‘Girl Meets World’ Producer Says Sabrina Carpenter and Rowan Blanchard Cried at Table Read When Creator Was ‘Horrible’ to Them
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‘Girl Meets World’ Producer Says Sabrina Carpenter and Rowan Blanchard Cried at Table Read When Creator Was ‘Horrible’ to Them
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> In an interview with Fishel, producer Frank Pace recalls working with the show’s creator, Michael Jacobs. “Michael was fun for me to work with because he was a challenge. He was a nightmare for me to work with because he was a challenge. Same reason,” he says before recounting the “never to be forgotten table read” at the start of “Girl Meets World.”
> Fishel says she blocked it out, as Pace reminds her what allegedly happened: “You blocked it out because Michael was horrible. He just reamed all the young cast. He didn’t think they upheld the tradition of ‘Boy Meets World’ and Rowan was crying, and Sabrina was crying.”
Ugh I can totally see this being a thing given Michael’s reputation. I hope on pod meets world they try to recap girl meets world to hash this out.
They were growing up back then and spent alot of time together but it’s interesting to me how they fell off. I remember when Disney Channel did wrap around segments during commercials and they talked about being the others best friends.
I guess once the show ended, their relationship drifted. Not that long ago, Rowan sounded dismissive when ET asked her about the show and it being different to what she’s been doing now.
When Sabrina Carpenter performed on SNL the first time, she had Danielle Fishel be one of her guests. She must be closer to Danielle out of all the cast.
The shit minors go through at Disney (and any other network for that matter) is appalling and infuriating.
Disgusting. If there are minors at the table, there should always be someone looking after them. They shouldn’t be alone with abusive directors.
I don’t understand people who are cruel to children. How, as an adult with a presumably developed prefrontal cortex, can you look at a child, and make the decision to be a dickbag?
Maybe it’s because I have a kid and I recognize how much he still has to go developmentally, if that makes sense. Like, they’re still very young in so many ways when they’re 6 or 10 or 14.
I think it was Ryder Strong (or one of the OG cast) who was recently quoted as saying he felt he disappointed people when he grew up and that it threw him for a loop.
Like..fuck that so much. To feel GUILTY for not being child forever?
AI can have these jobs as far as I’m concerned. Abolish these abusive, mind fucking child entertainment mills and give it to the robots.
This corroborates what Danielle Fishel said she experienced as a kid (and witnessed as an adult when she rejoined the spin-off) in the podcast interview she did with Nicole Byers on ‘Why Won’t You Date Me’ in April 2026. She said when she originally left the show as a kid she had fond memories, but as she grew older she realized it wasn’t the best scenario for an actor or human. She mentioned that some (note: not all) of the male actors escaped being hit as hard as she or the other female leads were —
This checks out. Whenever Pod Meets World talks about their Girl Meets World experiences, it is clear as day that the work environment was toxic. Even the adults don’t seem to have any positive experiences on set, so I can’t imagine what being a child was like.