Boy Meets World Stars Allege Ben Savage ‘Ghosted’ Them 3 Years Ago: ‘He Just Kind of Went, I’m Done With You’

That’s very sad because it sounded like Will and Danielle viewed Ben as a friend and he just viewed them as former coworkers.

Who among us hasn't ghosted former colleagues? They need to get over it.

Both Ben and his brother have asshole reputations, so they are probably better off without him.

Boy Meets World went on the air in 1993. I also see very few people I knew that long ago.

Life moves on.

[quote] “I finally sent a text saying, ‘I’ve known you for 30 years, what’s going on?'” Friedle reveals. “I said, ‘I’m gonna call you every day until you tell me not to call you anymore.’ That lasted about three weeks or a month, every single day…. 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. 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.'”

I'm siding with Savage on this. Friedle sounds like a nutjob. From the phrasing they weren't even that close as adults, and nowhere near enough for a months worth of harassment and to be still apparently seething about it 3 years later.

How embarrassing for them ! Why did they think going public with this was a good udea?!

The stalker sounds unhinged.

I ghost my own family from time to time. Sometimes people just need space. They grow apart. This guy sounds like a freak, behaving as though Savage owes him because they knew each other years ago.

Of course the maladjusted misanthropes on DL think it’s perfectly fine to randomly cut people off like this.

mental case @ r8!

One of the other kids on the show came out a while ago and said that group ostracized and bullied her terribly. Maybe nothing has changed and Savage decided he did not want to be around these type of people anymore. That one of them called him out so publicly tells me he made a good decision.

Who does he think he is? Kim Cattrall?

I think it’s odd he ghosted then as he’s running for office as using his co-stars might have helped the vote.

I also think it’s odd he got married out of nowhere to a woman after years of gay rumors.

The costars sound like they can’t take a hint. However, Savage is definitely an odd person. R12 mentioned him running for office. When it was mayor of WeHo, he was posting daily pictures with drag queens, and randos at restaurants, saying they were buddies, etc. But he never actually went with any other people EVER, and always looked like he was just doing it for votes. Even the worst politicians have an entourage to make it believable. Not sure if he has some kind of disorder or if he just has shitloads of money and is perpetually bored.

The original show may have gone off the air in 1993, but Ben and Danielle worked together again from 2014-2017 on "Girl Meets World."

It sounds like he's as much as a douchebag as his brother is.

I bet if they put their minds to it they can solve this problem in 30 minutes, with commercial breaks.

He just wasn't that into you.

Suddenly, these two Eric/Cory scenes from BOY MEETS WORLD seem rather meta.

Who cares about has-been drama? If they want to talk about how big a cock Rider can get into that mouth, then I'll listen.

I think he told them he didn’t want to be a part of their podcast and decided not to do the autograph circuit conventions with them. I guess he was over it.

William Daniels is in touch with Savage so he didn’t ghost everyone

Washed-up/never-was actors are often needy, irritating people.

I mean, that was the point of the Jenna Maroney character. Or Miss Piggy.

R19 😂

I've always thought that 'Rider Strong' sounded like a gay porn star name.

Rider Strong is beautiful

Will Friedle is a successful voice actor.

He's been the lead in the animated series of BATMAN, TRANSFORMERS, and GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, which are very popular with teenage boys.

A lot of Zoomers also know him as 'Ron Stoppable' on KIM POSSIBLE.

Will Friedle called Trina McGee (his black co-worker from the show) "Aunt Jemima.

Nice guy, huh?

For some people hanging with your buddies is not a lifelong urge

As someone who no longer speaks to a single friend from high school, they need to get the fuck over it. I’m with Ben on this one…

Boring. Let's get back to the dueling addicted porn stars.

[quote] Will Friedle is a successful voice actor.

Damn straight Will. Don't let anyone forget you played Mayor Mercury in this classic.

If anything, I think it was Trina's age that was the bigger issue.

She was 7 years older than Will (the elder brother) and at least a decade older than the rest.

She was 27 when she joined the show and Frenching 17-year-old Rider Strong.

She was 30 when the show ended and the rest were still college-age.

Most people pushing 30 can't stand being around rowdy college kids or younger.

I remember her telling a story about how she once needed to catch a plane, but the shoot kept going overtime because the younger cast was goofing off, which really annoyed her.

I follow his Insta because I thought it was great he was running for public office, and because I thought he was gay (albeit closeted). I mean, West Hollywood? Come on… His Insta is a bit weird, though. It’s like his manager plops him in some random spot or location, and he just stands there with his arms hanging by his side looking a little disconnected from everything around him. And then they add some random *girlfriend* and there’s absolutely no visible connection between them. She stands there all pose-y, and he just stands there with his arms by his side as if he’s standing next to a cactus to show much taller it is than he is.

I'm interested in what Topanga's complaints are with Ben, and visa versa. Did they get along prior to the reboot, or was there GMW drama? I've seen maybe 5 episodes of the show but gossip is gossip.

He's always been a doofy looking guy, but at least he's not using a beard to create the illusion of a jaw like Friedle. That photo at R25 is brutal, yet fitting for someone who would call a black woman Aunt Jemina.

He may have Aspergers. That SOUNDS like Aspergers. I would need to see him interviewed but I honestly don’t care that much.

He may simply be avoiding the cast because self-absorbed neurotypicals are completely and utterly annoying with no redeeming features.

Calling someone every day until they give in is very sitcom-level thinking.

Who can blame Ben for saying "stop the "..World", I want to get off!"?

R25 - Will looks like he’s eaten his fair share of Aunt Jemima on pancakes.

Will has always been a little chunky. Before BMW he was on a Nickelodeon show "Don't Just Sit There." He was chunky as a 13 year old.

For those that did not read the story at R25 Will apologized and Trina forgave him for it.

Will Friedle was gorgeous on BOY MEETS WORLD.

Did Will Friedle shit in Trina's wig?

Asking for a friend.

Were Matthew Lawrence and Will Friedle fucking behind the scenes?

They make an adorable couple.

R41 someone made this compilation. 😂

R42 Jack was clearly a bit awkward and hung like a donkey. Eric would have been on that dick as soon as they were roomies and Cory fucked off.

Ben just got married 😂😂😂

Fags, all of them!

Oh who gives a shit!!?

R44 Oook, what's the 😂😂😂 got to do with anything?

Because he married a woman, R47.

Get hitched to a woman is helpful to both actors and politicians who have something to hide.

Matthew Lawrence and I were born on the same day/year.

Cool story, R50.

Being ghosted can make you crazy. I’d have chosen to hear the other person’s reasons every time it’s happened to me, had the other person been willing, and had NO desire to give my reasons when I’ve done it.

Ben's wife has a penis! Whoa!

R14 Boy Meets World started in 1993. It ended in 2000. And just because they worked together a few years ago doesn’t mean anything. We are coworkers. Not everyone tries to make their coworkers their besties.