The actress opened up about being sexualized as a teenager on her rewatch podcast Pod Meets World.

“As a kid, I always wanted to be older.

I always wanted to be an adult.

Danielle Fishel on ‘Boy Meets World’ and in 2022

Danielle Fishel on ‘Boy Meets World’ and in 2022.ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty; Jon Kopaloff/Getty

I wanted to be seen as an adult,” Fishel said.

And in hindsight, that is absolutely wrong."

And I was, even directlyto me."

“I had people tell me they had my 18th birthday on their calendar,” Fishel continued.

“That was 37 years in the making,” she said.