‘Boy Meets World’ Alum Rider Strong and Alexandra Barreto: A Timeline of Their Relationship

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Boy meets love! Rider Strong and Alexandra Barreto sparked an instant connection on the set of the short-lived series Pepper Dennis.The Boy Meets World alum and Barreto were cast as Chick and Blanca, respectively, on the 2006 sitcom opposite Rebecca Romijn.

Despite the comedy’s early cancellation after one season, the pair quickly turned their working relationship into a personal one.Strong — who rose to fame as Shawn Hunter on the early 2000s hit — proposed to the Fosters alum in December 2012.“I took her for a walk under the redwoods on the property where I grew up in Northern California,” Strong exclusively told Us Weekly at the time. “It was pouring rain, but it didn’t look like it was going to stop anytime soon, so I just decided to go for it.”The Benefit of the Doubt actor got down on bended knee with a homemade diamond bauble. “I spent weeks making the ring in secret.

I found an old-school jeweler who works out of his basement in Echo Park and asked him to teach me how to do a lost wax casting,” he recalled to Us. “My brother [Shiloh Strong] and I write together at his loft in downtown L.A., so I was able to set up a workspace there.

I carved the ring out of wax, and then cast it in white gold. I had my dad make a wooden ring box for me. My dad made my mom’s ring, so I was following in his footsteps.”The twosome tied the knot one year later in a camp-themed wedding.“I’m incredibly lucky to be getting married to my best friend and partner-in-crime,” the “Pod Meets World” podcast cohost — who reprised his BMW character on Disney Channel’s Girl Meets World — exclusively told Us in October 2013 ahead of the big day. “We’re tying the knot at a summer camp in Oregon.