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Adrian Horton

BIZARRE: Constance wu says she attempted suicide after twitter backlash in 2019 - What They Never Told You

Constance Wu in 2022
Constance Wu in 2022. Photograph: Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock

Constance Wu has said that she attempted suicide after backlash to a series of “careless” tweets in 2019.

In a statement marking her first return to Twitter in nearly three years, the Hustlers actor announced her upcoming book, Making a Scene, and explained that she was “afraid of coming back on social media because I almost lost my life from it: 3 years ago, when I made careless tweets about the renewal of my TV show, it ignited outrage and internet shaming that got pretty severe.”

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