Why The Internet Is Seeing Red Over Emmy Rossum And Shameless

April 2024 · 2 minute read

Ever since it was announced that Shameless would end with Season 11, fans hoped to see Emmy Rossum's Fiona pop back up one final time. But despite pleas from fans, that did not happen when the finale aired on April 11, 2021 — and many viewers were not happy. "Shameless really did us dirty with no closure for Fiona," one person tweeted, while another wrote, "All of us waiting for Fiona," alongside a clown emoji and a GIF showing Rossum crying. "How can you finish [S]hameless without fiona like i don't understand," a third Twitter user asked.

Steve Howey, who played Kevin Ball on the show, also addressed Rossum's absence. "She was our matriarch. One of the pillars that held up the foundation. If you look back over the last 10 seasons, you'll find something special, Fiona. She was missed this last season but never forgotten," he tweeted.

As for why Rossum's character was nowhere to be seen, showrunner John Wells revealed that was not always the plan. He told Entertainment Weekly he and the actor "had a lot of conversations" about trying to make it work, though COVID restrictions got in the way. He said "additional lockdowns" came into force around the time they were trying to get Rossum back on set "and it just didn't feel safe or practical for her to come back." He added that it was "with a great deal of regret that we couldn't do it."

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