TV Star Reveals How Nude Scenes Destroyed Her Dating Life
The Daily Beast • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Emmy Rossum, known for her role as Fiona Gallagher in Shameless, revealed that her frequent nude scenes on the show made her dating life challenging, especially in the early seasons when she was single.
- She recounted a date with a politically ambitious man who expressed concern that dating someone with on-screen nudity could harm his future electability.
- Rossum highlighted the difficulty of growing up in the public eye with a focus on her body, explaining that it complicated her personal identity and artistic expression.
- She emphasized the struggle of managing public perceptions tied to her nude scenes while trying to develop as an artist and individual.
- Rossum, now 40 and starring in the series Furious, is married to director Sam Esmail and has two children.
