Fresh Off the Boat Cast Gets Racist Questions: See The Response

Fresh off the Boat premiers Feb 4th, 2015 on ABC. Tuesdays at 8pm.

Not cool. On ABC’s upcoming comedy Fresh Off the Boat, the Huang family is immigrating from Taiwan to America and navigating the murky waters of racial insensitivities. The cast of future sitcom was similarly met with an offensive question on Wednesday, Jan. 14 at the ABC TCAs, eliciting gasps and uncomfortable laughter in the ballroom of the Langham Hotel in Pasadena Calif.

The panel’s very first question of the day came from an unknown reporter who said, “I love the Asian culture. And I was just talking about the chopsticks, and I just love all that. Will I get to see that, or will it be more Americanized?”

The surprised-looking cast didn’t miss a beat as actress Constance Wu, who plays Huang family matriarch Jessica Huang, said, “Yeah, we got some chopsticks.”

Producer Eddie Huang added, “Yeah, we got a lot of chopsticks,” with writer and executive producer Nahnatchka Khan adding, “Wait till Episode 5. It’s all about chopsticks.”

Not backing down, the reporter then continued the line of questioning, asking, “Will there be more about the culture or is it more about the becoming more American?”

Huang joked, “It’s more about the chopsticks.”

Huang, Wu, and Randall Park, who plays patriarch Louis Huang and infamously portrayed North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in The Interview, then riffed off one another.

“The original title was ‘Chopsticks,’” Park joked.

“But ‘Chopsticks’ was too controversial, so we changed it,” Wu said.

“There was also rights issues with the piano song,” Huang added.

via Fresh Off the Boat Cast Gets Racist Question at TCAs: See The Response – Us Weekly.