Will Friedle Snubs Wife on Mother’s Day: Fans React to Surprising Social Media Oversight
Oh, terrific. Another celebrity misstep you didn’t see coming. “Boy Meets World” alum Will Friedle somehow managed to breeze past Mother’s Day without so much as a shout-out to his wife, despite the fact she’s out there, you know, actually mothering their child. According to social media sleuths (and yes, they exist), Friedle’s May 12 Instagram Story featured a generic “Happy Mother’s Day” graphic and a few throwback photos of moms in his family—none of which included his spouse, model and Instagram personality Susan Martens.
Look, I don’t want to be the one to break down basic marital etiquette, but when your wife is actively parenting, hitting pause on Mother’s Day greetings is not exactly rocket science. Fans flooded the comments section asking, “Where’s your wife in these snaps?” and “Did you forget someone?” Some followers even dug up People Magazine’s May 2022 coverage of the couple celebrating their daughter’s first Mother’s Day moment as a mom, contrasting it with this year’s silence (People, May 2022).
E! News chimed in with the digital receipts, pointing out that Friedle’s Instagram highlights include holiday tributes for everyone from Dad to National Pancake Day—but nope, no Mother’s Day nod for Martens this time around (E! News, May 2024). And yes, Martens did mark the day herself, sharing behind-the-scenes family snapshots and heartfelt captions while Friedle remained unusually quiet. I told you so: sometimes the internet remembers the stuff you’d rather it didn’t.
Now, I get it. Celebrities are busy. They’re filming, they’ve got conventions, they’re doing voice-over work for adult cartoons—you name it. But here’s a nugget of wisdom: celebrating your spouse on Mother’s Day is low-hanging fruit in the “How Not to Provoke an Internet Uprising” handbook. Fans have a long memory for these PR slip-ups, and when consensus forms around “bro did not do that,” your notifications turn into a digital dumpster fire.
Is this a sign of trouble in paradise? Probably not. Friedle and Martens have been married since 2016 and co-parent their toddler with relative discretion. But this lapse has sparked a broader debate about celebrity relationships and public acknowledgment of partners. Should every husband on Instagram publicly parade his spouse on Mother’s Day? Some say it’s a must-do; others dismiss it as empty social posturing. Either way, Friedle’s oversight has become the latest case study in unforced errors for A-listers.
And that, dear reader, is why we can’t have nice things.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and People Magazine (May 2022), E! News (May 2024)
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