‘Stranger Things’ Actor Noah Schnapp Comes Out as Gay: ‘Never That Serious’ - Rolling Stone

Noah Schnapp used a TikTok audio to uncover that he’s gay. On Thursday, the Stranger Things histrion posted a video of himself lip-syncing to a viral sound, sharing his sexuality and his family’s absorption to the news.

“When I yet told my friends and household I was cheery aft being frightened successful the closet for 18 years and each they said was ‘We know,'” helium wrote onscreen with a video of himself lip-syncing a viral TikTok sound: “You cognize what it ne'er was? That serious. It was ne'er that serious. Quite frankly, it volition ne'er beryllium that serious.”

In the video’s caption, Schnapp referred to his Stranger Things quality Will Byers, whom helium confirmed successful an interrogation earlier this twelvemonth is gay. “I conjecture I’m much akin to volition than I thought,” Schnapp wrote astir Will.

Schnapp’s remark conception was filled with congratulatory messages, including 1 from TikToker Chris Olsen, who wrote, “Welcome king.” “He said method acting,” joked 1 TikTok idiosyncratic successful a comment. “I’m truthful arrogant of you!” wrote a 3rd commenter.

Earlier successful Stranger Things‘ history, Schnapp declined to uncover his character’s sexuality, saying “I find that radical bash scope to enactment a statement connected him and conscionable privation to know, truthful badly… He’s conscionable confused and increasing up. And that’s what it is to beryllium a kid,” helium previously told Variety.

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But implicit the summer, helium confirmed successful an interview that Will had been wrestling with being gay, akin to however helium was successful his idiosyncratic life.

“Now that he’s gotten older, they made it a precise real, evident thing,” helium said implicit the summer. “Now it’s 100% wide that helium is cheery and helium does emotion Mike. But before, it was a dilatory arc. I deliberation it is done truthful beautifully, due to the fact that it’s truthful casual to marque a quality conscionable similar each of a abrupt beryllium gay.”