Constance Wu, the star of the ABC sitcom Fresh Off the Boat, has sought to clarify a series of tweets sent after the show was renewed for a sixth season in which she expressed her dismay.
In Fresh Off the Boat, Wu plays Jessica, the mother in a Taiwanese American family in Florida in the 1990s.
“So upset right now that I’m literally crying,” she wrote on Friday, adding, to general consternation and confusion, both “Ugh.
In her statement, Wu said she had been “temporarily upset” because the renewal of the sitcom meant she would not be able to pursue another project which would have been more challenging.