“Sweet Valley High” was one of the many ’90s cheesy-but-feel-good television shows, and Harley Rodriguez was right in the thick of it. He was in all four seasons starring as the Wakefield twins’ (Cynthia and Brittany Daniel) friend Manny Lopez. After the show ended in 1997, Rodriguez had some minor roles in “Saved by the Bell: The New Class” and “V.I.P.” It seems he gave up on acting after that and is now a fitness instructor at Barry’s in Boston, which is where his romance with Jonathan Knight started. This was around the time New Kids On The Block reunited in 2008.
“We were rehearsing the day I met him. He’s a trainer at Barry’s Bootcamp, so I would be with the band all day, then the only time I got to see him was to go take his class,” Knight revealed to Entertainment Tonight in 2016. “I’d take his class then we’d go for dinner afterwards. He’s been around from the beginning and seen [NKOTB’s comeback] morph into what it is today,” he added. At the time, he shared his and Rodriguez’s wish to start a family but unfortunately, things didn’t pan out as they had hoped.
