The hotly anticipated new series Girl Meets World, a return of the beloved characters from Boy Meets World, will happen without Cory Matthew’s best friend, Shawn Hunter.

Rider Strong, who played the character of Shawn in all 158 episodes of the popular coming-of-age series, which ran for seven seasons from 1993 to 2000, has told fans on his website that he hasn’t been asked to reprise the role.

“At this point, I have no official involvement in Girl Meets World,” Strong announced.

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The series ended with Cory (played by Ben Savage) and Topanga (played by Danielle Fishel) getting married and heading to New York. The new series, which is gearing up to go into production, will focus on the couple and the 13-year-old daughter they’re raising.

Strong expressed some hope of showing up in a “guest spot.”

“I think it would be nice to find out where our characters have been all these years. But Girl Meets World will be, and I think it should be, its own show. It will be about Cory and Topanga, their daughter, and a new set of characters,” Strong said.