‘Boy Meets World’ Stars Will Friedle and Danielle Fishel Discuss ‘Hard’ Falling Out With Ben Savage

Fishel, 45, shared a similar sentiment — wishing that she was a part of Savage’s life as a new dad.

“I love imagining him in this new chapter of his life as a dad. I know he has had a baby girl,” she said. “He’s now a husband. So I love just thinking about him [in that capacity].”

Savage, 45, welcomed a daughter with wife Tessa Angermeier in November 2025. Before their falling out, Fishel told People that she discussed the possibility of fatherhood with Savage.

“We talked a lot about how he looked forward to being a dad someday. So I like imagining this phase of life that he’s in now,” she added. “It makes me sad sometimes when I think about the fact that I would love to just know, like, ‘How’s it going? What’s happening now? What are the milestones that are being checked off?’”

However, Fishel has also reached “a place of immense understanding and grace” when it comes to Savage not wanting to “look back” at their time on the show.

“Not everybody wants to talk about uncomfortable truths,” she continued. “The three of us said it was something that we did want to do. Although we were nervous, it was a journey we were willing and excited to go down.”

Fishel and Friedle launched the “Pod Meets World” podcast with fellow former Boy Meets World costar Rider Strong in 2022. It was initially reported that Savage was also in talks to cohost the show, but he made the decision to step away from the project.

By 2023, the trio confirmed that Savage had “disappeared” from their lives.

“We didn’t have a fight. There’s no falling out,” Friedle told Variety in 2023. “There was no animosity.”