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‘The Pitt’ Star Takes Thinly-Veiled Swipe at Trump’s ‘Alternate Universe’
April 17, 2026
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Warrick Page / Courtesy HBO MaxThe Pitt’s Noah Wyle issued a backhanded compliment to Donald Trump as he thanked the president for allowing the show to become a beacon of hope amid the second Trump administration. In a GQ profile marking the finale of Wyle’s hit medical drama’s second season, the Emmy-winning actor explained what makes The Pitt resonate.
One of the reasons, it turns out, is the provision of truthful narratives about healthcare and politics in the current landscape. “The election went the other way,” Wyle told GQ. “We could have been a really good show with a lot of nice things to say in a perfectly normal Kamala Harris universe. And instead, we became almost a beacon of hope and humanity in an alternative universe.”Read more at The Daily Beast.
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