Emmy Rossum holds a FUNERAL for a rat killed by her dogs… and buries it in a Gucci shoebox
You might expect a pampered celebrity to call the exterminator if they spotted a rat.
But not Emmy Rossum, who clearly is an animal lover through and through.
The actress revealed on Saturday she had held a funeral for a rat – after it was killed by her pet dogs.
She took to Twitter to share her distress after she witnessed the rat’s death, detailing how she gave it a funeral, complete with a Gucci shoe box coffin and a Shabbat prayer.
Dog-eat-rat world: Emmy Rossum took to Twitter Saturday after she witnessed her dogs kill a rat, which she ended up giving a funeral, complete with a Gucci shoe box coffin
The 33-year-old wrote: ‘The dogs murdered a rat last night on their final walk of the night. It was vicious and intense and I did everything to stop it but couldn’t.
‘They both had the rat in their mouths at different times, I picked them up and was screaming ‘drop it’ and the other dog would grab it, and shake it. The poor rat, they broke its neck I think.
‘My heart was beating out of my chest. It’s been a while since I’ve witnessed something so primal. How life can turn on a dime.’
She continued: ‘It was Shabbat so I said the Shabbat prayer over the rat — I couldn’t remember the mourners prayer in the moment. I washed the ground and put the rat into a Gucci shoebox.’
Beloved: One of Emmy’s pet dogs
Happy couple: Rossum also recounted her conversation with husband Sam Esmail: ‘I think my husband thinks I’m a different kind of person’
Rossum also recounted her conversation with husband and Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail’s about the situation.
She wrote: ‘As we got in bed, I said to Sam, “Poor Marvin and his family. Don’t you think Marvin’s family is upset he didn’t come home?”
‘”He went out from their rat nest and never came home. Or Sally. Maybe it was Sally the rat.” I think my husband thinks I’m a different kind of person.’
Noise complaint: The Shameless star later took to her Instagram story with a video of herself making a confused face as Abba’s Dancing Queen played in the distance
Social distancing: She shook her head and said: ‘Can you explain why my neighbors are having a party right now? With people. Mhmm’
The Shameless star later took to her Instagram story with a video of herself making a confused face as Abba’s Dancing Queen played in the distance.
She shook her head and said: ‘Can you explain why my neighbors are having a party right now? With people. Mhmm.’
The video comes as she promotes her titular role in the upcoming Peacock limited series Angelyne.
Rossum gave a glimpse of her performance as the LA icon last week in the first teaser for the show.
Leading lady: The video comes as she promotes her titular role in the upcoming Peacock limited series Angelyne