Where the cast of Boys Meets World is now – from porn to politics, open marriages and nasty divorces

Thirty years ago a boy came into the world.

Since then, the cast of Boy Meets World has come of age, and for many out of their covers — and their clothes.

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Boy Meets World premiered in 1993 and followed the coming-of-age story of Cory Matthews, played by Ben Savage.

The popular ABC sitcom showed the then-teen growing up, making friends like Shawn Hunter (Rider Strong) and finding love with Topanga Lawrence (Danielle Fishel).

In between, Cory learned valuable life lessons from neighbor and schoolteacher George Feeny (William Daniels).

The show, which was part of the classic TGIF block from September 1993 to May 2000, has recently been rediscovered by many thanks to the popular Pod Meet World podcast.

Danielle, Rider and Will Friedle, who played Cory’s older brother, all reunited to revisit and discuss each episode.

But what has the cast been up to since the end of the series? Check out this gallery of his stars.

BEN SAVAGE

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The Wonder Years star Fred Savage’s younger brother, Ben, 42, went to Stanford University and earned a bachelor’s degree in political science after his stint with Boy Meets World.

He had guest roles on shows like Bones and Without a Trace before reprising his role as Cory on Girl Meets World, which followed his and Topanga’s daughter’s adolescence.

Last year, he tried to put his political science degree into practice when he ran for West Hollywood City Council.

“I’m running for City Council because serious challenges lie ahead and West Hollywood deserves sane, honest and strong leadership to face them,” he said on his campaign website.

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But Ben was not among the top three voters to secure a seat on the council.

Although he has yet to take office, he has not given up hope of being elected.

In January, it was reported by Fox11 that Ben plans to run for Congress in 2024 as the Democratic candidate for California’s 30th house district.

The seat is currently occupied by Democrat Adam Schiff.

Danielle Fischel

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After Boy Meets World, Danielle, 41, starred in a few other projects and hosted The Dish for the Style Network from August 2008 to March 2011.

Today, Fishel has directed Disney Channel shows such as Sydney to the Max and Raven’s Home.

She also reprized her Boy Meets World role in the spinoff series.

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In September 2021, the actress welcomed her second child with husband Jensen Karp. They named him Keaton after his grandfather

His younger brother Adler arrived four weeks earlier than expected in 2019 after fluid was discovered in his lungs.

The boy had to spend three weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit.

DRIVER STRONG

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Rider, 43, was considered the show’s TV heartthrob.

But he has struggled to find additional jobs after claiming Hollywood has found him difficult to deal with.

In a 2019 interview with Vice, the former actor admitted he wanted to be considered a serious professional on set and made life difficult for people behind the scenes.

“There was definitely a time when I thought I was way cooler than ‘Boy Meets World,'” he told Vice.

He accompanied Will Friedle on his voiceover journey on the show Kim Possible as well as the 2005 film Kim Possible: So The Drama.

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Ryder married actress Alexandria Barreto (Mayans MC) in 2013 after being engaged for just ten months.

They met while filming Pepper Dennis in 2006.

Rider and Shawn have one child together, a son named Indigo “Indy” Barreto Strong who was born in December 2014.

WILL FRIEDLE

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Will, 46, has worked primarily as a voice artist rather than in front of the camera since taking part in the ABC series.

He was the voice of Batman in Batman Beyond and Ron Stoppable in Disney Channel’s Kim Possible.

His more recent voiceover work has included Bumblebee in the Transformers franchise and Star Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy.

He also appeared on Girl Meets World, reprising his role as Eric.

WILLIAM DANIELS

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Before playing the voice of reason and wisdom on the show, William, 95, had a successful career.

Most notably, he starred as Mark Craig in the drama series St. Elsewhere, for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awards.

He was also the voice of KITT on the TV series Knight Rider and Benjamin Braddock’s father on The Graduate.

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William is married to St. Elsewhere co-star Bonnie Bartlett Daniels, who recently revealed in her autobiography that her husband pushed for an open marriage from the start.

“I think it was a little bit of an open marriage at first, but it was very painful,” she told Fox News Digital while promoting her new memoir, Middle of the Rainbow.

“That didn’t work well. And it was a time when people did. It was a time in New York when there was a lot of sex and a lot of people were doing all sorts of things, you know — very freely.”

MATTHEW LAWRENCE

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Matthew, 42, met Dancing with the Stars pros Cheryl Burke in 2006 when his brother Joey was appearing on the show.

The two wed in 2019 but decided to call it quits after three years, citing irreconcilable differences.

Cheryl later opened up about Tamron Hall in an interview, saying she and Lawrence tried to make their marriage work before filing for divorce, including some couples therapy.

“I’m a huge advocate for therapy,” she told Hall. “I really believe in it. Matt and I were definitely in couples therapy, even before we got married. I think people associate therapy with, ‘Oh my god, there’s a problem.'”

She continued, “We definitely tried. people evolve. people grow. And sometimes they grow together and sometimes, unfortunately, they grow apart.”

MAITLAND WARD

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Perhaps the most surprising after-life belongs to Maitland Ward, who traded the glitz and glamor of Hollywood for an X-rated career in pornography.

The now 45-year-old star played Rachel McGuire on the ABC sitcom from 1998 to 2000.

But she decided to switch careers in 2019 and is now starring in adult films, some of which are up to 12 hours long.

Maitland revealed the reasons behind her dramatic career change in her memoir, Rated X: How Porn Liberated Me From Hollywood.

She told The Sun that she transitioned into the adult entertainment industry when casting directors in Hollywood apparently said she was “too old to be sexy.”

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But not all of her famous former co-stars supported her career move.

Maitland accused Danielle of ostracizing her and other female castmates during the show’s reboot.

In her book, Maitland highlighted her interaction with Danielle at a reunion with the entire Boy Meets World cast, where the star seemingly ignored her former co-star.

“Danielle didn’t speak to me at all, which I found odd. She barely admitted I was even there. I hadn’t seen her since I got married but we didn’t have any bad feelings or bad blood,” the ex-TV star wrote.

Maitland theorized that Danielle’s behavior may have been directed primarily against her female colleagues.

She claimed the Disney star wasn’t keen on sharing the screen with the other main cast of the Girl Meets World spin-off.

“I don’t know if that’s true, but there were whispers that she didn’t want any of the previous female performers to share the screen with her,” Maitland said.