'Boy Meets World' Star Danielle Fishel Shares How She Kept Her 'DWTS' News a Secret Christine BurroniSeptember 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM 0 Amy Sussman/WireImage Danielle Fishel is ready to meet the Dancing with the Stars ballroom.
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Christine BurroniSeptember 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Danielle Fishel is ready to meet the Dancing with the Stars ballroom.
Following the announcement of season 34's cast, the Boy Meets World icon took to her podcast, 'Pod Meets World,' for a solo session and dished on how she's kept the whole thing a secret until Wednesday's announcement.
"When we show up to rehearsals, there have been a lot of paparazzi outside," she explained. "The show draws a lot of attention and everyone's been trying to figure out who's on the show and who's partnered with who, so they ask us to come disguised."
And while production provided the cast face shields, Fishel took matters into her own hands and brought her own, thanks to her sons.
"I showed up everyday in a different character mask," she revealed. "The first day I wore a Hulk mask, the second day I wore an Iron Man mask."
Her other masks included that of Black Panther and Spiderman.
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Fishel, 44, also kept the secret from her podcast co-hosts Boy Meets World co-stars Rider Strong and Will Friedle.
"I had to be very, very, very tight-lipped," she said. "I did tell Will and Rider sometime in August because it was time for us to start scheduling the pod...they were both very surprised, Rider was just shocked. Will I think knew that it was something I would do eventually, but Rider was really shocked."
Fishel, 44, starred as Topanga Lawrence on Boy Meets World from from 1993-2000. She then rejoined the cast — including Friedle and Strong — for the show's reboot, Girl Meets World, from 2014-2017.
Danielle Fishel on Meeting Her 'DWTS' Partner
The actress, 44, is partnered with Pasha Pashcov, a relationship she shared got off to a great start.
"I think he's the perfect personality for me," she said. "Within the first five minutes of us being in a room together we were laughing, we were joking, we have an easy comradery, we get along just very, very well, he is a perfectionist and I am a perfectionist, I think that makes us a really good team."
"We still have a lot of fun but we want it to be as close to perfect as possible," she added.
For his part, Paschcova posted a fun video of the pair in rehearsals with the caption, "There is no going back now." The two also have already earned themselves an adorable couple's nickname.
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Danielle Fishel's Family Life
Fishel is married to film producer Jensen Karp, whom she said has been extremely supportive in her Dancing with the Stars journey, especially when it comes to taking care of their two kids, Adler, 6, and Keaton, 3.
Fishel and Karp tied the knot in 2018. She was previously married to Tim Belusko from 2013-2016.
Of her kids finding out about their mom's upcoming journey to the ballroom, she stayed mum with them for as long as she could — despite using their masks.
"I waited to tell my sons until we got closer and closer to the announcement day because you know how kids are, you tell them something is a secret and then the next day they're like 'Guess what? My mom is doing 'Dancing with the Stars,' so I couldn't take that risk."
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