Shameless’ Next Generation: Emmy Rossum, Jeremy Allen White and More Stars’ Kids
13.08.2022 - 19:31
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Their little ones! Emmy Rossum, Jeremy Allen White and more stars from Shameless have offered a glimpse at their off-screen families over the years.
While celebrating her daughter’s first birthday in May 2022, Rossum reflected on her unconventional birth story.
“[This is] just about my worst nightmare,” the actress explained on Live with Kelly and Ryan at the time. “I gave birth almost a year ago today in New York and went into labor and took an Uber to the hospital. My worst nightmare would be — I had this [mental] picture of my holding on [to the handle above the door] in the car with the baby coming out in the Uber.”
At the time, the Beautiful Creatures star noted that her driver’s reaction wasn’t what she expected on the way to the hospital. “When you’re in labor and they’re driving to the hospital — I ended up getting a lovely and very conscientious Uber driver, which is not what you want when you’re in labor. I want to go,” she added. “If it’s an orange [light], just take that as a green and go.”
Rossum continued: “We were driving and we were a couple of minutes away from the hospital and I was fully in contractions and I didn’t realize I was actually nine centimeters dilated at that point, so real close. I was basically 10 minutes away from having a child.”
The New York native, who shares her little one with husband Sam Esmail, recalled how “quickly” the birth had progressed. “And we were driving toward the hospital, the light was turning orange, and I was like, ‘Go, go, go, go!’ And he was like, ‘We’re just going to hit the brake and stop here. I want to get you there safely,'” she continued. “I was like, ‘I would like that too. I would like to get there.'”
Ahead of her pregnancy, Rossum opened up about how her