{"id":258937,"date":"2026-08-22T05:42:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T05:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/22\/the-pitt-star-fiona-dourif-is-dating-a-real-life-doctor-he-didnt-watch-the-show-at-first-because-its-too-much-like-work\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T05:42:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T05:42:59","slug":"the-pitt-star-fiona-dourif-is-dating-a-real-life-doctor-he-didnt-watch-the-show-at-first-because-its-too-much-like-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/22\/the-pitt-star-fiona-dourif-is-dating-a-real-life-doctor-he-didnt-watch-the-show-at-first-because-its-too-much-like-work\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Pitt\u2019 Star Fiona Dourif Is Dating a Real-Life Doctor &amp; He Didn\u2019t Watch The Show At First Because \u2018It\u2019s Too Much Like Work\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption><span class=\"copyright\">Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/tags\/fiona-dourif\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Fiona Dourif<\/strong><\/a> is dating someone new!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 44-year-old <em><a href=\"\/tags\/the-pitt\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">The Pitt<\/strong><\/a><\/em> star, who plays Dr. Cassie McKay, has revealed that she&#8217;s actually dating a real-life internal medicine doctor, which is quite ironic given what she does on television.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m in a new relationship,\u201d <strong>Fiona <\/strong>shared at the HBO Max\u2019s Emmy Nominee Celebration earlier this month, per <em><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/the-pitt-fiona-dourif-dating-doctor-funny-coincidence-exclusive-12065616\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">People<\/a><\/em>. \u201cAnd the funny thing that I think is relevant to the show is \u2014 I didn\u2019t meet him through\u00a0<em>The Pitt<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 but he\u2019s actually a medical doctor, and he didn\u2019t watch\u00a0<em>The Pitt\u00a0<\/em>because it\u2019s too much like work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since she is a &#8220;fake doctor&#8221; and he&#8217;s a real one, she says her boyfriend thinks it&#8217;s &#8220;really funny.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fiona<\/strong> also said, \u201cit\u2019s funny, because the fact that he\u2019s a doctor is about the ninth thing I would say about him.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-fiona-said-they-met-after-a-meditation-retreat\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fiona said they met after a meditation retreat<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have a shared interest in sort of masochistic ascetic meditation retreats,\u201d she shared.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fiona<\/strong> continued, \u201cHe just happens to be a doctor, but I think it\u2019s a pretty funny\u2026 It feels like a coincidence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He reportedly had not seen the show when they met, but now he has and she even plans to bring him to the Emmy Awards in September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe\u2019s a very private person. This has nothing to do with his life, and I think he\u2019s just really proud of me and is there to support me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/21\/the-pitt-season-3-trailer-shows-dr-robbys-first-day-back-in-the-er-watch-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch the first teaser for <em>The Pitt<\/em> season 3<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/22\/the-pitt-star-fiona-dourif-is-dating-a-real-life-doctor-he-didnt-watch-the-show-at-first-because-its-too-much-like-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;The Pitt&#8217; Star Fiona Dourif Is Dating a Real-Life Doctor &amp; He Didn&#8217;t Watch The Show At First Because &#8216;It&#8217;s Too Much Like Work&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just Jared &#8211; Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/22\/the-pitt-star-fiona-dourif-is-dating-a-real-life-doctor-he-didnt-watch-the-show-at-first-because-its-too-much-like-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Fiona Dourif is dating someone new! The 44-year-old The Pitt star, who plays Dr. Cassie McKay, has revealed that she&#8217;s actually dating a real-life internal medicine doctor, which is quite ironic given what she does on television. \u201cI\u2019m in a new relationship,\u201d Fiona shared at the HBO Max\u2019s Emmy Nominee Celebration earlier this month, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":258938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-258937","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}