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Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp has come out as gay

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Updated 22:37 5 Jan 2023 GMTPublished 22:30 5 Jan 2023 GMT

Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp has come out as gay

The Netflix star took to social media to 'come out of the closet' to his fans.

Rachel Lang

Rachel Lang

Noah Schnapp has taken to social media to share some major news with his fans.

The Stranger Things actor who plays Will Byers, a character that struggles with his sexuality in the show, has just come out of the closet himself.

The 18-year-old star of the smash hit Netflix series took to TikTok to share his special update.

Oh, and it had the perfect Stranger Things caption, which read: "I guess I’m more similar to Will than I thought."

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Obsessed.

The nine second clip appeared with a text overlay that read: "When I finally told my friends and family I was gay after being scared in the closet for 18 years and all they said was 'we know'."

In the short video, Schnapp mouths along with a soundbite that says 'you know what it never was? That serious'.

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Bless his heart for finally allowing himself to be his true self, and to have the confidence to share that with not only his family and friends, but the world.

Fans flooded social media with congratulations for the 18-year-old actor's big reveal.

One user said: "Proud of you."

A second added: "This is the best thing I’ve heard all year."

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A third commented: "Welcome to the club buddy."

In the short video, Schnapp mouths along with a soundbite that says 'you know what it never was? That serious'.

Bless his heart for finally allowing himself to be his true self, and to have the confidence to share that with not only his family and friends, but the world.

Fans flooded social media with congratulations for the 18-year-old actor's big reveal.

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Of course, there were also plenty of references to his character, Will Byers.

A bizarre pink glow appeared in the sky above Mildura leading locals to liken the occurrence to something out of Stranger Things.
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Now we just have to hope Byers will get to live his truth in the hit show.

And we're really hoping that will happen in the final season, with Schnapp confirming in July what everyone already knew: Will is gay and is very much in love with his best friend, Mike Wheeler.

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Fans have long suspected that Will’s feelings for Mike, played by Finn Wolfhard, were more than just friendly - and many believed that the touching scene in the back of the van from season four all but confirmed it.

Schnapp told Variety that he believes it's ‘100 percent clear’ his character is gay and in love with Mike.

“Now that he’s gotten older, they made it a very real, obvious thing. Now it’s 100 percent clear that he is gay and he does love Mike. But before, it was a slow arc. I think it is done so beautifully, because it’s so easy to make a character just like all of a sudden be gay," he explained.

Now isn’t that just life imitating art right there.

Featured Image Credit: AFF / Alamy. SOPA Images Limited / Alamy

Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, LGBTQ, Stranger Things

Rachel Lang
Rachel Lang

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