The “Boy Meets World” actor admits he accidentally made a bad impression on the NSYNC singer.
Or at least, that’s what the actor was told by Timberlake himself.
He didn’t like me.
Matthew Lawrence, Danielle Fishel, and Justin Timberlake.David Livingston/Getty; Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty; MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty
And he flat out told me to my face.
I was ahugefan, he said.
I didn’t have any recollection of this, and he was like, Oh yeah?
Ben Savage, Will Friedle, Rider Strong, Danielle Fishel, an Matthew Lawrence on ‘Boy Meets World’.ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty
Now you wanna be friends with me?
You were so mean on the set.
I had, you know, kind of a crush on Danielle.
And these guys kept rolling up on set, like, trying to hit on her!
Fishel only laughed: I was wondering if you were gonna say it!
I was like, I also know why he was probably a little standoffish.
I remember us guys would always be like, These dudes!
Oh my god, they come around here.
And we would watch Danielle, like, completely ignore all of us, Strong said.
We would, like, lose our sister.
We would just lose her, and we’d be like, Oh, god.
She totally changes around them.
She just totally changes.
But Fishel maintained that it was all part of the plan.
I liked the comfort and security of knowingnothingwas gonna happen, she joked.
Meanwhile, Lawrence lamented that he never got the chance to fully explain himself to Timberlake.
