However, Strong revealed that he was “miserable” filming the episode, which was banned by Disney Channel because of its mature tone, and “half-assed” his performance. “This was hard for me to watch. I didn’t love this episode,” Strong said.

Rider Strong said he felt confused filming the episode, given that Cory could be funny while drunk whereas Shawn was like “a more extreme version” of that. The former child star spoke more about why he didn't feel young audiences would do well to learn the dangers of alcoholism following that particular episode: The real problem that I see is it’s actually a disservice to people.

Boy Meets World actor Rider Strong recalled one particular episode that made him “very uncomfortable” and “so miserable” to film. In a recent episode of Pod Meets World - the rewatch podcast dedicated to the ’90s sitcom co-hosted by Strong,

Seeing what was happening on Diff’rent Strokes made it feel more real and I’ve only seen the episode once! I assumed I may have misremembered things, but reading the Wikipedia description made it clear that the episode lived rent-free in my head for over twenty years.

Rider Strong opened up about why he was not a fan of Boy Meets World's alcohol-themed episode and its representation of alcoholism

Rider Strong says Boy Meets World dropped the ball on another serious episode of the show in which Shawn abuses alcohol.