (Ray Wise), thinks his wife is having an affair and asks his best friend Louis who she is sneaking away to the movies with. What will he do?
Meanwhile, Jessica (Constance Wu) is the head of her neighborhood Christmas Caroling group and they don’t want her in charge. They hire Holly (Paula Abdul) to replace her and she kicks Jessica out because she does not have Christmas spirit. When her youngest son, Evan (Ian Chen) calls her out in it, it breaks her heart. What will she do?
Jessica’s other two sons, Eddie (Hudson Yang) and Emory (Forrest Wheeler) are trying to help their next door neighbor, Nicole (Luna Blaise), get a date with the barrister she has a crush on at this new place called Starbucks. Will she be able to land the girl with the help from her friends?
All of this leads to some sweet surprises and someone getting the perfect Christmas gift. And we get the gift another Huang Christmas! What more can you ask for tonight?
