Rider Strong Slams 'Boy Meets World' For How They Approached Sex In A Banned Episode

With so many incredible offerings to choose from, like Friends, Frasier, and Seinfeld, it's almost impossible to argue otherwise. And among those proverbial giants, there were also countless other unsung heroes.

Boy Meets World showcased the hilarious high school hijinx of Cory Mathews, his best friend Shawn Hunter, as well as his future wife-to-be — the one and only Topanga Lawrence.

Mr. Feeny was a staunch conservative-minded character with genuine care and admiration for his students. And he helped guide them through countless adolescent hiccups.

For example, in the episode titled "If You Can't Be With The One You Love," Shawn and Cory steal a bottle of liquor, wind up wasted, and pee on a police car.

Cory, Topanga, and Shawn's girlfriend Angela confronts him about his drinking — which results in Shawn pushing Angela into a wall in a drunken rage.

Cory and Topanga arrive at their hotel room, briefly get physical, and then decide at the last possible minute that they want to wait just a little longer before crossing the gap.

Pod Meets World is hosted by Rider Strong (Shawn), Danielle Fishel (Topanga), and Will Friedle (Eric). In each episode, the trio dissects a different episode from the highly lauded series.

This question elicited a rather strong response, specifically from Rider Strong. The "Prom-ises, Prom-ises" episode, in particular, apparently left a very bad taste in his mouth.

"I remember really not liking the prom episode while we were taping it," Rider said on the podcast. "I remember being very upset that entire week."

The young star was so perturbed that he decided to bring his concerns directly to showrunner, Michael Jacobs — who apparently paid him no mind and blew him off.

"The fact that we would not bring up Cory and Topanga using condoms or having a discussion about birth control at all, and yet the entire episode was about will they or will they not."

"This is something that we have to talk about. When you are discussing losing your virginity, you discuss how you’re going to do it and how to be safe about it," he said.

"Three episodes later we were doing an episode where we made a joke about sharing razors, where Cory and Topanga talk about sharing razors in college," he went on.

"I was like, 'Oh, this is where now we’re going to talk about hepatitis but, for whatever reason, the notion of discussing safe sex was off the table even though the entire episode was about having sex.'"

"I remember rolling my eyes about all the Cory and Topanga virgin stuff," he explained. "It just felt so precious, outdated, and just weird to be talking about."

If you'd like to gain more insight into Boy Meets World, be sure to check out the Pod Meets World podcast, streaming across all platforms.