# @variety on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DW5JicbgfVN
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/62880765-variety-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/bf3092557f.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-04-09T01:45:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Variety (@Variety) — https://gondola.cc/Variety

## Caption

#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.”

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## Tags

thepitt, patrickball

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