Adam Scott reveals where he stands with ‘Boy Meets World's' Rider Strong after feud
Adam Scott says he and Rider Strong have cleared the air following an awkward moment on the set of 'Boy Meets World.'
In 2023, the 'Parks and Recreation' alum appeared on Strong's 'Pod Meets World' podcast to discuss his brief role as bully Griff Hawkins on the beloved '90s sitcom.
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6 Adam Scott as Griff Hawkins in 'Boy Meets World.'
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6 Adam Scott during his appearance on Rider Strong's 'Pod Meets World' podcast.
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Scott opened up about lingering feelings from a 30-year-old uncomfortable moment the two shared during the production of the series' Season 2 finale.
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During the July 24 episode of Entertainment Weekly's 'The Awardist' podcast, when asked in hindsight if confronting the awkward exchange truly brought him closure, Scott joked, 'No, we need to work it out.'
He went on to clarify the opposite: 'Yeah, absolutely. I mean, Rider Strong, who the awkward interaction was with, didn't even remember it. And I really, truly had been carrying it around for… it was like 30 years, because it was like 1994, '95.'
6 Rider Strong as Shawn Hunter and Ben Savage as Cory Matthews in 'Boy Meets World.'
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'I feel like we addressed it,' Scott confirmed. 'I think it's been squashed.'
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While on 'Pod Meets World' two years ago, the 'Step Brothers' actor brought up the on-set incident with Strong.
'I don't know if you remember this, Rider… Literally, this has been tugging at me for 29 years. It was the season finale of Season 2,' he recalled. 'The scene ends. Everyone just erupts and starts cheering.'
6 Adam Scott as Griff Hawkins in 'Boy Meets World.'
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Scott then described turning toward Strong, giving him a high five, and saying 'Hey, congratulations, buddy!'
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'I go in to hug you, and as I do that, you push me off and you give me this look like, 'Wait a second. Who the f— are you?' And then, you run away,' he continued.
Strong, for his part, was shocked, asking, 'Are you serious? Why would I do that?' He also admitted he didn't remember the moment, which Scott found reassuring.
6 Adam Scott on the 'Pod Meets World' podcast.
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'I'm so glad you don't remember that because, to some extent, that means it wasn't a traumatic experience,' Scott concluded.
In retrospect, the 'Party Down' star said on 'The Awardist,' 'for so long, and still, I just get nervous' around his peers.
'I think the main advantage of people who grow up in show business or whatever, nepo babies… is that you grow up around show business, so there's nothing particularly special or nerve-racking about it,' he said.
6 Adam Scott as Mark Scout in Apple TV+'s 'Severance.'
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'That's really what I had to overcome. It took me 20 years to overcome,' Scott explained. 'It's just being so freaked out being on a movie set or a TV set, because I was so excited about it that I couldn't calm down and just relax and not worry about all that other, all the accoutrements around you.'
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He concluded that he was consistently nervous and embarrassed, and, much like the 'Boy Meets World' incident, 'a lot of it was probably just in [his] head.'
Scott currently stars as Mark Scout in Apple TV+'s 'Severance,' a role that earned him a 2025 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
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