Stranger Things actor Noah Schnapp comes out as gay. Here's how his fans and family reacted

Actor Noah Schnapp, who is best-known for playing Will Byers on the Netflix show Stranger Things, has come out as gay.

In a recent TikTok video, the 18-year-old finally came out of the 'closet'. The video shared by Schnapp was captioned: 'I think I am more similar to Will than I thought'.

For people like us, who cannot access Tiktok, check out the video here. 

Throughout the whole season, Will is shown struggling with his sexuality and the situation of Noah was no different according to him, who had been in the closet for 18 years of his age.

For instance, during Season 4 of Stranger Things, volume two episode, Will even takes an emotional moment to profess his love to Mike (Finn Wolfhard), but pretends he’s speaking from Eleven’s (Millie Bobby Brown) point of view, not his own. Check out the video here: 

Later in a July interview with Variety, Noah Schnapp addressed his Stranger Things character Will's sexual orientation, confirming that Will has romantic affection for BFF Mike.

• Noah Schnapp, has also appeared in a few films, including Steven Spielberg's historical drama Bridge of Spies (2015) and the animation The Peanuts Movie the same year. 
• He also appeared in the films Abe, Waiting for Anya, and Hubie Halloween. He has also appeared in a number of music videos, including LA Devotee, See You, and In My Feelings.

Here's how Twitter is reacting to it: 

Why is everyone surprised 😭 that reveal had me like. pic.twitter.com/91N0IqxIsc

— 𝙺𝚒𝚍 𝙳𝚢𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚎 (@SomaliKamikaze) January 6, 2023

this scene has more meaning now, proud of noah schnapp pic.twitter.com/A7G6J2zkIp

— mili 🧸 (@milistilinski) January 5, 2023

the duffer brothers when they casted noah schnapp as will byers: pic.twitter.com/65uOnLRok9

— evin🎗 (@TECHNOSPARKLEZ) January 5, 2023

well of course noah schnapp delivered in this scene. AS IT TURNS OUT HE FUCKING GETS IT pic.twitter.com/HbhfZv40Mh

— maia 🍂 (@iTIMMYKIT) January 5, 2023

The way Noah Schnapp just publicly came out via tiktok and had this as his caption 😭 an icon pic.twitter.com/euKUtevLlN

— Charlotte ✨ (@charlottes0phia) January 5, 2023

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