Shameless fans… Brace yourselves. This is tough news to take.

In a long, emotional Facebook post,  Emmy Rossum suggests she is leaving Shameless…

Emmy, of course, plays Fiona Gallagher, the oldest of the six Gallagher kids. She took on the role of ‘head of the household’, looking after her siblings because well… if you watch the show you know what her parents are like.

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That pretty much sums it up.

Emmy penned an open letter to her fans saying “I know you will continue on without me, for now. There is much more Gallagher story to be told. I will always be rooting for my family. Try not to think of me as gone, just think of me as moving down the block.”

Let’s just say fans of the show are not taking it well…

Her letter mentioned how close everyone on the show was, and how grateful she was for the role:

“See, in real life, unlike Fiona, I’m an only child. I never had a big family. Being ensconced in that messy Gallagher family love is something I’d always dreamed of,” she wrote. “But even off set, it feels real. We’ve watched the kids grow up into the strong, talented, independent human beings that they are. I taught Emma to shave her legs. I was there when Ethan learned to drive. Shanola and Jeremy and Joan and Bill danced at my wedding in New York last year. Our fearless leader John Wells thankfully held Sam and me up on those rickety chairs during the hora. I’ve spent the Jewish holy days in temple with David Nevins and his wonderful wife and kids. It really feels like a family.”

“The opportunity to play Fiona has been a gift,” she continued. “There are few characters — female or otherwise — as layered and dynamic. She is a mother lion, fierce, flawed and sexually liberated. She is injured, vulnerable, but will never give up. She is living in an economic depression, but refuses to be depressed. She is resourceful. She is loyal. She is brave. I knew it the second I read the pilot script, this was different, this was special. I tirelessly prepped the audition with my coach Terry Knickerbocker. I walked to the appointment in the rain so I looked dishevelled. During my third audition, when I got the part IN the room, I literally jumped up and down screaming in joyous relief and disbelief. Quite simply, the last eight years have been the best of my life.”

 

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It’s hard to imagine what the show will look like without Fiona. She’s been on the show since it premiered on Showtime in 2011.

You will be missed, Fiona!

You can read the full post below.

 

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