Danielle Fishel turned to ‘purging and overexercising’ after ‘Boy Meets World’ boss allegedly pointed out her weight gain

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Fishel, who was 18 at the time, recalled being a size 4 when alleged comments about her weight arose.

“Boy Meets World” alum Danielle Fishel confessed that she turned to “purging” and “overexercising” after she alleged that the creator of the show, Michael Jacobs, pointed out her weight gain.

Fishel, who played the iconic Topanga Lawrence on the hit coming-of-age sitcom, detailed in a new tell-all book that she became obsessed with her appearance after Jacobs told her and her co-star, Will Friedle (who played Eric Matthews), that they had both packed on some pounds between Seasons 6 and 7.

“Will had gained some weight. I had gained some weight,” Fishel, 45, wrote in “Book Meets World: The Definitive Inside Story of the Hit Sitcom Boy Meets World,” per Entertainment Weekly.

“[Jacobs said,] ‘Obviously, you guys have gained a little bit of weight, so we’re going to write an episode about it, and we just wanted you to know,'” Fishel recalled in the book, which she co-authored with Friedle, Rider Strong and collaborator Emily Longeretta.

As a result, the show produced the Season 7 episode “She’s Having My Baby Back Ribs.” In the episode, Fishel and Friedle’s characters go on a secret diet together and Fishel’s onscreen beau, Cory Matthews (played by Ben Savage) misinterprets her comments to believe she is pregnant.

Fishel remembered crying about Jacobs’ alleged comments, which she said triggered a yearlong struggle with eating.

The actress, who was only 18 years old at the time, said she was a size 4.

“So I remember thinking, ‘Wow, these people think I’ve gained enough weight to write an entire episode about it,’ and right now I have to say I’m fine with it, because they didn’t even present me another alternative. And even if they did, I probably wouldn’t have felt comfortable being like, ‘Yeah, I don’t want to do that,'” she explained.

Fishel revealed that she passed out at school after running one day, admitting that she had “not been eating.”

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