The ‘Boy Meets’ World cast assures Green that there were many others like him.

Brian Austin Green reveals the only acting job he was fired from — and learns that it wasn’t his fault

The 'Boy Meets' World cast assures Green that there were many others like him.

By Derek Lawrence

Derek Lawrence

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March 17, 2026 1:06 p.m. ET

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Brian Austin Green at the 2025 Hollywood Christmas Parade on November 30, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Credit:

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Brian Austin Green has only been fired from one acting gig over his 40-year career, and, thankfully, he now knows that it wasn't about him.

Appearing on the *Pod Meets World* podcast, the* Beverly Hills, 90210* alum revealed that he was let go from the 1980s sitcom *My Two Dads*, which was co-created by Michael Jacobs, the future *Boy Meets World* boss of hosts Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong, and Will Friedle.

"I was really new to sitcoms, and I didn't completely understand the timing of it," Green said, sharing that he'd already completed a rehearsal and run through on* My Two Dads *before he was let go. "I went to lunch and they were like, 'Yeah, we are going to have to recast.' But I was so young that I was like, 'Okay. I still get paid for this day, right?' That's all I really cared about at that point."

*My Two Dads* aired on NBC from 1987 to 1990, and starred Paul Reiser and Greg Evigan as former romantic rivals who are suddenly granted custody of a 12-year-old girl (Staci Keanan) who has just lost her mother.

Paul Reiser, Greg Evigan, and Staci Keanan in 'My Two Dads.'.

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Not long after his *My Two Dads* firing, Green began his iconic 10-year run as David Silver on *90210*. And Jacobs went on to launch *Boy Meets World*, where the *Pod Meets World* crew says he developed a reputation for quickly jettisoning young actors.

"If there is one gift that I can give you, I would just like you to know that it wasn't you," Fishel told Green. "[Jacobs] threatened to fire me after my first day...and I was already replacing someone who had been fired!"

Strong added that Jacobs fired "probably 10 kids" within the first few episodes of *Boy Meets World*. "He would give line readings," he said, "and if you didn't say it the way he wanted it said, you were gone."

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Green did remember Jacobs being "very specific" when they were working on his scene with Keanan on *My Two Dads*. "He kept giving me these line readings of exactly what he wanted, and I couldn't do it exactly that way, and that was it," Green recalled.

But Green does appreciate the clarity from his fellow actors, decades later. "It's good to know now at 52," he joked. "I can't wait to tell my therapist."

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