Shameless fun or something more? Emmy Rossum set off engagement speculation when she was spotted with what looked like a giant diamond ring on her left hand — but as with a lot of other things in Hollywood, appearances can be deceiving.
On Tuesday, Dec. 16, a makeup-free Rossum, 28, was photographed shopping in New York City with the dazzling sparkler on her finger. The Shameless actress and her boyfriend, writer Sam Esmail, visited jewelry stores L’Etoile Royale and Fred Leighton, where they appeared to be getting the ring fitted.
However, Rossum’s rep tells Us Weekly that she and Esmail, 37, are not engaged.
The couple was first spotted out together in June, when they attended the premiere of the movie Comet, which Esmail wrote and Rossum starred in, at the Los Angeles Film Festival.
In October, Rossum opened up about Esmail in a rare interview on Live! With Kelly & Michael.
“He’s a bit of a nerd,” she admitted. “He doesn’t know chivalry too well, so we have to bust his chops a little bit and tell him every time a woman stood up and went to the restroom, he had to stand up.”
Rossum was previously married to music executive Justin Siegel from 2008 to 2010.
“I was so young, I don’t think I knew what marriage meant,” she told Cosmo in October. “My parents were never married, and I was teased in school and called a bastard. So the idea of marriage as safety forever was idealized in my head, and we rushed into it.”?