Shameless Nudity Dating Impact
Emmy Rossum explains how on-screen nudity on Shameless complicated her early dating life.
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Emmy Rossum says nude scenes on Shameless complicated her dating life, as men she dated sometimes made assumptions about her sexuality and confused her on-screen work with who she was. She recalled one date with a man who hoped to run for president and asked whether her role’s nudity could hurt his political prospects—a conversation she called “insane.” Rossum said the experience came as she was trying to understand herself as a young adult and artist, while her body and work were subject to others’ preconceived ideas. She is now married to director Sam Esmail, and they have two children.
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Rossum said the issue extended beyond one awkward date: men she dated often had preconceived ideas about who she was or how she was sexually because of the show’s nudity.
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Rossum said she met the politically ambitious date on a plane before he took her out; she described them as “not meant to be together.”
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Rossum has described her first marriage to Justin Siegel as a rash choice made with her “21-year-old brain.” She recalled that he printed a marriage contract from the internet and that she wore a white turtleneck from her closet for their secret 2008 wedding.
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Rossum said she and Sam Esmail share a “family first” approach, with work second, and that they bring those values to parenting.
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