Danielle Fishel Reveals 'Difficult' Experience Making “Girl Meets World”: 'I Felt Very Ostracized'

Danielle Fishel says her experience working on Girl Meets World was nothing like the “fun” atmosphere on Boy Meets World.

On the most recent episode of her Pod Meets World rewatch podcast, Fishel got into a heated argument with fellow Boy Meets World alumna Maitland Ward, who said she was hurt that Fishel allegedly refused to speak to her on the set of Girl Meets World.

The Disney Channel’s Boy Meets World reboot, which premiered in 2013, centered on teen Riley Matthews (Rowan Blanchard), the daughter of Ben Savage’s Cory and Fishel’s Topanga from the original series. Both Savage and Fishel reprised their roles in Girl Meets World. Ward, who played Rachel McGuire beginning in Boy Meets World’s sixth season, did not appear in the reboot, but visited the set in 2013.

Ward explained that because Fishel had been a guest at her wedding in 2006, she was surprised by her former costar’s chilly greeting during her set visit.

Fishel initially defended herself, noting that she was working at the time.

“You had an attitude about it, though,” Ward, 48, countered. “There was some beef between us, and I didn’t get it. And maybe I picked up the wrong signals, but definitely there was some sort of weirdness there.”

“I really was very genuinely confused why we wouldn't be good,” she added.

Fishel, 43, reiterated that she had been working at the time, adding that “It was a very, very difficult set in those three years.”

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“Let’s put it this way,” Fishel explained. “The memories we have of the fun set of Boy Meets World were not the memories or the fun set of Girl Meets World. It just wasn’t. I went into it hoping it was going to be. I went into it expecting it to be and it wasn't.

Fishel went on to describe the show’s set as “tumultuous.”

“It was a place I felt very ostracized. I felt very, criticized. I felt a lot of different things being on that set,” she revealed. “That was not the set of Danielle being carefree and runnin’ around shakin’ hands and kissin’ babies.”

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Fishel didn't go into further detail, but added that she was sorry that Ward had taken her behavior personally. “I'm sorry that you thought it was about you or anything you were doing,” she said.

In the years since Girl Meets World wrapped, Fishel has shown enthusiastic support for former costar Sabrina Carpenter, who played Riley’s bestie Maya in the series. At the same time, however, Fishel and Pod Meets World co-hosts Rider Strong and Will Friedle revealed in 2023 that they were no longer in touch with Savage, with Fishel accusing her former TV husband of “ghosting” the trio.

“Ben and I may be estranged right now and we may have our complaints about each other, but I will always love Ben and want what's best for him,” Fishel said at the time. “I don’t think this is the end of our story — but time will tell.”

Representatives for Fishel and Disney have not yet replied to PEOPLE's request for comment.

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