Adam Scott Clears the Air on Rider Strong and ‘Boy Meets World’ Drama originally appeared on Parade.
Ever popular in this day and age, podcasts have become a prime opportunity for Hollywood stars to open up about their past and even hash things out.
In a recent episode of Entertainment Weekly‘s Awardist podcast, actor Adam Scott addressed a certain 30-year-old experience on set of ABC’s sitcom that millennials grew up loving: Boy Meets World.
In fact, a mere two years ago, Scott, 52, and co-star Rider Strong sat down for what initially seemed like a friendly chat on the Pod Meets World podcast, co-hosted by Strong, 45. When they began discussing the season 2 finale of Boy Meets World — featuring Scott as bully Griff Hawkins — Scott unearthed an awkward encounter between him and Strong that he clearly was still thinking about all these years later.
“I don’t know if you remember this, Rider. Literally, this has been tugging at me for 29 years. It was the season finale of season 2. The scene ends. Everyone just erupts and starts cheering,” Scott said on Jan. 23, 2023 podcast episode, going to on recount how he turned to Strong on set and said, “‘Hey, congratulations buddy!’ And I give you a high-five, and I go in and hug you. And as I do that, you push me off, and you give me this look, like, ‘Wait a second. Who the [bleep] are you?’ And then you run away.”
Strong seemed shocked at the anecdote and replied, “Are you serious? Why would I do that?!”
More recently, on the July 24, 2025 episode of the Awardist podcast, EW‘s editorial director Gerrad Hall asked the Emmy-nominated Severance star asked if he feels like he truly got closure in hindsight. Scott joked, “No, we need to work it out.”
Scott then provided a more serious response, saying, “No, absolutely. I mean, Rider Strong, who the awkward interaction was with, didn’t even remember it. And I really, truly had been carrying it around for, it was like 30 years, because it was like 1994, ’95. It’s crazy.”
Scott added, “I feel like we addressed it. I think it’s been squashed.”
Adam Scott Clears the Air on Rider Strong and ‘Boy Meets World’ Drama first appeared on Parade on Aug 4, 2025
This story was originally reported by Parade on Aug 4, 2025, where it first appeared.
