Stranger Thgs: Will Byers Actor Noah Schnapp Com Out as Gay - IGN

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• TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
• STRANGER THGS STAR NOAH SCHNAPP CONFIRMS BOTH HE AND HIS CHARACTER ARE GAY“I GUS I’M MORE SIAR TO WILL THAN I THOUGHT,” HE PTNED A RECENT TIKTOK. BY SAVANNAH WALSHJANUARY 6, 2023KRISTY SPAROWSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVELIFE AND ART ARE ALCG FOR STRANGER THGS STAR NOAH SCHNAPP, WHO HAS OFFICIALLY E OUT AS GAY SIX MONTHS AFTER NFIRMG HIS CHARACTER WILL’S SEXUALY. “I GUS I’M MORE SIAR TO WILL THAN I THOUGHT,” HE PTNED A TIKTOK VIO RELEASED ON THURSDAY, WHICH READ: “WHEN I FALLY TOLD MY IENDS AND FAY I WAS GAY AFTER BEG SRED THE CLOSET FOR 18 YEARS AND ALL THEY SAID WAS ‘WE KNOW.’” SCHNAPP WAS LIP-SYNCG TO D OF SOMEONE SAYG, “YOU KNOW WHAT NEVER WAS? THAT SER. IT WAS NEVER THAT SER. QUE ANKLY, WILL NEVER BE THAT SER.”SCHNAPP, WHO IS CURRENTLY A HMAN STUDYG BS AT THE UNIVERSY OF PENNSYLVANIA, ADDRSED HIS CHARACTER’S SEXUALY FOR THE FIRST TIME OVER THE SUMMER. “IT WAS ALWAYS KD OF THERE, BUT YOU NEVER REALLY KNEW, IS JT HIM GROWG UP SLOWER THAN HIS IENDS?” SCHNAPP SAID OF WILL’S LACK OF ROMANTIC STORY LE TO VARIETY. “NOW THAT HE’S GOTTEN OLR, THEY MA A VERY REAL, OBV THG. NOW ’S 100% CLEAR THAT HE IS GAY AND HE DO LOVE MIKE [HIS BT IEND, PLAYED BY FN WOLFHARD]. BUT BEFORE, WAS A SLOW ARC. I THK IS DONE SO BETIFULLY, BEE ’S SO EASY TO MAKE A CHARACTER JT LIKE ALL OF A SUDN BE GAY.”PRR TO STRANGER THGS’ FOURTH SEASON, SCHNAPP HAD DODGED QUTNS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WILL WAS GAY, SISTG THAT WAS “UP TO THE DIENCE’S TERPRETATN.” BUT THAT WAS ALL PART OF SHIELDG THE NETFLIX SHOW’S ULTIMATE REVEAL, THE ACTOR EXPLAED. “I MEAN, ’S PRETTY CLEAR THIS SEASON THAT WILL HAS FEELGS FOR MIKE. THEY’VE BEEN TENTNALLY PULLG THAT OUT OVER THE PAST FEW SEASONS,” HE TOLD VARIETY. “EVEN SEASON ONE, THEY HTED AT THAT AND SLOWLY, SLOWLY GREW THAT STORYLE. I THK FOR SEASON FOUR, WAS JT ME PLAYG THIS CHARACTER WHO LOV HIS BT IEND BUT STGGL WH KNOWG IF HE’LL BE ACCEPTED OR NOT, AND FEELG LIKE A MISTAKE AND LIKE HE DON’T BELONG. WILL HAS ALWAYS FELT LIKE THAT.”IN STRANGER THGS’ UPG FAL SEASON, SCHNAPP SAID THAT CREATORS THE DUFFER BROTHERS ARE PLANNG TO “FOC MORE ON WILL,” AND THAT HE’S HOPG FOR A PROPER “G-OUT SCENE” FOR HIS CHARACTER.MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIRRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, INHERG GRACELAND, AND MORETE CRIME, TE FAH: THE SERIAL KILLER AND THE TEXAS MOM WHO STOPPED HIMTHE TAN SUBMERSIBLE DISASTER WAS YEARS THE MAKG, NEW DETAILS REVEALWHY THE GEIA INDICTMENT AGAST TMP AND HIS ALLI IS THE MOST SWEEPG YETIVANKA TMP IS NOT LETTG HER DAD’S MOUNTG LEGAL WO RU HER SUMMERA NEW SLIM AARONS BOOK CAPTUR A LOST WORLDTHE 25 BT SHOWS ON NETFLIX TO WATCH RIGHT NOWFROM THE ARCHIVE: TOO HEPBURN FOR HOLLYWOOD (2006)MOST POPULARPRCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE’S HEART OF INVICT NETFLIX DOC GETS A TRAILER AND RELEASE DATEBY KASE WICKMANMILLIE BOBBY BROWN IS READY FOR THE END OF STRANGER THGSBY CHRIS MURPHYAND JT LIKE THAT… PREPAR FOR ITS LAST SUPPERBY CHRIS MURPHYSAVANNAH WALSH
• JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY
• ‘STRANGER THGS’ STAR NOAH SCHNAPP OUT AS GAY: ‘I’M MORE SIAR TO WILL THAN I THOUGHT’
• 'STRANGER THGS' ' NOAH SCHNAPP COM OUT AS GAY AFTER 'BEG SRED THE CLOSET FOR 18 YEARS'
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT
• STRANGER THGS: WILL BYERS ACTOR NOAH SCHNAPP COM OUT AS GAY
• LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE

TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED

“First of all, I’m gay, ” he said, “and this movie is gog to be gay non. "Alex AvilaAnd Gay Tim, a Brish LGBTQ news se, celebrated Friday, the day of the film’s official release, as “Barbie day“ and lled the world-renowned doll a “queer cultural phenomenon. PicturIn an terview wh Fandango, actor Kate McKnon, who is openly gay and plays “Weird Barbie” the film, said Barbie is about “imagatn.

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”As far as the queer-d trailers and promotnal clips for the new “Barbie” film, Rand poted to a phenomenon known as “gay wdow advertisg, ” or the practice of advertisers gturg to queer dienc a way that will go over the heads of those who would disapprove. Life and art are alcg for Stranger Thgs star Noah Schnapp, who has officially e out as gay six months after nfirmg his character Will’s sexualy.

STRANGER THGS STAR NOAH SCHNAPP CONFIRMS BOTH HE AND HIS CHARACTER ARE GAY“I GUS I’M MORE SIAR TO WILL THAN I THOUGHT,” HE PTNED A RECENT TIKTOK. BY SAVANNAH WALSHJANUARY 6, 2023KRISTY SPAROWSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVELIFE AND ART ARE ALCG FOR STRANGER THGS STAR NOAH SCHNAPP, WHO HAS OFFICIALLY E OUT AS GAY SIX MONTHS AFTER NFIRMG HIS CHARACTER WILL’S SEXUALY. “I GUS I’M MORE SIAR TO WILL THAN I THOUGHT,” HE PTNED A TIKTOK VIO RELEASED ON THURSDAY, WHICH READ: “WHEN I FALLY TOLD MY IENDS AND FAY I WAS GAY AFTER BEG SRED THE CLOSET FOR 18 YEARS AND ALL THEY SAID WAS ‘WE KNOW.’” SCHNAPP WAS LIP-SYNCG TO D OF SOMEONE SAYG, “YOU KNOW WHAT NEVER WAS? THAT SER. IT WAS NEVER THAT SER. QUE ANKLY, WILL NEVER BE THAT SER.”SCHNAPP, WHO IS CURRENTLY A HMAN STUDYG BS AT THE UNIVERSY OF PENNSYLVANIA, ADDRSED HIS CHARACTER’S SEXUALY FOR THE FIRST TIME OVER THE SUMMER. “IT WAS ALWAYS KD OF THERE, BUT YOU NEVER REALLY KNEW, IS JT HIM GROWG UP SLOWER THAN HIS IENDS?” SCHNAPP SAID OF WILL’S LACK OF ROMANTIC STORY LE TO VARIETY. “NOW THAT HE’S GOTTEN OLR, THEY MA A VERY REAL, OBV THG. NOW ’S 100% CLEAR THAT HE IS GAY AND HE DO LOVE MIKE [HIS BT IEND, PLAYED BY FN WOLFHARD]. BUT BEFORE, WAS A SLOW ARC. I THK IS DONE SO BETIFULLY, BEE ’S SO EASY TO MAKE A CHARACTER JT LIKE ALL OF A SUDN BE GAY.”PRR TO STRANGER THGS’ FOURTH SEASON, SCHNAPP HAD DODGED QUTNS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WILL WAS GAY, SISTG THAT WAS “UP TO THE DIENCE’S TERPRETATN.” BUT THAT WAS ALL PART OF SHIELDG THE NETFLIX SHOW’S ULTIMATE REVEAL, THE ACTOR EXPLAED. “I MEAN, ’S PRETTY CLEAR THIS SEASON THAT WILL HAS FEELGS FOR MIKE. THEY’VE BEEN TENTNALLY PULLG THAT OUT OVER THE PAST FEW SEASONS,” HE TOLD VARIETY. “EVEN SEASON ONE, THEY HTED AT THAT AND SLOWLY, SLOWLY GREW THAT STORYLE. I THK FOR SEASON FOUR, WAS JT ME PLAYG THIS CHARACTER WHO LOV HIS BT IEND BUT STGGL WH KNOWG IF HE’LL BE ACCEPTED OR NOT, AND FEELG LIKE A MISTAKE AND LIKE HE DON’T BELONG. WILL HAS ALWAYS FELT LIKE THAT.”IN STRANGER THGS’ UPG FAL SEASON, SCHNAPP SAID THAT CREATORS THE DUFFER BROTHERS ARE PLANNG TO “FOC MORE ON WILL,” AND THAT HE’S HOPG FOR A PROPER “G-OUT SCENE” FOR HIS CHARACTER.MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIRRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, INHERG GRACELAND, AND MORETE CRIME, TE FAH: THE SERIAL KILLER AND THE TEXAS MOM WHO STOPPED HIMTHE TAN SUBMERSIBLE DISASTER WAS YEARS THE MAKG, NEW DETAILS REVEALWHY THE GEIA INDICTMENT AGAST TMP AND HIS ALLI IS THE MOST SWEEPG YETIVANKA TMP IS NOT LETTG HER DAD’S MOUNTG LEGAL WO RU HER SUMMERA NEW SLIM AARONS BOOK CAPTUR A LOST WORLDTHE 25 BT SHOWS ON NETFLIX TO WATCH RIGHT NOWFROM THE ARCHIVE: TOO HEPBURN FOR HOLLYWOOD (2006)MOST POPULARPRCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE’S HEART OF INVICT NETFLIX DOC GETS A TRAILER AND RELEASE DATEBY KASE WICKMANMILLIE BOBBY BROWN IS READY FOR THE END OF STRANGER THGSBY CHRIS MURPHYAND JT LIKE THAT… PREPAR FOR ITS LAST SUPPERBY CHRIS MURPHYSAVANNAH WALSH

“I gus I’m more siar to Will than I thought, ” he ptned a TikTok vio released on Thursday, which read: “When I fally told my iends and fay I was gay after beg sred the closet for 18 years and all they said was ‘we know. Now ’s 100% clear that he is gay and he do love Mike [his bt iend, played by Fn Wolfhard]. I thk is done so betifully, bee ’s so easy to make a character jt like all of a sudn be gay.

”Prr to Stranger Thgs’ fourth season, Schnapp had dodged qutns about whether or not Will was gay, sistg that was “up to the dience’s terpretatn. “What's fun about beg gay is that everybody gets to eat, you know, everybody gets an engagement, ” jok Galv.

JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY

Com Out As Gay. Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen jt me out as gay... Noah Schnapp, 18, me out as gay a TikTok on Jan.

‘STRANGER THGS’ STAR NOAH SCHNAPP OUT AS GAY: ‘I’M MORE SIAR TO WILL THAN I THOUGHT’

“Stranger Thgs” actor Noah Schnapp has e out as gay. “I gus I’m more siar to Will than I thought, ” he ptned the vio, referrg to his gay “Stranger Thgs” character Will Byers. “When I fally told my iends and fay I was gay after beg sred the closet for 18 years and all they said was ‘we know, ’” Schnapp add text over the vio.

'STRANGER THGS' ' NOAH SCHNAPP COM OUT AS GAY AFTER 'BEG SRED THE CLOSET FOR 18 YEARS'

Schnapp prevly left Will’s sexualy up to viewers’ terpretatn but nfirmed a 2022 terview wh Variety that his character was gay and love wh his bt iend, Mike Wheeler (played Fn Wolfhard).

“Now ’s 100% clear that he is gay and he do love Mike, ” Schnapp ntued. I thk is done so betifully bee ’s so easy to make a character jt, like, all of a sudn be gay.

The 18-year-old Stranger Thgs star me out as gay a TikTok vio on Thursday. Over the vio, Schnapp wrote, "When I fally told my iends and fay I was gay after beg sred the closet for 18 years and all they said was 'we know'".

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT

Over the show's four seasons, fans have repeatedly qutned whether Will was gay, wh some even cricizg the seri for not explicly statg the seemgly obv sooner. Now 's 100% clear that he is gay and he do love Mike. " He later had a heart-to-heart wh his brother Jonathan (Charlie Heaton) where Jonathan appeared to offer his support of Will, whout ever sayg the words, "I know you're gay and I'm here.

"I thk is done so betifully, bee 's so easy to make a character jt like all of a sudn be gay. Schnapp also spoke about playg a gay character at such a young age while real life, also handlg his own personal growth and self-inty. "Noah Schnapp, the actor who plays Will Byers Stranger Thgs, has officially e out as gay.

STRANGER THGS: WILL BYERS ACTOR NOAH SCHNAPP COM OUT AS GAY

""When I fally told my iends and fay I was gay after beg sred the closet for 18 years and all they said was 'we know, '" the ptn acpanyg the TikTok for the vio self, which you n view here, Schnapp is lip-syncg to an d clip of someone else sayg, "you know what never was?

"Around the release of Stranger Thgs Season 4 2022, Schnapp nfirmed that Will was gay and that the hts were there even the first season. Now ’s 100% clear he is gay and do love Mike, ” Schnapp said. However, the cisn to build the mosque has also sparked a bate, wh crics qutng s lotn, also known for s bars, nightclubs, gay venu and strip jots.

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