Steve Howey Shoots Down Shameless Reboot, Praises Jeremy Allen White, Shanola Hampton’s Success

Whereas speaking completely to TooFab about his visitor starring look on NBC’s latest medical collection Good Minds, Howey shared his opinion on if he would ever do a Shameless reboot down the road.

“I do not know, probably not,” Howey advised TooFab. “I feel jobs are… They’re jobs, they’re gigs, they’re moments in time. I am nonetheless family and friends with loads of the those who I labored with.”

Shameless aired on Showtime tv community for a whopping 11 seasons. The drama catapulted careers comparable to Jeremy Allen White’s, who later went on to steer the Emmy-winning present The Bear, sweep up particular person awards and attain worldwide fame and recognition.

“I really feel very proud,” Howey mentioned of White’s success after watching him develop up on the Chicago primarily based collection.

“He is having a second and he deserves it. He works laborious and he is a extremely good, he is man. So that is what’s most vital,” he added.

Nonetheless, it is his friendship with Shanola Hampton who performed his spouse Veronica Fisher on Shameless, that he cherishes most from his Shameless days.

“Shanola has her present on NBC [show] Discovered and he or she’s labored actually laborious to get the place she is. I simply maintain telling her to start out a manufacturing firm so she will be able to rent me. Shanola is like… She’s like a guardian angel that got here from some lifetime in the past or on this life,” Howey mentioned of their friendship.

“She’s my greatest good friend, she’s essential in my life. And that — apart from all the opposite friendships — I cherish.”

Together with Howey’s long-running function on Shameless, the 47-year-old actor can also be identified for his time as Van Montgomery on The WB/CW sitcom tv collection Reba from 2001 – 2007.

Through the years, Howey mentioned he is discovered that each of his well-known roles cowl totally different generations of followers, saying “mom and daughter duos” come as much as Howey typically and “the daughter loves me from Shameless and the mom is aware of me from Reba.”

As for a reunion of Reba, it is perhaps occurring prior to we anticipated. “There is perhaps a little bit reunion quickly on her new present [Happy’s Place],” Howey teased to TooFab.

Nation-legend Reba McEntire joined forces together with her Reba govt producers Kevin Abbott, Michael Hanel and Mindy Schultheis for the brand new challenge alongside a brand new addition to the inventive crew, Julie Abbott. Pleased’s Place premieres October 18 2024 on NBC and can occupy the Fridays slot at 8/7c.

“They don’t seem to be sick of me, I do not know I am very fortunate to have labored with actually cool individuals,” Howey added of the potential reunion. “They don’t seem to be solely very proficient in what they do, however they’re really simply nice individuals and I simply attempt to like keep that relationship.”

Nonetheless, very similar to these not in Hollywood, time will get in the way in which.

“I must be higher. I ought to name extra, however I get checked in, you get caught up with your individual stuff and you then’re identical to, ‘Oh, I have to name them again’ or no matter it’s. However yeah that may occur [reunion on Happy’s Place],” he added.

Whereas Howey can be excited to seem on Pleased’s Place, very similar to his opinion on rebooting Shameless, a reboot of Reba feels “bizarre”.

“To do a reboot of the previous present, I do not know it is like reenacting a marriage or one thing it is like, ‘We already bought married?’ It is a bizarre factor,” he mentioned, earlier than transferring again to Shameless. “I do not know if I might even play Kev once more.”

“The character that an actor performs is restricted on the time of when the actor is enjoying the character. Particularly for me,” Howey started. “Let’s simply say I am doing a scene from Romeo and Juliet and I am in an performing class, that scene will likely be totally different if I do it 10 occasions all through my lifetime as a result of what I convey as a human, as an individual, will have an effect on the alternatives I make on how I ship the strains and take heed to the opposite strains.”

Then once more… Howey is not taking reboots off the desk fully.

“You recognize and hear, I by no means say by no means. A gig’s a gig.”

Howey has been identified to maintain himself in nice form and, previously, has spent as much as 2-3 hours within the fitness center. Now, he’s taking a look at different methods to stay wholesome, together with reducing out alcohol.

“I went sober final 12 months,” Howey shared completely with TooFab. “After which it is only a eating regimen. I attempt to eat the identical factor and I do not eat that a lot. My physique appears to choose the identical issues. At some point you could have this meal, the following day you could have that meal, your physique’s like, ‘Whoa, what are we doing? We’re throwing in Indian and now we’re having Mediterranean and now a cheeseburger, what’s occurring?'”

Together with ditching alcohol and specializing in his eating regimen, Howey credit his new discovered love for meditation.

“Then I began, in the previous few years, 4 to be precise, you are able to do the mathematics, I began meditating, and that is helped loads. Decelerate the mind. The thoughts loves chaos. After which all you could have is breath,” he added earlier than mentioning his mother has additionally remained in nice form at 75-years-old.

“It is loads of nature nurture, however, positively understanding. The physique in movement stays in movement, physique relaxation stays at relaxation. So even when my physique hurts I am going to simply go for a stroll after which I am going to get blood circulation. You get oxygen, your blood will get oxygen.”

Howey is a father of three youngsters — William, Violet, and Knox — who he shares together with his ex-wife, The L Phrase alum Sarah Shahi. The pair had been married for 11 years earlier than going their separate methods in 2020.

Howey visitor stars on NBC’s latest medical collection Good Minds alongside aspect Emmy nominee Zachary Quinto tonight. Watch Good Minds on Mondays at 10pm.