Emmy Rossum talks about the dad she never knew

[sharon_b]

Emmy Rossum, raised by a single mother, has opened up about her feelings about the father she barely knows.

"They separated when my mom was pregnant," the actress told USA Today. "I've met him twice. I've been this glossy, red-carpet version of me and not talked about myself for a long time."

Rossum, who just turned 21, has been lying low lately, but she hasn't been taking a break. She turned to music, a talent she developed singing with the Metropolitan Opera as a child, and is releasing her debut album, Inside Out.

"The last track on the album (""Anymore") is about how being abandoned shouldn't make you feel ashamed ... I miss him, or I miss the idea of what he could be," she said. "But a lot of people have filled that void."

In particular, she says, her fellow actors have helped her cope with her non-traditional family life.

"I've signed on for three [new films]. I grew up with a single mom and no siblings. When I'm on a film, I have so many surrogate siblings. I'll never give up on that," said the actress who has starred in The Phantom of the Opera, Poseidon, Mystic River and The Day After Tomorrow.

As for reaching the legal drinking age, she finds a joy in shocking people.

"I love a whiskey sour, and I know most people can't believe a small-framed girl like me can drink a whiskey sour, but I can," she says, adding: "And I like Bellinis."

http://www.people.com/people/article...153832,00.html

[Moongirl]

Emmy Rossum, raised by a single mother, has opened up about her feelings about the father she barely knows.

"They separated when my mom was pregnant," the actress told USA Today. "I've met him twice. I've been this glossy, red-carpet version of me and not talked about myself for a long time."

Rossum, who just turned 21, has been lying low lately, but she hasn't been taking a break. She turned to music, a talent she developed singing with the Metropolitan Opera as a child, and is releasing her debut album, Inside Out.

"The last track on the album (""Anymore") is about how being abandoned shouldn't make you feel ashamed ... I miss him, or I miss the idea of what he could be," she said. "But a lot of people have filled that void."

In particular, she says, her fellow actors have helped her cope with her non-traditional family life.

"I've signed on for three [new films]. I grew up with a single mom and no siblings. When I'm on a film, I have so many surrogate siblings. I'll never give up on that," said the actress who has starred in The Phantom of the Opera, Poseidon, Mystic River and The Day After Tomorrow.

As for reaching the legal drinking age, she finds a joy in shocking people.

"I love a whiskey sour, and I know most people can't believe a small-framed girl like me can drink a whiskey sour, but I can," she says, adding: "And I like Bellinis."

Emmy Rossum Talks About the Dad She Never Knew - Music News, Emmy Rossum : People.com

What does size have to do with what you choose to drink?!? Sure, the alcohol content may affect you more because of your weight, but why would it shock people that she chooses this particular drink? Oh, and she was on the TV show "Extra" yesterday singing, and there is no way I would ever buy her CD judging by the song she sang.

[VenusInFauxFurs]

I have no interest in her cd either, I'm afraid.

[Sweetie]

Omg, a whiskey sour, now that's just so hard core.
I can't stand this bitch, she thinks she is so much better than everyone.

[Tati]

I know most people can't believe a small-framed girl like me can drink a whiskey sour, but I can

Oh sweet merciful crap. A whiskey sour is basically the slightly less girly girly drink.

[o0Amber0o]

Right, she probably drinks one whisky sour and drops to the ground.

What does this article have to do about the "dad she never knew"?

[Tati]

I actually really want a whisky sour now.

[o0Amber0o]

I actually really want a whisky sour now.

Oh you go on with your bad self!

[curlysem]

why does she have to bore us with her boring life!!

[Pilaf]

Omg, a whiskey sour, now that's just so hard core.
I can't stand this bitch, she thinks she is so much better than everyone.

I want someone like Wilmer Valderama to turn her ass out bad.

[greysfang]

Jeez, journalists these days drive me batshit. How the hell is "I've only seen my dad twice" opening up about your dad? WTF?!

[DitaPage*]

I love how they think we care.