Trina McGee revisits ‘Boy Meets World’ co-star Will Friedle’s ‘racist’ Aunt Jemima joke

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lengthy email a few years back, but the actress has finally addressed the “racist” incident with him publicly.McGee, 53, joined “Boy Meets World” alums Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong and Friedle in an episode of their “Pod Meets World” podcast where the cast further discussed the remark.The actress, who played Angela Moore, quickly confronted Friedle, 46, about the comment when it happened — a move the actor helped him understand the implications of racial stereotypes.“In my head, I attached no cultural significance to that whatsoever,” Friedle recalled during the Sept.

12 episode of the podcast. “I saw a person who I thought was my friend but didn’t know all that well wearing a big, red hat.”“You and I still hadn’t worked together a ton, but in my head you were a part of the cast, so that means I’m gonna make fun of you,” he said to McGee. “So I thought ‘Gonna make fun of her red hat.’ That’s as far as my dumb f–king privileged mind saw it.“Right before I walked on for my part, I walked by and went ‘love your syrup’ and walked onto the set, thinking ‘Boom, zing, just got her for her hat,'” Friedle said. “I heard Ryder laughing.

We finished the scene and you came up to me–” “Oh, I was pissed,” McGee interjected.“You were like, ‘That was not OK.’ And I was like, ‘What?'” Friedle said. “I had no idea what you were talking about.