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USA Today
05-08-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Adam Scott squashes 'Boy Meets World' feud with Rider Strong once and for all
Adam Scott is burying the hatchet (again), decades after an awkward encounter on the set of "Boy Meets World." The "Parks and Rec" actor, 52, guest-starred on the teen drama in 1995, playing bully Griff Hawkins. Years later, he revealed on the rewatch podcast "Pod Meets World," that an awkward encounter with series star Rider Strong had haunted him for years. When the Season 2 finale wrapped, and everyone began cheering, Scott had gone in for a hug only to be given the cold shoulder by Strong, the actor revealed in a 2023 podcast episode. Strong, one of the hosts of the podcast, reacted in shock, saying he didn't even remember the moment. Adam Scott says incident with 'Boy Meets World' co-star Rider Strong 'has been tugging at me for 29 years' "Are you serious?" he asked. "Why would I do that?!" The two eventually smoothed things over, with Scott expressing relief that it wasn't a grudge his former costar was holding, and Strong apologizing for the confusion. Now, the "Severance" star is confirming once again that the one-sided feud is "squashed." "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. It's crazy," he said during a recent appearance on Entertainment Weekly's 'Awardist' Podcast. "I feel like we addressed it," he added. "I think it's been squashed." Now a full-grown, Emmy-nominated star, Scott also revealed that it's taken decades in the industry to shake off the same nervousness around interactions on set. "That's really what I had to overcome," he said during the July 24 podcast. "It took me 20 years to overcome. 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 kind of calm down and just relax and not worry about all that other, all the accoutrements around you."
Pink Villa
05-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Adam Scott Shares Update on His Feud With Rider Strong After 30-Year-Old Boy Meets World Uncomfortable Set Incident
Adam Scott has confirmed that there's no bad blood between him and Boy Meets World star Rider Strong after addressing a long-standing awkward moment from the '90s sitcom. Speaking on the July 24 episode of Entertainment Weekly's The Awardist podcast, Scott said he has found closure over a 30-year-old memory from the set of the Boy Meets World Season 2 finale. Scott, known for roles in Parks and Recreation and Severance, played bully Griff Hawkins in a few episodes of the hit show. During his 2023 appearance on Strong's Pod Meets World podcast, he brought up the memory that had stuck with him for nearly three decades. Adam Scott clears the air with Rider Strong Adam Scott shared how he had carried this one moment around since the mid-'90s. 'Literally, this has been tugging at me for 29 years,' he told Strong on the podcast. 'The scene ends. Everyone just erupts and starts cheering.' '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,' Scott recalled. Rider Strong was surprised and said he didn't remember the incident at all. 'Are you serious? Why would I do that?' he asked. His reaction came as a relief to Scott. 'I'm so glad you don't remember that because, to some extent, that means it wasn't a traumatic experience.' Here's what Scott says about finding closure On The Awardist, Scott confirmed that the issue has been resolved. 'I feel like we addressed it,' he said. 'I think it's been squashed.' When asked if revisiting the incident helped him find closure, Scott joked, 'No, we need to work it out.' But he quickly clarified, 'Yeah, absolutely.' He added, 'Rider Strong…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.' Scott also spoke about how difficult it was for him to feel comfortable in Hollywood during the early years of his career. He said that people who grow up around show business, often referred to as "nepo babies", have the advantage of being used to the environment, so it doesn't feel particularly special or nerve-racking to them. He shared that overcoming those nerves took him about 20 years. Scott admitted he would often feel overwhelmed on movie and TV sets because he was so excited to be there. It was hard for him to calm down, relax, and not get distracted by everything happening around him.
New York Post
04-08-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Adam Scott reveals where he stands with ‘Boy Meets World's' Rider Strong after feud
Mr. Feeny would be proud. 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. Advertisement 6 Adam Scott as Griff Hawkins in 'Boy Meets World.' Disney 6 Adam Scott during his appearance on Rider Strong's 'Pod Meets World' podcast. podmeetsworldshow/Instagram 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. Advertisement 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.' Everett Collection / Everett Collection 'I feel like we addressed it,' Scott confirmed. 'I think it's been squashed.' Advertisement 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.' Disney Scott then described turning toward Strong, giving him a high five, and saying 'Hey, congratulations, buddy!' Advertisement '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. podmeetsworldshow/Instagram '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.' Apple TV+. '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.' Advertisement 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.
Yahoo
20-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Danielle Fishel reveals she still has some of the hair she chopped off nearly 30 years ago on 'Boy Meets World': 'I have the biggest chunk!'
Topanga's big chop was an iconic moment in the Boy Meets World universe — and Danielle Fishel said her mom kept a memento of it after all these years. Fishel, who played Topanga, previously discussed sharing her locks with in-studio audience members after she snipped her hair during the season 4 episode "Hair Today, Goon Tomorrow." But to her surprise, Fishel discovered that she hadn't gotten rid of all the strands. On the most recent episode of Pod Meets World, the actress said her mother, who kept all of her Boy Meets World memorabilia, recently gave her a chunk from that nearly 30-year-old episode. "I have the biggest chunk," she said. On the show, Topanga tries to make a statement about vanity by chopping off her beautiful, long hair, but it backfires as the teen spirals out of insecurity. In real life, Fishel had wanted to get her "first adult haircut" for months before the episode, but the producers wouldn't let her touch her head until they could write it into the show. Even after the producers agreed to let her cut her hair, Fishel said they argued over the length. "It was an actual negotiation," she said in a previous episode of the podcast. "And there was a lot of stress about whether or not I was gonna listen because [they] knew I had all the power with the scissors in my hands." The audience gasped when she snipped her real hair, but they were eager to get a piece after the taping ended. Now, Fishel is uninterested in sharing the rest of the loot with others. After costar Will Friedle suggested auctioning off the hair for charity, Fishel shut down the idea. "Whoever buys that, what do they do with it?" she asked. Instead, Topanga's iconic chopped hair will remain in her garage for the rest of her life — or until Fishel's kids clean it out of the house. Listen to the entire episode of Pod Meets World below. Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly
Yahoo
04-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'Growing Pains' Star Says Everyone Could ‘Tell Early on' That Leonardo DiCaprio Was ‘So Good'
Ashley Johnson is remembering her time with costar Leonardo DiCaprio on Growing Pains Johnson said that DiCaprio was 'so sweet' and it was immediately apparent that he was 'so good' Johnson played Chrissy Seaver in the last two seasons of the series, while DiCaprio joined for the final oneDid you feel Leonardo DiCaprio's greatness when he appeared on Growing Pains as a teenager? If so, then you're not alone. Ashley Johnson, who appeared on Growing Pains durings seasons 6 and 7 as youngest child Chrissy Seaver, opened up about her time on the series while appearing on Pod Meets World in an episode released on Monday, June 2. Johnson, 41, recalled how she first entered the entertainment industry when a talent scout came to her school looking to cast children for Star Search. She appeared on the show and sang 'Broadway Baby' at age 5. Not long after, she joined Growing Pains as Chrissy Seaver, who had been born in season 4 and was aged up from a toddler to age 5 when the actress was cast in the role. 'Every memory that I have from that is so good,' she said on the podcast. 'It really really is.' At the time, Johnson joined an established TV family that included Alan Thicke, Joanna Kerns, Kirk Cameron, Tracey Gold and Jeremy Miller. 'Everyone was so wonderful to me,' she said. 'They just took me in like I had been there.' She even called it 'a great start' to her now decades-long acting career. In the show's final season, the Seaver family added another child to the group — a homeless teen named Luke Brower, who was played by DiCaprio. At 16, he had just started his career, and Johnson thought he had already filmed 1993's This Boy's Life, his first breakout, but it hadn't been released yet. 'He was so good,' Johnson recalled. 'You could tell so early on... I just remember everyone was like, 'This kid is so good.' Like, he had it. We felt it. He was great.' 'He was a teenager, he was a kid, but I remember he was so sweet to me,' she added. Johnson said the last time she saw DiCaprio, 50, and her other costars was when Thicke died in 2016 at 69. 'He wad the greatest,' she said of her TV dad. 'I just remember I loved hugging him and just being around him.' Though the reunion was 'bad circumstances,' she said it was 'cool' to have 'adult conversations' with them for the first time. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Johnson had since starred in TV shows, like The Killing and Blindspot, and in movies, including What Women Want and The Help. She has also worked as a voiceover performer on Recess and Teen Titans, and provided the voice and motion capture of Ellie in The Last of Us video game series. During season 1, she portrayed Ellie's mother in the HBO series adaptation. Read the original article on People
