The Truth About Emmy Rossum And Ivanka Trump's Friendship

Before Donald Trump's bid for the presidency began in 2015, his eldest daughter Ivanka Trump was already a household name. When she was still a teenager, Ivanka was a model who often worked the runway for Versace and was featured in ads for Tommy Hilfiger, according to BuzzFeed. According to Biography, after graduating from The Wharton School cum laude in 2004, Ivanka joined the Trump Organization and started her own apparel and accessories line. Ivanka became such a part of the fashion world, in fact, that she managed to snag yearly invites to Anna Wintour's Met Gala from 2004 to 2016, per Allure. Thanks to her model looks and her family name, Ivanka had the kind of celebrity status some people could only dream about.

Throughout those years, Ivanka became a fixture in Hollywood's inner circle and, according to Cosmopolitan, could count some A-list stars, like Hugh Jackman and Natalie Portman, as her friends. There are even photos of Ivanka partying it up with Paris Hilton in St. Tropez before she became the first daughter of the president of the united states. But there was one friend in particular that Ivanka was close with that had some rather harsh words to say when her father became POTUS. And, while the words were not directed at the fashion designer herself, it was enough to put a strain on their friendship.

Before the Trump family's tenure in the White House, Ivanka Trump was quite friendly with "Shameless" star Emmy Rossum — enough so that the two to attended fashion shows together and posed for photos with their arms around each other. Though they might not have been the best of friends, they were friendly. In fact, Rossum even profiled Trump for a Hamptons magazine profile (per Cosmopolitan) in 2013. During the interview, Trump even hinted that the two of them liked to spend quality time together off the red carpet, too. The profile said, "When Emmy asked Ivanka about her favorite summer dishes, Ivanka replied: 'I have a lot of light, refreshing dishes that I really enjoy making, especially when entertaining good friends, like you.'"

If that were not enough, Rossum was also invited to Trump's wedding to Jared Kushner in 2009, which included guests such as Barbara Walters, Rupert Murdoch, Russell Crowe, and even then-attorney general of New York Andrew Cuomo, as detailed in Town & Country. So, what exactly happened that made Rossum distance herself from Trump? The answer might not be surprising to some.

After it was officially announced that Donald Trump had won the presidential election against his political opponent Hilary Clinton in 2016, Emmy Rossum made her thoughts quite clear about the matter on social media. While she did not target her friend Ivanka Trump, Rossum's public comments might have ended whatever friendship the two women still had.

Rossum definitely did not mince her words when she took to her Twitter account to write (via Entertainment Weekly), "This morning still sad. I was looking forward to the next 4 yrs. To having a child, maybe a daughter, under the first female president. I wanted to tell her she could achieve anything she wanted. That she would win if she led with kindness. Not to make fun of people. Or bully."

Ivanka has not spoken about her friendship with Rossum since then, nor have they been photographed together. But now that her father is no longer in office, it appears as though everyone that was in Ivanka's past is still opting to keep their distance from her.