Rider Strong engaged to actress girlfriend

Former Boy Meets World star Rider Strong is engaged after proposing to his actress girlfriend Alexandra Barreto.

The actor, who played Shawn in the hit '90s TV show, popped the question to his longtime partner on Wednesday.

The couple met while working on the 2006 TV series Pepper Dennis.

Strong recently ruled himself out of the upcoming Boy Meets World update, Girl Meets World, which will reprise characters from the hit coming-of-age series.

In a post on his website, he wrote, "At this point, I have no official involvement in Girl Meets World. There might be a chance to see some of the BMW cast in a guest spot, and 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, it's own show."