Danielle Fishel Shares How 'Boy Meets World' Creator Allegedly Humiliated Her On Set

Danielle Fishel is opening up about a humiliating experience on her first day on the set of "Boy Meets World" with creator Michael Jacobs.

In a recent episode of the "Pod Meets World" podcast, hosts Fishel, Rider Strong and Will Friedle were joined by director David Trainer as they revisited their time on the ABC sitcom.

Fishel, who played Topanga Lawrence, looked back on her first-ever rehearsal for the show. At the time, she was just 12 years old and had a habit of speaking too fast, which seemingly annoyed the "Boy Meets World" creator.

The actress said Jacobs gave everyone feedback at the end of rehearsals and shared a lengthy note to Fishel before he even got to his critiques.

"Michael starts off the notes by saying, ‘Danielle, I'm going to give you your notes all at one time, at the end and I'm going to give everyone else their notes now because if I made everyone sit here through all of the notes I had for you, we would all be here for hours and no one would ever get to go home. So you're just going to wait for the end,'" Fishel recalled, as quoted by Variety.

According to Fishel, who had replaced another actress who was supposed to play Topanga, Jacobs made the comments in front of the entire cast. "From that moment on, my eyes welled up because I'm now in front of everybody," she continued. "All the producers, all the writers, all the cast and all eyes are on me for a second."

After Jacobs finished with all the others' notes, he called Fishel's mother down from the audience to join the two of them at a table on set.

Fishel said the show creator went through every single of her lines, what he wanted, what she wasn't doing right and how slow she needed to talk. Noting that she was sweating now, nearly three decades later, while sharing her experience, the actress claimed that Jacobs ended their conversation with a warning.

"What I know specifically was said is, ‘All I know is, if you don't come back tomorrow doing this entirely differently, you are also not going to be here,' referencing the girl I had replaced," Fishel continued.

Fishel and her mom went through her lines until the middle of the night. The following day, Jacobs applauded her during rehearsals because she "did exactly what [he] asked of [her]."

"There were no more threats of being fired, I had done the work and I had shown him that I was worthy," she said on the podcast. "It totally sets up that you go after that every week. You're chasing the dragon of Michael approval."

Fishel added that she wanted to "get it right" but ended up being more focused on "making Jacobs happy" than perfecting the part.

Strong chimed in saying that he also encountered the same problem. "That's what I remember feeling. That's what I don't think is healthy," he added, as Friedle agreed.

Friedle noted that Jacobs "set it up in such a way that for now when he gives you the standing ovation, it's like the sun is shining on you. It had nothing to do with your acting. It was just, make Michael feel good.'"

Trainer, who directed the first two seasons of "Boy Meets World" and worked with Jacobs for years, said this was a "hateful story."

"To hear this, you're sweating? I'm really pissed," Trainer said on the podcast. "It's enough to make me want to sign off of this podcast. I don't want to be associated with anything that guy is associated with. This is just not how you do things. I'm glad it became a hit, but this is disgusting."

Jacobs has not yet publicly responded to Fishel's story.