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The LGBTQIA+ community stays winning! Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp has revealed that he’s gay in the most Gen Z way possible.
The actor posted a video of himself lip-syncing to viral TikTok audio that says, “You know what it never was? That serious. It was never that serious. Quite frankly, it will never be that serious.”
The on-screen text of his lip-sync video reads, “When I finally told my friends and family that I was gay after being scared in the closet for 18 years and all they said was ‘we know.'”
Schnapp shared the video to his 31.8 million followers with the caption “I guess I’m more similar to Will than I thought.” He was referring to comments he made back in July during the show’s fourth season, when he confirmed that his character, Will Byers, is gay and “in love with Mike.”
His coming out video has been viewed over 45 million times on the platform, generating over nine million likes and hundreds of supportive comments from celebrities and fans. Even NYC staple The Empire State Building had love to share, commenting, “We love you,” on Schnapp’s post.
@noahschnapp I guess I’m more similar to will than I thought
The support has spread over the other social media platforms, too, leaving Twitter users overjoyed by the news.
“Noah Schnapp constantly eating up the role of Will Byers because he really knows the agony of being a closeted gay huh no wonder he always understood the assignment,” wrote one Stranger Things fan.
Another echoed the sentiment, writing, “Truly I could not be more happy that Noah Schnapp plays Will Byers. Having a queer teenager represented and advocated for by a queer actor feels incredible.”
Others have been drawing comparison to Schnapp’s news and the coming out storyline in Heartstopper, which features Olivia Colman as a supportive mom to a queer teen.
Some have been making uncouth comments relating Schnapp’s coming out to the viral memes accusing his Stranger Things costar, Millie Bobby Brown, of being homophobic. The memes have been circulating since 2018 and led her to delete her Twitter account at 14 years old.
All this to say: Schnapp, we’re proud of you – and happy for you!
