Trina McGee identifies Will Friedle as Boy Meets World castmate who hurled racial insult on-set

Trina McGee identified Will Friedle as the Boy Meets World castmate who hurled a racial insult at her on-set Thursday in an Instagram post.

The 50-year-old actress, who played Angela Moore, in a Twitter post in January wrote that she was called ‘aunt Jemima on set during hair and make up and a ‘bitter b****’ while rehearsing.

McGee posted a throwback photo Thursday with Friedle, 43, for her roughly 14,500 Instagram followers along with the caption: ‘FOR THE RECORD: WILL FRIEDLE the man responsible for AuntJemmagate, apologized to me 22 years ago and again days ago in a three-page letter.’

‘We talked more on it and he acknowledged that he really wasn’t educated enough in his early twenties to know he was truly offending me. THIS SHOULD AND COULD BE A TEACHING MOMENT FOR ALL,’ she added.

‘For all people of all races or different backgrounds. He has conveyed to me how much this has changed his perception of comedy. And humanity. We all fall short of sensitivity at times, but let’s be real on what EXTREME RACISM IS,’ McGee further posted.

She then shared a personal story of her grandfather Scuddie McGee who was threatened with lynching after getting the wrong change from a clerk and pointing out the error to a white store owner.

‘Scuddie McGee left South Carolina that night for fear of his life. Bringing his small family along with him to New Jersey.? I’m not backing down on the truth. It’s stands. Will apologized to me and I forgave him, I then apologized to him for making the statements public because his joke came out of just not knowing, not viciousness and he forgave me. That’s what friends do,’ Trina posted.

She concluded: ‘Now get back to washing your hands and surviving this pandemic and let the love and hope be the next pandemic. #loseonefriendloseallfriendsloseyourself #trinamcgee’.

McGee played the best friend of Topanga Matthews [Danielle Fishel] and the love interest of Shawn Hunter [Rider Strong] on Boy Meets World from 1997 to 2000.

She started with a recurring role in season five and joined the main cast for seasons six and seven.

Friedle played Eric Matthews, the wacky older brother of the show’s main protagonist Cory Matthews, portrayed by Ben Savage, 39.

McGee reprised her role in 2015 for one episode of the spin-off Girl Meets World.

Boy Meets World ran for seven seasons from September 1993 to May 2000 on ABC.

The spin-off Girl Meets World aired on the Disney Channel from June 2014 to January 2017.