‘Boy Meets World’ Cast Hasn’t Spoken to Ben Savage In 3 Years

Boy Meets World alums Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong and Will Friedle are nearer than ever — however they’ll’t say the identical for his or her relationships with former costar Ben Savage.

“He disappeared — I wish I knew why, to this day,” Friedle, 46, instructed Variety in an interview printed 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 listening to again. 

“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 talk about. “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, immediately changing into world teen icons. The common Friday evening staple ran for seven seasons and adopted Cory and his mates from center faculty by way of their school years. While Friedle was Cory’s whacky older brother, Strong and Fishel portrayed Cory’s childhood greatest good friend and longtime girlfriend, respectively. The sitcom’s revival sequence, Girl Meets World, premiered on Disney in 2014 — with all 4 essential characters making appearances all through the present’s three seasons. 

For years, the group did fan conventions collectively — till Savage stopped with none discover. “He just kind of disappeared from our lives,” Fishel instructed Variety on Wednesday, including that Savage was there for her when her first son was born early and within the NICU in June 2019. (Fishel shares two sons, Adler, 4, and Keaton, 2, with husband Jensen Karp.)

“We were just so, so close, especially during that time. He was checking in with me regularly,” she recalled. While Fishel claimed that Savage “ghosted us” after that point, she revealed that she stays hopeful they’ll all reconnect sooner or later. 

“If there’s anything this podcast has taught me, it’s that everyone is on their own journey and having their own experiences that can be perceived many different ways, depending on your POV,” she defined. “Speaking for myself, Ben and I may be estranged right now and we may have our complaints about each other, but I will always love Ben and want what’s best for him. I don’t think this is the end of our story — but time will tell.”

When it comes to their podcast, “Pod Meets World” — a rewatch present the place the actors watch the sitcom for the primary time and recap the sequence from their very own perspective — Savage turned down the thought from the very starting. 

“He was very adamant that it was not for him,” Fishel shared. “He was also very clear, ‘I don’t want it to stop you. If you guys want to do it, go ahead.’ The time between those conversations and the time we actually started the podcast was a significant amount of time.”

Strolling down reminiscence lane might not have been the correct resolution for Savage, however Fishel, Strong and Friedle have garnered nice success from the podcast, together with seeing greater than 17 million downloads and promoting common merchandise. The trio have additionally accomplished two dwell exhibits and had on a slew of BMW visitor stars together with Betsy Randle, Trina McGee, Matthew Lawrence, Adam Scott and Mr. Feeny himself William Daniels.