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Who is Noah Schnapp, Stranger Things actor comes out as Gay

Actor Noah Schnapp, who plays Will in the hit Netflix series "Stranger Things," revealed to his followers Thursday that he is gay.

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Who is Noah Schnapp, Stranger Things actor comes out as Gay

Actor Noah Schnapp, who plays Will in the hit Netflix series "Stranger Things," revealed to his followers Thursday that he is gay. Noah, 18, declared he was gay in a video posted on his TikTok account that instantly went viral.

"I finally told my friends and family I was gay after being closet scared for 18 years and all they said was 'we know,'" he wrote at the bottom of the video where he looked relaxed, smiling, wearing a hoodie and lying on a bed or sofa.

The 18-year-old actor released the news with a touch of humour because on TikTok he can be seen lip-syncing the famous audio "Do you know what never was? I laughed. It was never serious. Frankly, it will never be serious”, while in the clip he wrote, “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'”.

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In mid-July 2022, the actor confirmed through an interview for Variety that his character in Stranger Things is gay, although he has never expressed it openly.

“It was obviously hinted at in season one. She was always there, but it was never really known. Is it just that he grows slower than his friends? Now that he's grown up, they made it very real and obvious. It is now 100% clear that he is gay and that he wants Mike. But before, it was a slow plot. I think it's very well done because it's very easy to make a character suddenly gay," he said.

Noahh talked about his character

"I guess I look more like Will than I thought", referring to the sexuality of his character in the well-known series and making it clear that Byers was in love with his friend Mike.

"Now that he's aged, they've made it very real and obvious. Now it's 100% clear that he's gay and he loves Mike," he added of his characterization. The publication on Tik Tok has more than 10.3 million views and 2.5 million likes.

In mid-July 2022, the actor confirmed to Variety magazine that his character in Stranger Things, Will Byers, is gay. So far, the actors of 'Stranger Things', who are his great friends in real life, have not left him any public message on the subject.

Who is Noah Schnapp?

Noah Schnapp is a Canadian-American actor. He is known for playing Wills Byers opposite Winona Ryder in the Netflix sci-fi horror series Stranger Things. The series was nominated for several awards in 2016 and 2017, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Television Drama Series, a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (winner), and an MTV Movie & TV Award for Program of the Year (winner).

Schnapp was born on October 3, 2004 in New York City. He grew up out of town in the town of Scarsdale. Schnapp's father is of Russian Jewish descent and his mother is of Moroccan Jewish descent. He has a twin sister. He has Canadian citizenship as his parents are from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

His credits include Roger Donavan in Steven Spielberg's historical drama Bridge of Spies and the voice of Charlie Brown in the animated film The Peanuts Movie. He also starred in the independent film We Only Know So Much, based on the novel by Elizabeth Crane.

In 2021, he founded a company focused on sustainability and snacks called To Be Honest (TBH).