Noah Schnapp Comes Out as Gay | THR News - video Dailymotion

The actor plays closeted gay character Will Byers on the hit Netflix sci-fi series.

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00:00Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp has come out as gay.

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00:11The actor shared this video on his TikTok account, which has over 31 million followers.

00:16You know what it never was? That serious. It was never that serious.

00:21Quite frankly, it would never be that serious.

00:24He referenced a Stranger Things character in the video's caption, writing,

00:28I guess I'm more similar to Will than I thought.

00:30The actor plays closeted gay character Will Byers,

00:33who is secretly in love with his best friend Mike,

00:35played by Finn Wolfhard, on the hit Netflix series.

00:38Will's sexuality has been a question for Stranger Things fans throughout the show's run.

00:42In the penultimate episode of Season 4, Volume 2, Will professes his love to Mike,

00:47but pretends he's speaking from Millie Bobby Brown's character Eleven's point of view, not his own.

00:51When you're different, sometimes you feel like a mistake.

00:58Will tells Mike that Elle has felt lost since she hasn't had Mike around,

01:05never pointing out he's actually speaking about himself.

01:08The scene ended with this emotional moment.

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