{"id":58398,"date":"2022-08-27T23:21:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T23:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/danielle-fishel-had-crush-on-boy-meets-world-co-star-rider-strong\/"},"modified":"2022-08-27T23:21:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T23:21:08","slug":"danielle-fishel-had-crush-on-boy-meets-world-co-star-rider-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/danielle-fishel-had-crush-on-boy-meets-world-co-star-rider-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"Danielle Fishel had crush on ‘Boy Meets World’ co-star Rider Strong"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What could have been a \u201cBoy Meets World\u201d meet-cute instead became girl-meets-unrequited love. <\/p>\n

Danielle Fishel \u2014 best known for playing the free-spirited love-interest Topanga on \u201cBoy Meets World\u201d \u2014 fessed up to crushing on co-star Rider Strong, who portrayed protagonist Cory’s best friend Shawn, early on in filming the show, revealing her long-kept secret on the latest episode of \u201cBoy Meets World\u201d-themed podcast \u201cPod Meets World\u201d.<\/p>\n

After reading a question from a fan \u2014 \u201cWere there any off-screen romances or crushes?\u201d \u2014 Fishel did n’t skip a beat in owning up to her past feelings. <\/p>\n

\u201cI’ll go first: I had a crush on Rider,\u201d she responded. <\/p>\n

Strong, apparently momentarily struck speechless, reacted to her confession with a series of gasps before sputtering, \u201cWhaaat?! That’s not true, you’ve never told me that!\u201d \u2014 prompting Fishel to double down on the revelation.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou saved that for 30 years?!\u201d Strong continued, seemingly still in disbelief. <\/p>\n

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Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong and Will Friedle have been revisiting \u201cBoy Meets World\u201d as co-hosts on the podcast \u201cPod Meets World.\u201d<\/figcaption>
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The actress went on to elaborate that the crush had started \u201cmaybe later in Season 1, and definitely through Season 2.\u201d The first two seasons of the show premiered in September 1993 and September 1994, respectively, and the series finale aired at the end of the seventh season in May 2000. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe was so smart, and you know what? One of my favorite things about Rider \u2014 and it still stands to this day \u2014 Rider is very effusive. He will tell you how he feels. He is very free with his compliments, but he does n’t throw them out willy-nilly,\u201d Fishel, 41, reflected.<\/p>\n

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Fishel’s Topanga and Strong’s Shawn shared an on-screen kiss in a Season 6 episode in the context of the two characters acting in a commercial together.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cWhen Rider compliments you, it is thoughtful, it has meaning \u2014 it’s coming from a very real place,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Fishel remembered a particular moment when she swooned over a sincere compliment from her co-star while in acting class. <\/p>\n

\u201cI remember getting a very real compliment from Rider, like: ‘You my friend are doing incredible work,’\u201d she recalled, implying the kind words made her blush. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I found a diary that I wrote for like three months of us being on ‘Boy Meets World,’\u201d she continued. <\/p>\n

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The actress recalled swooning over a compliment she received from Strong during acting class. <\/figcaption>
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\u201cAnd it was so embarrassing because I would end the diary [entries] with like ‘PS I love\u2026’ And then there’s like four people I loved. And Rider was one of them!\u201d she ended, prompting a bashful, slightly bewildered-sounding Strong to echo, \u201cI made the list at one point?!\u201d<\/p>\n

The former co-stars are both happily married, with Strong wedding actress Alexandra Barreto in 2013 and Fishel tying the knot with producer Jensen Karp in 2018. Each couple shares one child together, with Strong and Barreto welcoming son Indigo in December 2014 and Fishel giving birth to her and Karp’s last Adler in June 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cPod Meets World\u201d debuted in June 2022 and features former \u201cBoy Meets World\u201d cast members Fishel, Strong and Will Friedle \u2014 who played Cory’s older brother Eric \u2014 as co-hosts. The episodes to date have included interviews with various other cast members interspersed with cast members’ reactions while re-watching old episodes of the ABC sitcom.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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What could have been a \u201cBoy Meets World\u201d meet-cute instead became girl-meets-unrequited love. Danielle Fishel \u2014 best known for playing the free-spirited love-interest Topanga on \u201cBoy Meets World\u201d \u2014 fessed up to crushing on co-star Rider Strong, who portrayed protagonist Cory’s best friend Shawn, early on in filming the show, revealing her long-kept secret on …<\/p>\n

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