Emmy Rossum Says Ex-Husband Justin Siegel Gave Marriage Ultimatum

Emmy Rossum experienced a great divide with her ex-husband

Almost 16 years after the Shameless alum finalized her divorce from Justin Siegel, she revealed that the music producer had given her an ultimatum about their relationship, which ultimately led to their February 2008 marriage.

“I started dating Justin, and he worked at Interscope Records that I was signed to,” Rossum shared on the July 8 episode of Call Her Daddy. “And we were dating for maybe a couple months. We liked each other.”

Shortly after they started dating, the 39-year-old booked a role in the 2009 film Dragonball: Evolution, which was filming in Durango, Mexico, for six months. 

“I remember the day that I was going away to make the movie,” Rossum recalled, “he said something to me like, ‘I don’t know if the relationship is gonna survive the distance. So maybe we should break up or get married.’”

“I literally had a flight that night to Durango, Mexico,” she continued. “At that moment, I thought to myself, ‘Well, I’m just coming off these two really rough heartbreaks.’ Abandonment is my core wound. I don’t want that. That hurts me.”