Noah Schnapp, who plays closeted gay teen Will Byers on Netflix's
"Stranger Things," has come out as gay.
In a video posted on his TikTok account on Thursday, the 18-year-old
actor wrote: "When I finally told my friends and family I'm
gay after being scared in the closet for 18 years and they said 'what? We
What? Know'." — Schnapp lip-synching to an audio clip from another TikTok saying, "You know what never was?
Too serious. It was never that bad. To be honest It'll never be that bad."
In July, following the debut of the final two episodes of the fourth season of
"Stranger Things", Schnapp first confirmed to Variety that Will Byers is gay and in love with his best friend Mike (Finn Wolfhard).
"He was always there, but you never really knew, is it just that he grows up slower
than his friends?" Snape said. "Now that he's older, they've made it
very real and clear. It's 100% clear now that he's gay and he
Learn more