Will’s sexuality has lengthy been a subject of hypothesis amongst Stranger Issues followers. Since nearly the very starting of the present, they puzzled if WIll is homosexual, and harbored secret unrequited emotions for his finest pal Mike.
Final summer season, the actor who performs Will, Noah Schnapp, confirmed in an interview that Will was the truth is homosexual, saying on the time: “Clearly, it was hinted at in Season 1: It was at all times type of there, however you by no means actually knew, is it simply him rising up slower than his pals? Now that he’s gotten older, they made it a really actual, apparent factor. Now it’s 100% clear that he’s homosexual and he does love Mike. However earlier than, it was a sluggish arc. I feel it’s finished so fantastically, as a result of it’s really easy to make a personality similar to rapidly be homosexual.”
Now the 18-year-old Schnapp himself has come out as homosexual, in a video he posted to his TikTok account. Within the video (which you’ll be able to watch beneath) Schnapp lip syncs to audio that claims “You realize what it by no means was? That severe. Fairly frankly, it should by no means be that severe.” The textual content superimposed on the video reads “After I lastly instructed my family and friends I used to be homosexual after being scared within the closet for 18 years and all they stated was ‘we all know.”
The caption on the backside of the video reads “I assume I’m extra much like will than I believed.”
Stranger Issues upcoming fifth season would be the closing one for the present. Though the collection’ creators have confirmed they’re already at work writing it, there have been no definitive bulletins when manufacturing may start, or when it should premiere on Netflix.