Now I empathize so much more with what others are going through. Shameless has definitely changed my own perceptions and how I interact with people. Monaghan: They’re tough, scrappy kids and whether they clash or come together, it’s always with real passion. You can take the homosexuality out of the equation and it’s still so relatable because it’s about two people struggling to make their love work despite devastating odds. Now we’re a hashtag.įisher: In a strange way, this is a universal relationship–but with a lot of blood. We were trying hard to make everybody hate us. Monaghan: We’re like McDonald’s now! How did this happen? It certainly wasn’t intentional. How did Ian and Mickey, two subversive badasses, become such an adorable couple? You can even find their squish name, Gallavich, on T-shirts, caps, hoodies, and coffee mugs.
Naturally, the talk turned to sex, drugs, and AK-47s. Can a hotheaded thug who runs a whorehouse on the South Side of Chicago find epic love with a bipolar go-go boy? Only on Shameless! We sat down with Noel Fisher and Cameron Monaghan, who play, respectively, pistol-packin’ pimp Mickey Milkovich and his mentally unstable beau, Ian Gallagher, to dish about this endearing yet stormy romance and why it’s such an outrageous hit with fans.
