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Sometimes when you’ve been a working actor for decades and you finally start to see the critical acclaim and accolades start to roll in, they may begin to have a bit of an opposite effect. Veteran actor Noah Wyle, who’s starred on two seasons of the Emmy Award winning medical drama, The Pitt, is facing fan backlash after he gave an interview in GQ that left a lot of people with a weird taste in their mouth, especially when it comes to the way he discusses the women he works with. Were the things he said in regards to his female costars all in good fun or was there something darker underneath the surface that he perhaps needs to take a good look at?
Noah Wyle had some weird things to say about his female costars in a recent interviews.
Paging Dr. Carter from Noah Wyle’s ER days! It seems that the world may have liked Noah Wyle a little more when he was a rosy cheeked young doctor at County General in Chicago rather than Dr. Robby on HBO Max’s The Pitt with all his baggage and off-hand remarks.
Even though The Pitt was deemed as one of the most “realistic medical shows” to exist when it premiered in 2025, there’s been a few things involving Noah Wyle throughout his second season stint as Dr. Robby that haven’t quite sat right with fans.
In an interview with GQ, Noah spoke to his character’s no nonsense approach, that some are saying borderlines on sexist, to a lot of the female doctors and nurses on the show. “I made jokes [on set] this season where I’d get done yelling at somebody and say, ‘Someone bring me another woman to yell at!'” Noah said to the magazine. Yeah, this might not be the hilarious joke that you seem to think it is, Noah.
Also, despite Noah telling Variety that he loved working with Supriya Ganesh, who played Dr. Mohan for the first two seasons on The Pitt, some fans are speculating why another beloved female character of color has been written off the show, similar to Tracy Ifeachor’s Dr. Collins, who did not return after season one.
Could any of this have to do with Noah taking on more of a writing and producing role in the second season? Some fans are leaning towards yes.
Some fans are not into Noah Wyle’s takes on his character, which may or may not come from the actor himself.
When speaking to GQ, Noah Wyle clarified that he sees Dr. Robby as someone who is continually pushing other characters to be better as he hopes that the actors arrive to set “not to be comfortable, but to work.” This is all well and good, but other than his storyline with his former recovering addict mentee, Dr. Langdon, Dr. Robby appeared to come down hard on mostly women.
On person in this Reddit thread seems to think that the actor is in denial about how his character, and perhaps by extension himself, treats women. “I feel like he’s in denial about Robby’s treatment of the women in the show, particularly women of color. lol I actually really thought his treatment of Mohan vs Whittaker was an interesting foil done on purpose but I’ve seen him deny that a few times and it makes me feel strangely idk,” they shared.
Another redditor speculates that Dr. Robby and Noah Wyle are pretty much one in the same now. “Kinda funny that Robby is projecting a lot onto these characters and it sounds like Noah is doing the same things to the actors,” they wrote. Another person in the comments agreed and said, “Yep couldn’t agree more. Dr Robby’s worst traits is just who Noah Wyle is.” Ouch!
Some are speculating that the prestige of starring on this hit show has perhaps gone to Noah Wyle’s head.
For some people, once they get a little bit of recognition in Hollywood, their ego and sense of self can quickly inflate to double their original size.
One person in the Reddit comments can’t help but wonder if the uber popularity of season one has done something to the actor. “I think season 1 reception went to his head. The show is good, but also it’s got a lot of ER in the dna the golden age of TV gave us a lot of shows better than ER. And also post season 2 the show feels less like a true ensemble and more of Dr. Robby and everyone else,” they wrote.
When looking to his interview with GQ, one redditor shared, “Normally I’m in the camp “if you don’t like Noah Wyle don’t watch the Noah Wyle show” but this was genuinely a hard read. A bit of humbling juice would do him well.” Honestly, we kind of agree.
While second seasons can be difficult for a lot of shows, especially if they hit the ground running so successfully in their first season, some people are speculating that with Noah doing more behind the scenes now, he may just be trying to get himself another Emmy.
One person their feelings on X. “All the women of color of The Pitt watching their emotional scenes get cut so N. Wyle can wistfully pet his motorcycle and have 17 different variations of the same crying scene to beg for a second emmy,” they wrote. Wowza. They did not hold back, did they?
Perhaps with this type of backlash and inclusivity typically being so sought after in Hollywood in 2026, maybe the showrunners will take a real look at things with their star and the show’s writing for season three.
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