‘Stranger Thgs’ Star Noah Schnapp Confirms Both He and His Character Are Gay | Vany Fair

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• NOAH SCHNAPP COM OUT AS GAY
• 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 SUMMER25 PERFECT TV EPISOS FROM THE LAST 25 YEARSA NEW SLIM AARONS BOOK CAPTUR A LOST WORLDFROM THE ARCHIVE: TOO HEPBURN FOR HOLLYWOOD (2006)MOST POPULAR25 PERFECT TV EPISOS FROM THE LAST 25 YEARSBY HILLARY BISFIRST LOOK: ANTE BENG SWIMS TOWARD THE ROLE OF A LIFETIME NYADBY DAVID CANFIELDCHARLIZE THERON DENI PLASTIC SURGERY RUMORS: “BCH, I’M JT AGG!”BY SAVANNAH WALSHSAVANNAH WALSH
• ‘STRANGER THGS’ STAR NOAH SCHNAPP OUT AS GAY: ‘I’M MORE SIAR TO WILL THAN I THOUGHT’
• FN WOLFHARD ‘REALLY PROUD’ OF NOAH SCHNAPP FOR COMG OUT AS GAY: ‘I HAD A BIG SE ON MY FACE’ WHEN HE DID

NOAH SCHNAPP COM OUT AS GAY

Stranger Thgs star Noah Schnapp has e out as gay.

Schnapp shared a vio to his TikTok that 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. The actor plays closeted gay character Will Byers on the h Netflix sci-fi seri. 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.

“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.

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 SUMMER25 PERFECT TV EPISOS FROM THE LAST 25 YEARSA NEW SLIM AARONS BOOK CAPTUR A LOST WORLDFROM THE ARCHIVE: TOO HEPBURN FOR HOLLYWOOD (2006)MOST POPULAR25 PERFECT TV EPISOS FROM THE LAST 25 YEARSBY HILLARY BISFIRST LOOK: ANTE BENG SWIMS TOWARD THE ROLE OF A LIFETIME NYADBY DAVID CANFIELDCHARLIZE THERON DENI PLASTIC SURGERY RUMORS: “BCH, I’M JT AGG!”BY SAVANNAH WALSHSAVANNAH WALSH

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.

The 'Stranger Thgs' star me out as gay January after he said he was "sred the closet for 18 years".

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

On Sunday, the 18-year-old Stranger Thgs star shared a glimpse of himself celebratg Pri for the first time after g out as gay January. The celebratn nearly six months after the actor announced he was gay a TikTok vio. 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. Noah Schnapp, 18, me out as gay a TikTok on Jan.

FN WOLFHARD ‘REALLY PROUD’ OF NOAH SCHNAPP FOR COMG OUT AS GAY: ‘I HAD A BIG SE ON MY FACE’ WHEN HE DID

“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.