'Shameless' star Emma Kenney on Emmy Rossum: "If she had a bad day, she made it a bad day for everybody"

So to summarize the article, Emma Kenney thinks that Emmy Rossum is a CUNT.

Why didn't she just come out and say that?

Well played, Emma!

[quote]We haven't spoken in years... but that's okay. I..."I heard she had a baby and that's beautiful and I'm sure she's going to be a lovely mother.

But co-stars are supposed to be close for life!

[quote] We haven't spoken in years... but that's okay. I..."I heard she had a baby and that's beautiful and I'm sure she's going to be a lovely mother

Rofl.

Talk about being passive-aggressive!

Heh good for Emma. I can't stand people who spread their misery around. I like that "if she's having a bad day we all were". I know too many people like this

There's nothing shocking about this story. Emma Rossum has always come across as an entitled cunt.

If a co-worker says they are anxious around you, there is something wrong with you.

[quote]Kenney credited co-star Shanola Hampton, who played Veronica Fisher, with being "a second mom" and "big sister" on set. "She's always been there for me, was always giving me good, sound advice," she added.

This makes me happy. They all seem to have great things to say about Shanola. Cameron Monaghan talked about living with her and her family when he broke his leg, she took care of him and she carted him around.

Class act.

I vaguely recall hearing something about William Macy confronting Rossum on set or having a spat of some sort. This was several years ago.

I find it interesting that as soon as Emmy left Noel (Mickey) became a cast regular again.

She’s misunderstood!

I always thought she was a beautiful cunt with a nice voice

Think of me... think of me fondly, when we say goodbye!

[quote]I vaguely recall hearing something about William Macy confronting Rossum on set or having a spat of some sort. This was several years ago.

I remember their being rumors about her demanding the same salary as him. To be fair, at that point (years in) she had been carrying the show.

Also I knew she'd been brought up in one of the gossip threads before which would seem to agree with this. I mean, if your former costar isn't saying nice things about you (rather than saying nothing at all) then you must have been a terror. It's obvious she's not saying some things.

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[quote]Emmy Rossum is a pretentious cunt who has made life on the Shameless set hell for the past few years. The cast, with the exception of Bill Macy, is thrilled she's gone. Cameron Monaghan is rumored to have left because he couldn't take her anymore. As soon as she announced she was leaving, he made a deal to return.

Meow. I smell some jealousy from the less pretty and less fat Emm.

Tacky tacky tacky.

Yeah, or she’s just telling the truth about the cunt Rossum, R14. She’s evidently not the only person who had that opinion of her.

I can't wait to hear all the "Emma Rossum is a cunt" stories from other actors and crew workers who worked with her.

R13 Weird how people somehow inflate salary negotiations to bad behavior. She was the star of the show for nine years. Macy could have been written out at any time and went long stretches with barely having storylines. Her reps were right to push for salary increases. They would have done that anyway. The presence of Macy's salary due to his status when the show began--that was just lucky for her and made the request more reasonable.

Salary demands have nothing to do with being an asshole or a bitch. It's also not something the talent ever speaks about directly with the network.

Even crazy salary demands are ok. If the network wants to say no, thats their right too. Whats not ok is being a miserable bitch on set.

R17, Completely agree. She deserved that raise. It was basically her show at that point. What's even funnier is that, whenever anyone would talk about what was going on over the years on set, Bill Macy was always left out of it. He seemed to like her. Not just from what that post I linked at R13 said here on Datalounge, but if anyone ever gave a second hand or anon first hand account anywhere (that sounded remotely legit) they always mentioned that she and Bill got along. It was everyone else that had varying issues with her.

I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't fully support her in getting a raise.

Someone found this elsewhere. Here's the producer/showrunner on Emmy. What's really interesting happens around 1:48 when he starts talking about her reputation.

I’ve seen lots of rumors for years about her being a cunt on set and delaying shoots if something wasn’t to her liking. Seems like most of the cast hated her. I remember people noticing that Shanola and Emma both unfollowed her on social media pretty soon after she left the show. She likely has a reputation for being difficult to work with hence the only project she has lined up is something her husband put her in.

Not surprised. Her husband is an asshole, too.

Well, some of being more shameless then others now the show is done.

[quote] “I have a lot of love for Emmy, I've known her for so long” Kenney said, twisting the knife as she spoke.

The writing in Shameless really started to deteriorate five years into the show. I think the writers ran out of ideas so they just came up with bullshit problems for the characters to overcome. Fiona acts like a hopeless fuck-up and failure just because Liam got into some cocaine, nevermind the fact the she single-handedly ran that house for years and never regularly used drugs. She had to get a job as a diner waitress and start earnestly fixing problems she didn't have. Lip gets drunk sometimes and then decides he's a raging alcoholic. Cue the Lip stories about how everyday is a fight to contain his alcoholism. Carl does a personality 180 and decided to become a cop. For some reason he thinks he needs to go to military school to get this career. Anyone can be a cop, I'm not even sure you need a GED. I think Joan Cusack knew the show was about to drive off a cliff and that's why she bailed.

.,.,

She may have been a bitch, but she CARRIED the show. R23 is right, the writing went off a cliff. When Rossum left, there was no reason to watch.

I barely stuck with the show through its terrible lows after Noel Fisher departed. But with Fisher and Cameron Monaghan reunited, there were some decent plotlines for the couple. Shameless should have ended after the Ian/Mickey wedding, so many lost opportunities in the final season.

R18 Even if they were very close friends in real life (meaning spending time off set together), there would be no circumstance where Macy would "support" her (agents) request for a raise. It is very strictly a discussion between Rossum, her agents, and her agents and the network. She never speaks to the network about it. If she was friends with the showtime exec on the show and they happened to chat a few times per week in person or on the phone, they either wouldn't be talking during that time or avoid the subject entirely. There's really good reasons for this. Contracts just aren't discussed among talent, between producers and talent, etc. If Rossum's contract called for a fresh banana every day and she wasn't getting it, she calls or texts her agent and they call the network and the network relays to the producer to get that banana on her plate.

The Friends renegotiation where they teamed up and the Seinfeld situation where the three non-Seinfeld cast members teamed up can happen on a blockbuster show. The home improvement kids also teamed up late in the series when it was time to renegotiate. This is really something that exists more as agreements between their agents as a negotiating tactic and only works on massive hits when it makes sense. Shameless was not a blockbuster. It was a great performer for the network and the massive cast meant pretty much anyone was expendable.

[quote]there would be no circumstance where Macy would "support" her (agents) request for a raise.

You're absolutely not interpreting what I said correctly. I never said he would have known about it during discussions. He would have known about it after the fact in which case he may not have given a shit.

What I said was.

[quote]I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't fully support her in getting a raise.

As in she would have already had it. (And he's also a genuinely kind person in person.)

Also you said,

[quote]Contracts just aren't discussed among talent, between producers and talent, etc.

Which is also a lot of bullshit. People find out things. Hell, it happens in regular workplaces as well. People talk. There's not a single actor or actress who didn't find out / were tipped off that someone else was making more than them at some point, especially when there's an inequity between actors who should be on the same level.

Rossum has often appeared a bit entitled and full of herself. She's had a strange career, with a lot of early, high-profile roles that got her attention but never seemed to really lead anywhere, like MYSTIC RIVER, DAY AFTER TOMORROW, and PHANTOM. Hard to believe she's 35 now.

She's undeniably talented and has a strong presence onscreen. And a beauty. I think she would have been a huge star back in the old studio era, where they would have showcased her talents and looks.

Emma Kenney sounds very down-to-earth, but she really only has a fraction of what Rossum has to offer, frankly. And it was better used on SHAMELESS than on THE CONNERS.

What are they using her on The Connors as?

R29 holy shit I didn't realize she was the one playing Darlene's daughter! When the last season of Roseanne was getting buzz they acted like scoring the Sara Gilbert lookalike Emma Kenney was some rare find but Emma was already on a long running hit show...

I honestly liked the show better without Emmy. And the excuse about her not showing up on the finale because of covid restrictions - kinda lame. They could have had her appear by FaceTime these days, explaining she couldn’t make it for Frank’s death, etc. Makes me think she probably didn’t want any tot do with it, and they were happy to oblige.

Did Emmy get an Emmy for playing her Shameless Character? And if she did how far away from the EGOT is she?

Poor Emma Kenney, can only get work as a white trash daughter

I like Emma for spilling the dirt about Emmy. She does seem like an entitled bitch to me.

Don’t forget Minnie Driver’s story about Emmy on the Phantom set

I thought I read that she pitched a fit over the nudity and how graphic and long some of her sex scenes were. Basically she felt her tits were carrying the show, and in later seasons got the nudity reduced to one or maybe two episodes per season.

Hmmm. John Wells' remarks on not being able to make it work with Emmy. Didn't he say something similar about Ellen Barkin (Animal Kingdom)? Too lazy to look it up.

But sounds like two toxic entities were edged out of each show. I had read somewhere that Barkin kept everyone on set on their toes. That could be taken a number of ways. Wonder if anyone will come out and say what really happened there?

R37, that’s ridiculous. Jeremy Allen White’s ass was carrying the show.

Emma Kenney has presented as a bit of a problem child herself.

The show went on twice as long as it should've. It was crazy reading the creator's interviews about each year's "fresh new stories".

I buy that r38. I love Barkin as an actress but she's crazy and none of her characters seemed to miss her when she left (I could be wrong).

OMG r36 - that is hilarious. I love Minnie and Schumacher (RIP) even more now. She really was over the top but she was just doing her job and how she was being directed. Who the fuck did Rossum think she was? Wasn't that one of her first roles?