Andrew Keegan addresses speculation that he was the leader of a cult in Venice Beach stating it was the 'opposite' of what people may think

The 45-year-old actor was the founder of Full Circle, which operated out of an old Hare Krishna temple in Venice from 2014 to 2017Shortly after it opened a 2014 Vice profile claimed Keegan was starting a new religion and hinted at cult-like vibe Now Keegan is opening up on the Pod Meets World podcast, where he got the chance to open up about the rumors.

Andrew Keegan is opening up about speculation that he was really a cult leader in Venice Beach roughly a decade ago.

The 45-year-old actor – perhaps best known for playing Joey Donner in the 1999 high school romantic comedy 10 Things I Hate About You – was the founder of Full Circle, which operated out of an old Hare Krishna temple in Venice from 2014 to 2017.

Shortly after it opened a 2014 Vice profile claimed Keegan was starting a new religion and hinted at cult-like vibe.

Now Keegan is opening up on the Pod Meets World podcast, where Boy Meets World stars Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong and Will Friedle gave him the chance to open up about the rumors.

One of Keegan’s early roles was guest starring as Ronnie ‘Lips’ Waterman in a 1996 episode of Boy Meets World, with his co-stars asking him about the rumor.

Andrew Keegan is opening up about speculation that he was really a cult leader in Venice Beach roughly a decade ago

The 45-year-old actor – perhaps best known for playing Joey Donner in the 1999 high school romantic comedy 10 Things I Hate About You – was the founder of Full Circle, which operated out of an old Hare Krishna temple in Venice from 2014 to 2017

Shortly after it opened a 2014 Vice profile claimed Keegan was starting a new religion and hinted at cult-like vibe

‘You mean when I woke up one day and I was anointed a cult leader?’ Keegan said with a laugh on the podcast.

He also opened up about the beginnings of Full Circle, adding he was living in Venice Beach at the time and he became, ‘immersed in the culture and the community.’

‘There was this interesting group of hippie types, if you will, in Venice. I’m sure if you went on the west side, there’s definitely a lot of spirituality,’ Keegan added.

‘I was connected with some folks and we had this opportunity. This old Hare Krishna Temple, it was sitting there empty and we were like, “Why don’t we get some people together and let’s open this place up?”‘ Keegan explained.

‘Looking back, it was insane. I was putting down 10s of thousands of dollars, but we opened it up and spent three years and really did build an amazing friend group,” Keegan said.

He added, ‘We went through something really significant from 2014 to 2017,’ before discussing the much-publicized Vice article.

The profile called Full Circle a, ‘temple and spiritual movement,’ though members insisted that it wasn’t a cult.

Keegan insisted, ‘I probably should have had a little bit more media training at the time. They just really created a very interesting, colorful story and put it together … we really just got together and did a Sunday thing.’

‘You mean when I woke up one day and I was anointed a cult leader?’ Keegan said with a laugh on the podcast

He also opened up about the beginnings of Full Circle, adding he was living in Venice Beach at the time and he became, ‘immersed in the culture and the community’

‘Looking back, it was insane. I was putting down 10s of thousands of dollars, but we opened it up and spent three years and really did build an amazing friend group,” Keegan said

Less than a year after the August 2014 profile, the Full Circle temple was raided by the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Controls, for its distribution of kombucha without a proper license

He added, ‘We did almost 1,000 events in three years and it was actually really hard. It was really beneficial to a lot of people, I still hear about it now, where people are like, “That was such a great time.”‘

Less than a year after the August 2014 profile, the Full Circle temple was raided by the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Controls, for its distribution of kombucha without a proper license.

A spokesperson for the organization said they were unaware that they needed a license to sell kombucha.

Keegan most recently starred in The Activated Man with Tony Todd, Kane Hodder and Sean Young.