‘We lost our best friend of nearly 14 years today’: Emmy Rossum mourns beloved pet dog Cinnamon

Emmy Rossum mourned her late dog Cinnamon in an Instagram publish on Thursday.

‘We lost our best friend of nearly 14 years at this time,’ mentioned the 34-year-old actress, who shared her pet with husband, Mr. Robotic creator Sam Esmail, 43.

‘Cinnamon was cherished by Emmy and Sam, by his brother Sugar and his sisters Pepper and Fiona,’ the New York Metropolis native mentioned. ‘He cherished consuming, sleeping, and touring. He cherished barking at kids and consuming discarded pizza crusts off the road.’

Emmy, who performed Fiona Gallagher on the Showtime collection Shameless, mentioned that Cinnamon ‘cherished being carried and he cherished being cherished.’

She wrapped up the publish in saying, ‘I’ll at all times be his mom. He was my best boy.’

Rossum shared a number of pictures of herself with the pooch and solo pictures of the dog, together with a lead shot wherein she had the dog nestled in her coat whereas conserving a sweater overlaying her face.

The Mystic River actress obtained a quantity of sympathetic replies from mates and colleagues within the wake of the announcement.

Broadway performer Beth Properly wrote, ‘Sending you a lot love,’ whereas celeb make-up artist Katie Jane Hughes mentioned, ‘Ahhhhh I’m so sorrrry.’

Make-up Artist Gita Bass added, ‘No!!!! Not Cinnamon. I’m so sorry honey. He was so cute I might barely have a look at him.’

Rossum opened up about her love for animals and assist for the non-profit Best Friend Animal Society in a 2016 chat with Individuals. 

‘I’ve at all times been a big proponent of the no-kill motion and Best Associates is the chief of that throughout the nation,’ she mentioned. ‘So, that’s massively vital to me and I simply actually consider that animals – I don’t have youngsters but – add a lot to my household and my life and sense of happiness and a way of consolation … I really feel like they rescue me as a lot as I rescue them.

‘In actual fact, in transferring again to New York, one of the most important issues was discovering an residence constructing, a co-op that may let me get in with all my animals as a result of some are very difficult with that.’

Rossum’s upcoming mission is a four-part Peacock collection titled Angelyne, wherein she performs the titular character, a Nineteen Eighties billboard queen. Her husband Esmail is an government producer on the present, which co-stars Jefferson Corridor, Lukas Gage and Brian Carpenter.