The ’90s sitcom Boy Meets World was a huge part of a lot of people’s childhoods. Plenty of kids grew up with the show’s characters, garnering life lessons in parallel to the show’s star, Cory Matthews, played by Ben Savage. Throughout the show’s seven seasons, Cory’s primary love interest was Topanga Lawrence, played by Danielle Fishel. Given the pair’s seven-year-long on-screen romance, fans have wondered if they ever took their chemistry off screen. Here’s what we know about Savage’s love life.
His relationship with fishel has remained Platonic
While Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel may not have had a whirlwind off-screen romance by any means, they still played important roles in each other’s lives. Savage was just 13 years old when the first season premiered. Boy Meets WorldFishel was just 12 years old when the premiere took place. The young actor Fishel was only 12. Each of them had their first kisses on-screen and off-screen.
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Fishel and Savage shared their memories and both said that they were very nervous. “That was my first ever TV kiss, and I was very nervous because we did that scene in front of a live audience,”He Admitted to Entertainment Weekly. “I was nervous! Pretty girl, tons of people watching… I didn’t know what to do. But it was fine, it was fine.”
Fishel even stated that she was afraid she’d pee her pants, because she was so nervous. “Not only had I never kissed anybody before, but I had certainly never kissed anybody in front of a live studio audience that’s also housing my grandparents and parents,”she Brian Baumgartner, a guest on his podcast, The Beat. “Like, everyone is there.”
They went on a Single ‘Date’
The actors became skilled at on-screen smooching. They dated each other for the duration of the series and eventually got married. As for their off-screen chemistry, they tried to go on a single date, but they agreed that there weren’t any sparks.
“There was literally I think one moment where Ben and I looked at each other after we had been working together for like two years and were like, ‘Are there feelings there?”” Fishel revealed at 90s Con. “And then we went out to dinner, and we were like, ‘No!’” She likely struggled to find the romance in their outing because Savage says he didn’It was a date, and he didn’t even know..
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Savage once mentioned that they may have had a crush upon Fishel when they were younger (“How could you not? She’s the best,” He made the comment that E! NewsHowever, both actors insist that they kept all their chemistry for Cory or Topanga. “We’ve always been best friends and what is there not to love about Ben? He’s obviously very handsome, he’s very smart, he’s very, very funny. Nobody makes me laugh more than Ben does. But Ben and I have always been just best friends and like family members,”Fishel.
All was well in the end. Fishel & Savage remained close friends. They even co-starred on the 2014 Disney Channel spinoff. Girl Meets World. The couple played a young married couple raising their daughter.
Savage is notoriously private about his relationships
Fishel dated Lance Bass, NSYNC’s member in her teen years. She’s since recalled being heartbroken when Bass ended things, however, the singer came out as gay years later. Fishel has been with Bass for a while Since then, they have reconnected as good friends. Fishel married Tim Belusko three years ago, before splitting in 2016. In 2018, she married Jensen Karp, a producer.
So, if Savage didn’t romance Fishel, then who has he dated? That’s a tough question. The actor is no stranger to relationships. Savage has managed to keep this part of his past life from the spotlight. Savage has never married and has never had children.
Honestly, it’s refreshing to see such a recognizable actor maintain his privacy. Everybody is part the paparazzi, even in the age of smartphones and social networks. Celebrities today have to fight for their private lives. We don’t know how he did it, but the fact that he avoided public romance is remarkable for a star such as Savage.