Washington DC, July 9 -- Actress Emmy Rossum has addressed long-standing speculation surrounding her departure from the hit series 'Shameless', saying the decision had nothing to do with starting a family, according to E! News.

Appearing on the July 8 episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast, Rossum, who played Fiona Gallagher, dismissed the widely held belief that she left the Showtime drama to have children.

"A common misconception is that I left to go have babies. That could not be further from the truth," Rossum said, as quoted by the E! News.

The actress, who now shares two children with filmmaker Sam Esmail, explained that she chose to leave the show after producers approached her about extending her contract through an 11-season ru...