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Jesse Grant/Variety The internet can be a strange place.
Toxic fandom is real, and social media will run with the most unfounded rumor when fans love (or hate) the trajectory of a show’s central character. One of those rumors has been circling since Season 2 of “The Pitt,” the HBO Max medical drama that returned in January, with unsubstantiated claims that star and executive producer Noah Wyle had a behind-the-scenes feud with the newest cast member, Sepideh Moafi, who plays Dr. Baran Al-Hashimi, the attending physician who arrives as Dr. Robby’s interim replacement ahead of his sabbatical. The fan-fiction theory held that Dr. Al-Hashimi’s arc was a form of retribution for the supposed off-screen rift.
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