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JamesG · 03-17-2026, 06:47 PM

Brian Austin Green Reveals the Only Acting Job he was Fired From — and Learns That It wasn't his Fault
by Derek Lawrence
March 17, 2026

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 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."

"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 BMW. "He would give line readings," he said, "and if you didn't say it the way he wanted it said, you were gone."

Green did remember Jacobs being "very specific" when they were working on his scene with Staci Keanan. "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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JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 56,961	Brian Austin Green Reveals he was Fired from "My Two Dads" Brian Austin Green Reveals the Only Acting Job he was Fired From — and Learns That It wasn't his Fault by Derek Lawrence March 17, 2026 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 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." "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 BMW. "He would give line readings," he said, "and if you didn't say it the way he wanted it said, you were gone." Green did remember Jacobs being "very specific" when they were working on his scene with Staci Keanan. "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." https://ew.com/brian-austin-green-fi...eator-11928124