Stranger Thgs star Noah Schnapp out as gay: ‘I gus I’m more siar to Will than I thought’ | The Inpennt

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• ‘STRANGER THGS’ STAR NOAH SCHNAPP: WILL BYERS IS GAY AND LOV THIS FELLOW CHARACTER
• STRANGER THGS STAR NOAH SCHNAPP OUT AS GAY: 'GUS I'M MORE SIAR TO WILL THAN I THOUGHT'
• 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 HIMCAN YOU NAME THE FILM THAT LNCHED BRIE LARSON, RAMI MALEK, AND MORE?THE ABSOLUTELY WILST DETAILS OF THE GOVERNMENT’S LATT INDICTMENT AGAST DONALD TMPIVANKA TMP IS NOT LETTG HER DAD’S MOUNTG LEGAL WO RU HER SUMMERINSI ETON COLLEGE, HARRY AND WILLIAM’S POSH ALMA MATERTHE 25 BT SHOWS ON NETFLIX TO WATCH RIGHT NOWFROM THE ARCHIVE: TOO HEPBURN FOR HOLLYWOOD (2006)MOST POPULARRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHBILL MAHER BEEFS WH “PREACHY, MAN-HATG” BARBIE MOVIEBY SAVANNAH WALSHJAMIE LEE CURTIS DIGS HERSELF OUT OF COMMENTS ABOUT SAG-AFTRA STRIKEBY EVE BATEYSAVANNAH WALSH
• STRANGER THGS STAR NOAH SCHNAPP COM OUT AS GAY NEW TIKTOK VIO
• 'STRANGER THGS' ' NOAH SCHNAPP COM OUT AS GAY AFTER 'BEG SRED THE CLOSET FOR 18 YEARS'
• STRANGER THGS STAR NOAH SCHNAPP ATTENDS HIS FIRST EVER PRI NEW YORK MONTHS AFTER G OUT AS GAY
• ‘STRANGER THGS’ STAR NOAH SCHNAPP, 18, OUT AS GAY
• STRANGER THGS’ NOAH SCHNAPP SHOWERED WH LOVE BY STARS, CELEBS AND FANS AFTER G OUT AS GAY
• STRANGER THGS STAR NOAH SCHNAPP OUT AS GAY ON TIKTOK: ‘I’M MORE SIAR TO WILL THAN I THOUGHT’
• ‘STRANGER THGS’ STAR NOAH SCHNAPP COM OUT AS GAY: ‘I’M MORE SIAR TO WILL THAN I THOUGHT’
• 'STRANGER THGS' STAR NOAH SCHNAPP CONFIRMS WILL BYERS IS GAY: 'HE HAS FEELGS FOR MIKE'
• 'STRANGER THGS' STAR NOAH SCHNAPP COM OUT AS GAY

‘STRANGER THGS’ STAR NOAH SCHNAPP: WILL BYERS IS GAY AND LOV THIS FELLOW CHARACTER

Noah Schnapp is lettg the world know that his “Stranger Thgs” character, Will Byers, is gay.

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

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

Stranger Thgs star Noah Schnapp out as gay: 'Gus I'm more siar to Will than I thought' The actor opened up a TikTok vio referencg his beloved TV alter ego.

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 HIMCAN YOU NAME THE FILM THAT LNCHED BRIE LARSON, RAMI MALEK, AND MORE?THE ABSOLUTELY WILST DETAILS OF THE GOVERNMENT’S LATT INDICTMENT AGAST DONALD TMPIVANKA TMP IS NOT LETTG HER DAD’S MOUNTG LEGAL WO RU HER SUMMERINSI ETON COLLEGE, HARRY AND WILLIAM’S POSH ALMA MATERTHE 25 BT SHOWS ON NETFLIX TO WATCH RIGHT NOWFROM THE ARCHIVE: TOO HEPBURN FOR HOLLYWOOD (2006)MOST POPULARRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHBILL MAHER BEEFS WH “PREACHY, MAN-HATG” BARBIE MOVIEBY SAVANNAH WALSHJAMIE LEE CURTIS DIGS HERSELF OUT OF COMMENTS ABOUT SAG-AFTRA STRIKEBY EVE BATEYSAVANNAH WALSH

The 18-year-old actor, bt known for playg the closeted gay teenager Will Byers on Netflix's h sci-fi seri Stranger Thgs, me out as gay a TikTok vio posted Thursday. " In text atop the vio, Shapp 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. The sexual orientatn of Schnapp's TV alter ego has been the subject of much discsn among Stranger Thgs fans over the years, and Schnapp nfirmed last summer that Will is gay and love wh his bt iend Mike (Fn Wolfhard).

Now 's 100 percent clear that he is gay and he do love Mike. "If 's Will kd of jt refg to grow up and growg up slower than his iends, or if he is really gay. 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 COM OUT AS GAY NEW TIKTOK VIO

“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].

”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. “It’s a w for the gays”.

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

’s a w for the gays. A third wrote: “Stranger thgs havg an official gay character mak me so happy fally some good f**kg reprentatn! Is Will Byers gay Stranger Thgs?

“Will Byers really ptur the gay teen experience, ” one Twter er claims. Noah Schnapp, one of the young stars of Stranger Thgs has e out as gay.

It was never that ser” while addg on-screen text that reads, “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. Last July, Schnapp nfirmed to Variety that his character is gay, and that Will has feelgs for Mike Wheeler, who is played by Fn Wolfhard. Now ’s 100 [percent] clear that he is gay and he do love Mike, ” he told Variety.

STRANGER THGS STAR NOAH SCHNAPP ATTENDS HIS FIRST EVER PRI NEW YORK MONTHS AFTER G OUT AS 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'". 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.

‘STRANGER THGS’ STAR NOAH SCHNAPP, 18, OUT AS 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.

STRANGER THGS’ NOAH SCHNAPP SHOWERED WH LOVE BY STARS, CELEBS AND FANS AFTER G OUT AS GAY

Noah Schnapp has attend his first ever Pri para New York, five months after he me out as Stranger Thgs star shared that he was gay on social media January, after nfirmg that his character Netflix’s sci-fi seri is also Monday (26 June), Schnapp shared a seri of photos to Instagram after attendg NYC Pri for the first time the day 18-year-old was pictured wearg a black vt that reads “Straight Outta The Closet” rabow lours, along wh a rabow-patterned the first image, Schnapp is shown dancg the street while water sprays above him, surround by other rabow-clad also shared imag of him and his mother Kare embracg and jumpg a swimmg posts lighted Schnapp’s fans, wh actor Kathere Langford wrg: “Happy Pri [heart emojis]. “The pure joy that first picture is so betiful, ” another were also quick to fend Schnapp agast homophobic trolls the ment sectn. ”“All the homophob the ments are embarrassg, ” one menter add.

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

Schnapp me out January (Getty Imag)Before g out as gay, Schnapp nfirmed June 2022 that Will Byers, his character on Stranger Thgs, was “100 per cent” TikTok, Schnapp shared a clip of himself lip-syncg to the d: “You know what never was? ”He wrote over the vio: “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’.

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

“Stranger Thgs” star Noah Schnapp is 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, '” he wrote atop the selfie-style clip. “Stranger Thgs” star Noah Schnapp me out as gay a TikTok vio Thursday.

Viewers prevly speculated that Schnapp’s character was a member of the LGBTQIA+ muny, which the teen nfirmed July 2022 when he told Variety, “He is gay, and he do love Mike. Stranger Thgs actor Noah Schnapp has been weled to the LGBTQ+ muny wh open arms after g out as gay. Fans and celebri have shared their love for the actor after he me out as gay a TikTok vio on Thursday night (5 January).

“When I fally told my iends and fay I was gay after beg the closet for 18 years and all they said was ‘we know, ” he ptned the vio. Gay Glee actor Kev McHale simply wrote: “Proud of you”, while Disney star Skai Jackson simply add: “Perd”. The seri heavily suggted Will is gay season four, somethg Schnapp has addrsed terviews.

'STRANGER THGS' STAR NOAH SCHNAPP CONFIRMS WILL BYERS IS GAY: 'HE HAS FEELGS FOR MIKE'

Another add: “I am SO happy that a gay person is playg a non gay character one of the biggt tv shows the world like this a textbook fn of reprentatn of queers media. noah schnapp nstantly eatg up the role of will byers bee he really knows the agony of beg a closeted gay huh no wonr he always unrstood the assignment — ridz (@filmkirbys) January 6, 2023.

The wave of support has also e wh the rurgence of an age-old, basels meme about Stranger Thgs star Millie Bobby Brown beg homophobic, which drove her to activate her Twter. Noah schnapp me out lerally 30 ms ago and people are already makg lie homophobia jok… do y’all ever get tired of beg unfunny— closed (@willimg) January 5, 2023. ppl who are makg "we already knew" or "lie bobby brown homophobe" jok rponse to noah schnapp g out are the weakt lk like he Jt me out n you give him a send to breathe you are not as funny as you thk.

You are jt beg homophobic. Related: Stranger Thgs' Maya Hawke sts doubt on girliend storyle season 5In his origal g-out msage, the actor 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', " over a vio of him mimg to a meme. "I gus I'm more siar to Will than I thought, " he add the reference lks to the fact that Will is gay, though Stranger Thgs has faced some cricism for not makg the character fively e out on McIntyre//Getty ImagRelated: Stranger Thgs' Fn Wolfhard shar reactn to Noah Schnapp's g out vioSchnapp said earlier this year that the show's upg fal season will give fans closure wh Will, tellg Forb: "I n jt tell you that I'm very very exced for what's to e.

'STRANGER THGS' STAR NOAH SCHNAPP COM OUT AS GAY

Noah Schnapp me out as gay a TikTok vio shared on Thursday (5 January). Schnapp plays Will Byers Netflix’s h seri Stranger Thgs – a character who the actor nfirmed was “100 per cent” gay after season four TikTok, Schnapp shared a clip of himself wh the ptn, “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’” while lip-syncg to an d clip of someone sayg, “You know what never was?