@varietymagazine: #ThePitt actor #PatrickBall broke down in tears while revealing the show got him out of $80,000 worth of student loan debut. “I paid off my student loans like three months into ‘The Pitt,’ and that was a really profound moment because I thought I was gonna die with it. It’s a huge burden to carry, and a lot of people carry it. I was $80,000 in debt and I had been through a series of failed relationships where my financial insecurity was a real problem. I had just thought that was going to be my life forever, and that is a really heavy thing to live with."
As a nurse carrying her student loan debt. I will die with it.
2026-04-09 02:34:42
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Michelle :
crazy to think about how Langdon (the character) is also likely in ~200k worth of student loan debt
2026-04-09 13:38:40
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emlovesmovies25 :
And he and the entire cast deserves EVERY 👏🏼 BIT 👏🏼 OF 👏🏼 IT 👏🏼!!! they are working their a$$es off and it is truly one of the best shows ever, with only 2 seasons too so far which is wild. The Pitt is a phenomena now but we will look back and just continue to appreciate it more and more in the future.
2026-04-09 05:39:42
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millennial_tr_ash :
I wish regular people who work hard could be compensated for it in the same way. I still have student debt in paying off from 22 years ago
2026-04-09 10:38:28
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cinemashelfie :
He’s so real for this
2026-04-09 04:59:40
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MeowyMeow :
do we know how much the actors get paid per episode?
2026-04-09 03:08:04
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Gaby :
Interior designer … cannot even work doing interior design because it pays so little to start but I’ll most likely die with my debt 😞
2026-04-09 02:49:29
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Neon Constellations :
I did everything I was supposed to do. Did well in high school, went to college, got a degree in education. Didn't make enough teaching and could only pay off the interest I was accumulating. I had to quit teaching and make even less now. I did everything I was supposed to do but I will also die with this debt.
2026-04-09 12:42:35
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DocSwami :
80k. Bruv. I got 640k after schooling.
2026-04-10 00:54:48
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Emilyalisa :
Nurse here. Will likely die with it due to interest
2026-04-10 09:18:28
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qXray_1989 :
Cries in 350k debt
2026-04-09 04:25:47
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Richard :
Wow they really went method with the student loan debt
2026-04-09 11:20:20
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Bunny, BSN, RN :
As a nurse I’m so happy for him 🥹💕
2026-04-09 19:49:49
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Vivienne Grewing :
I’m just a Radiology Technologist and I didn’t get my school loan paid off until my 50s.
2026-04-09 07:38:09
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Cody :
And 80 is light work for most people.
2026-04-10 10:04:50
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ShattyPatty :
I’ve been paying on my student loans for 10 years. Ten years to go. Oh but fun the new administration has it set that in 2028 it will reset to a 30 year repayment plan if I want to keep the same monthly payment so I can feed my family. No big deal just 60,000 more dollars now because we get a New President. Why even try?
2026-04-09 12:57:01
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valentina🖤 :
Love the honesty!
2026-04-09 07:03:18
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Magic Rick :
good! being debt free is liberating.
2026-04-09 13:28:59
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Kay Mendez :
Boy same
2026-04-09 03:49:55
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gracelinroses :
The dream
2026-04-09 02:46:48
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Bada$$unicorn :
As a therapist with 108k of student loan debt, I’ll have to do therapy from my nursing home til I die. I couldn’t have gone to school without it despite working my a** off my whole life. I am in private practice but that’s not the cash grab everyone thinks it is (and for me it never will be bc clients are people, not numbers). I’m happy for him. #forgivestudentdebt
2026-04-11 02:40:08
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cactikitchen :
I am so happy I went to cc, transferred and commuted the whole time I’m doing it debt free
2026-04-10 02:00:07
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AlyOooop :
I will die with it.
2026-04-10 01:41:57
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eftphonehome :
I’m going into med school, I’m fucked with debt
2026-04-09 13:15:09
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hazel :
I can’t become an actor to pay off my debt 😭😭
2026-04-09 23:27:02
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