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Will Friedle<\/strong><\/a> had no intention of saying “yes” to joining the Boy Meets World<\/em><\/a>spinoff, Girl Meets World<\/em> – especially after producer Michael Jacobs<\/strong> told him he couldn’t write for the show. Thankfully, something changed.<\/p>\n

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“We made a deal,” Friedle, 49, exclusively told Us Weekly<\/em> at the Doc Meets World<\/em> premiere red carpet at the Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday, June 6. “If I came back on camera and did three episodes, then I could write it. So, we did a little, a little trading.”<\/p>\n

Friedle, who did end up writing a couple episodes of the show, recalled the moment he learned of the Boy Meets World<\/em> spinoff.<\/p>\n

“I wasn’t going to do it, and not only because of the acting [and my anxiety] but I found out about GMW<\/em> when, like, CNN called and asked for a comment,” he explained in Doc Meets World<\/em>. “And [Jacobs] said you can do whatever on the show, and I said, \u2018I want to be a writer,’ and he was like, \u2018You can’t do that.'”<\/p>\n

More than a decade after Boy Meets World<\/em> came to an end in 2000, the spinoff premiered on Disney Channel and followed Cory (Ben Savage<\/strong>) and Topanga (Danielle Fishel<\/strong>)’s daughter, Riley Matthews. Girl Meets World<\/em> ultimately aired from 2014 to 2017.<\/p>\n

Five years later, Friedle teamed up with Fishel and Boy Meets World<\/em> costar Rider Strong<\/strong> for a podcast titled “Pod Meets World.” The group rewatches episodes of Boy Meets World<\/em>, providing commentary alongside various guests – including their former costars.<\/p>\n

Days before the Tribeca Film Festival, Friedle got candid about having a “crush” on Fishel.<\/a><\/p>\n

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“I told you, years later, I had a crush on you, Danielle,” Friedle said during the Thursday, June 4, episode of their “Pod Meets World” podcast. “Years later, I almost asked you out.”<\/p>\n

Fishel, however, shared that she “never knew” about Friedle’s crush before he admitted his feelings to her.<\/p>\n

“This was like \u2026 2005, [2006], something like that. It wasn’t long after Boy, and we were all hanging out again a little bit,” Friedle clarified of what he felt with Fishel.<\/p>\n

“I remember there was one time where we were hanging out, and \u2026 I was single and Danielle was single. I was like, \u2018Oh, that might be interesting to entertain,'” he continued, sharing that he never pursued a relationship with Fishel. “There would have been a weirdness to it.”<\/p>\n

After Strong told his podcast cohosts that their lack of relationship was for the best, Friedle agreed.<\/p>\n

“It would have been a whole different podcast, I’m sure, at that point,” he said. “And she wouldn’t have met [her husband Jensen Harp<\/strong>],<\/a> and I wouldn’t have met [his wife Susan Martens<\/strong>]. And, yeah, we wouldn’t have been happy.”<\/p>\n

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With reporting by Proma Khosla<\/em><\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 Us Weekly. All rights reserved<\/i><\/p>\n

This story was originally published June 7, 2026 at 1:32 PM.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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