‘Boy Meets World’ Cast Recalls Befriending Co-Star Later Convicted Of Child Molestation

Monday’s episode of “Pod Meets World” took a dour turn as Will Friedle and Rider Strong, the former child stars of “Boy Meets World” who host the reflective podcast, detailed their former friendship with Brian Peck — a Season 5 guest star and convicted child molester.

The otherwise lighthearted podcast invited family therapist Kati Morton to explore “the difficult subjects of grooming, childhood sexual abuse, and their effects on victims” after its hosts were contacted to participate in an upcoming documentary on the subject.

“Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” an Investigation Discovery series, airs in March.

Strong and Friedle were teenagers when “Boy Meets World” premiered in 1993. Peck was in his 40s when he joined the ABC show for a two-episode arc in 1997 and befriended them.

According to court documents obtained in 2015 by The Daily Mail, however, Peck was accused in 2004 of child molestation and pleaded no contest. He was reportedly convicted of a lewd act against a child and oral copulation of a person under 16 and spent 16 months in prison.

“This guy had so ingrained himself into my life, I took him to three shows after ‘Boy Meets World,’” Friedle said Monday. “This was the type of thing where the person he presented was this great, funny guy who was really good at his job, and you wanted to hang out with.”

He added, “I saw him every day, hung out with him every day, talked to him every day.”

The hosts claimed they initially had no idea how serious the allegations were, as Peck allegedly told his newfound friends his accuser purposefully tricked him by claiming he was of age.

“It was always in the context of, ‘I did this thing, I am guilty, I am going to take whatever punishment the government determines,