'Fresh Off the Boat' Creator Eddie Huang's Brilliant Twitter Rant Shows He Still REALLY Hates His Own Show

By Vivian Kane | Miscellaneous | April 8, 2015 |

Eddie Huang has made no secret of the fact that he pretty much despises the show he created. Fresh Off the Boat is based on his memoir of the same name, but in a brilliant piece for New York Magazine, Huang explains how they whitewashed his life into oblivion. Well, Huang’s problems with the show (and the culture of the entertainment industry that refuses to challenge viewers with honesty) have not diminished since its premiere. Yesterday, he let loose with a straight up spectacular tirade on Twitter.

For the record I don't watch #FreshOffTheBoat on @ABCNetwork
— RICH HOMIE HUANG (@MrEddieHuang) April 8, 2015

I'm happy people of color are able to see a reflection of themselves through #FreshOffTheBoat on @ABCNetwork but I don't recognize it.
— RICH HOMIE HUANG (@MrEddieHuang) April 8, 2015

My only goal was to represent my Taiwanese-Chinese-American experience & I did that. We also proved viewers want diverse content so make it!
— RICH HOMIE HUANG (@MrEddieHuang) April 8, 2015

I had to say something because I stood by the pilot. After that it got so far from the truth that I don't recognize my own life.
— RICH HOMIE HUANG (@MrEddieHuang) April 8, 2015

I don't think it is helping us to perpetuate an artificial representation of Asian American lives and we should address it.
— RICH HOMIE HUANG (@MrEddieHuang) April 8, 2015

I'm sorry if anyone feels let down. I sincerely did my best and will keep doing. The matrix is strong but the Jedi will return… #BasedFOB
— RICH HOMIE HUANG (@MrEddieHuang) April 8, 2015

Lastly to the mouth breather that wrote the @Deadline article about diversity reaching its peak FUCK U. You have no idea how hard this is!
— RICH HOMIE HUANG (@MrEddieHuang) April 8, 2015

And while that “lastly”would have been a fine way to end such a spectacular rant, he wasn’t done.

My relationship to hip hop & back culture rose from being the victim of domestic violence. It's not a game. That music meant something to me
— RICH HOMIE HUANG (@MrEddieHuang) April 8, 2015

My grandma had bound feet, my grandpa committed suicide, HRS tried to take us from my parents. That shit was real.
— RICH HOMIE HUANG (@MrEddieHuang) April 8, 2015

I understand this is a comedy but the great comics speak from pain: Pryor, Rock, Louis… This show had that opportunity but it fails
— RICH HOMIE HUANG (@MrEddieHuang) April 8, 2015

Why do sitcoms have to avoid real issues and instead appropriate the symptoms of our problems for entertainment? I don't accept this.
— RICH HOMIE HUANG (@MrEddieHuang) April 8, 2015

People defend the institution of sitcoms & normalcy saying we should take our real stories to cable/web but that's information SEGREGATION!
— RICH HOMIE HUANG (@MrEddieHuang) April 8, 2015