Boy Meets World’s Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong and Will Friedle Claim They Haven’t Spoken to Ben Savage in 3 Years
28.06.2023 - 22:49
/ usmagazine.com
Boy Meets World alums Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong and Will Friedle are closer than ever — but they can’t say the same for their relationships with former costar Ben Savage.
“He disappeared — I wish I knew why, to this day,” Friedle, 46, told Variety in an interview published on Wednesday, June 28. “We didn’t have a fight. There’s no falling out. There was no animosity. He just woke up one day, and decided ‘I don’t want this person in my life anymore.’”
Friedle — who portrayed Eric Matthews, the older brother of Savage’s Cory Matthews, on the beloved sitcom – shared that he “finally sent a text saying, ‘I’ve known you for 30 years, what’s going on? I’m gonna call you every day until you tell me not to call you anymore.’” However, Friedle gave up after “a month” of not hearing back.
“I’ve known him since he was 11 years old, and we have a shared history. And we were doing these conventions together, and we were getting to know each other as adults, and then he just kind of went, ‘I’m done with you,’” he added, noting that their estrangement is a “sore subject” to discuss. “I tried and tried and tried for months, until finally my wife was like, ‘Why are you doing this to yourself? He obviously doesn’t want you in his life.’”
Savage, Friedle, Strong, 43, and Fishel, 42, all starred on the ABC hit from 1993 to 2000, instantly becoming global teen icons. The popular Friday night staple ran for seven seasons and followed Cory and his friends from middle school through their college years. While Friedle was Cory’s whacky older brother, Strong and Fishel portrayed Cory’s childhood best friend and longtime girlfriend, respectively. The sitcom’s revival series, Girl Meets World, premiered on Disney in 2014 — with all