In the wise words of Mr. Feeny, “If you search your heart and listen to its instruction, you won’t go wrong.” And while many may feel lost as to the right way to support a friend diagnosed with cancer, Boy Meets World ’s Will Friedle and Rider Strong knew the best way to be there for co-star Danielle Fishel in her breast cancer battle was to just show up.
“Will and Rider are truly just two of the best friends anyone could ever have,” the actress told E! News in an exclusive interview. “Will lives very close to me. So, Will and his wife Susan checked in on me constantly, offered to go to the grocery store for us.
” In fact, Danielle—who also hosts the Pod Meets World podcast with her two castmates—said she received well-wishes from “friends all over the world.” “People know I like sweets,” she continued. “They’d send me cookies, or they sent us care packages.
We got blankets. People who are cancer survivors who reached out to me and said, 'Here are going to be some things you're going to want. Here's a link to a supportive bra.
Here's some’—all that different stuff was amazing.” Another thing that was amazing was the email she got from Boy Meets World creator Michael Jacobs , which Danielle noted was “very kind and offered resources.” “His wife has a nonprofit or is involved in a nonprofit,” the 43-year-old—who played Topanga Lawrence on the 90’s sitcom—explained, “and he said, ‘If there's anything we can do, connecting yo.
