After all, Boy Meets World is understood for its revolving door of recurring stars. Nevertheless, no character has left an affect on followers of the ABC sitcom the way in which Harley Keiner actor Danny McNulty did. Whereas Harley loomed massive over the TGIF comedy, he solely appeared in eight episodes throughout two seasons. Because of his lack of onscreen time, viewers have at all times puzzled what occurred to McNulty after Season 3. Nearly three a long time after his last BMW look, the Boy Meets World alum opened up concerning the meltdown that led to his exit from the beloved collection.
The 30-year thriller surrounding Harley Keiner’s BMW disappearance was lastly answered when McNulty chatted together with his former Boy Meets World castmates on Pod Meets World. Danielle Fishel requested the long-gestating query about his vanishing act from the present, mentioning the reported breakdown that occurred throughout a Season 2 desk learn. He then opened up concerning the occasions main as much as his ill-fated desk learn, and the way that culminated in a meltdown.
I am going to Sedona for this Angel workshop, and mainly, I went there and it was an incredible expertise. I opened up so many chakras. I opened up my entire being. After I acquired again to LA. I wasn’t shut down sufficient, [and] I used to be nonetheless open. Inside that week, I booked Boy Meets World, and there was this excessive I used to be coming into… I wasn’t closed down sufficient, I felt like spiritually I used to be on the market and no matter acquired in astral vampires, having an exorcism, all this loopy stuff. It was very, very tough. I pulled as much as the desk learn, I hopped out of my Cadillac convertible, and had adopted a canine, and introduced the canine on set. I used to be on the desk learn, and I believed every part can be wonderful. I simply felt this meltdown on the desk, and I keep in mind Blake helped me. I dropped the script on the ground, and he was so good he picked it up for me. He’s like ‘Give him a minute. Simply give him a minute.’ I keep in mind simply winding down. I couldn’t do something. I couldn’t transfer, I couldn’t speak.
In the course of the script studying, McNulty felt in the mean time that every part was imploding round him. On the time, psychological well being wasn’t a critical matter in society. He felt his psychological breakdown tarnished his performing profession as society was much less delicate about psychological problems. Listening to his co-star’s story allowed Friedle to discuss his anxiousness battle whereas filming the present. The Eric Matthews actor talked about his issues getting the best prognosis and medicine to face his dysfunction, and the stigma surrounding psychological well being within the ’90s. After Friedle’s phrases, Fishel requested what occurred after the breakdown. McNulty defined what occurred following the out-of-body script studying.
My sister was visiting from New York, they usually referred to as her. She acquired me off the set and took me to this hospital Edgemont Hospital. It’s a scary place, it’s like a psychological hospital-slash-drug rehab. Medicine had been by no means an issue for me… I by no means touched something like that. It was only a pure bipolar rollercoaster… I get checked in. Disney despatched one in every of their psychologists – somebody to assist speak to me to see if they might get me sufficient to do the present.
As soon as he was admitted to the medical facility, the BMW alum was identified with bipolar dysfunction and was placed on medicine. McNulty stayed within the hospital for a month to get adjusted to his new prescriptions. He was left with critical guilt about leaving the present and the solid so abruptly. He felt his desk learn meltdown should’ve left his younger castmates traumatized. The hosts reassured him, and stated they cared about him extra as an individual, not simply as a co-worker. Regardless of what had occurred, the Harley Keiner actor acquired a shocking name from the Boy Meets World workers, saying they needed him to come back again. The actor famous that being requested to return allowed him to search out “closure.”
Danny McNulty ultimately returned for the Season 3 episode “He Mentioned, She Mentioned,” the place Harley confronted Griff Hawkins. He additionally started working with Adam Scott, who coincidently disappeared throughout the third season. The BMW alum admitted his Season 3 return was marred by his adjustment to his new medicine. Fortunately, the 50-year-old actor was capable of reprise his position within the sequel collection Woman Meets World apart from the collection finale.
You may hearken to extra behind-the-scenes tales from Boy Meets World by testing Pod Meets World weekly on iHeartRadio. Within the course of, get to know extra about different John Adams Excessive bullies like Ethan Suplee who spoke about how he was handled as an chubby actor, and Blake Sennett who revealed he nearly died of an overdose. When you’re completed with the podcast, revisit the traditional sitcom by getting a Disney+ subscription.
