Danielle Fishel claims a “creepy” male “Boy Meets World” executive told her he had a calendar photo of her at 16 years old hanging in his bedroom., the former child star — who was 12 when she was cast to play Topanga Lawrence in the coming-of-age sitcom — discussed being “an object of desire at such a young age” with her co-hosts and former castmates, Rider Strong and Will Friedle.
The actress, 42, recalled being initially taken aback by the uncomfortable admission but said her “immediate thought after that was: ‘Yes, because we are peers, and this is how you relate to peers.’ “I felt like it was validation that I was mature and I was an adult and I was capable and that they were seeing me the way I was, not for the number on a page,” she went on. “And in hindsight, that is absolutely wrong.”
Fishel agreed, adding, “I’ve always been able to hold a conversation with an adult. I can look you in the eye. I’ve always been those things.