Boy Meets World Stars Confront Ghosting in Raw New Doc

Talk about a gut punch. The cast of beloved 90s sitcom Boy Meets World – Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong, and Will Friedle – are laying bare a painful reality: co-star Ben Savage has ghosted them. This isn't just a casual drift; it's the subject of their new documentary, Doc Meets World, which just premiered at Tribeca. It’s a public, raw struggle to reconnect with the actor who played Cory Matthews.

Boy Meets World cultivated a rare bond among its young stars over seven seasons. It’s the kind of on-screen and off-screen camaraderie that builds a lasting legacy, much like the ensemble casts we cherish in long-running anime. Years after the show and its sequel, Girl Meets World, Fishel, Strong, and Friedle launched their nostalgia-fueled Pod Meets World podcast. But one face was conspicuously absent: Ben Savage.

Savage hasn't responded to Will Friedle's texts since 2020. Friedle, who played Eric, expressed raw frustration to Entertainment Weekly. “You don't just get to ghost me” after 25 years, he stated, showing a text: "I'm going to call you EVERY DAY until you pick up or tell me to stop." Rider Strong, Shawn Hunter himself, takes a more reserved approach, texting once a month, acknowledging their friendship was never as close.