Actress Emmy Rossum announced on Thursday she will be leaving Showtime’s “Shameless.”Rossum, 31, delivered the news in a lengthy Facebook post. EMMY ROSSUM SAYS ‘SHAMELESS’ EQUAL PAY BATTLE WAS ‘STRESSFUL AND EMBARASSING’“See, in real life, unlike Fiona, I’m an only child. Being ensconced in that messy Gallagher family love is something I’d always dreamed of. Rossum called the opportunity to play Fiona Gallagher a “gift,” saying the character was a strong woman who never gave up. “We were saddened when Emmy Rossum let us know that the upcoming ninth season of Shameless would be her last," Showtime Networks President of Programming Gary Levine said in a statement.

Source: Fox News August 30, 2018 19:11 UTC