Actor Noah Schnapp has extra in frequent along with his “Stranger Issues” character, Will Byers, than meets the attention.
In an eight-second TikTok posted Thursday, the 18-year-old star seemingly got here out as homosexual to his followers. Lip-syncing to a viral TikTok sound whereas mendacity in mattress, he known as his popping out “by no means that critical.”
“After I lastly informed my family and friends I used to be homosexual after being scared within the closet for 18 years and all they mentioned was ‘we all know,'” he wrote in his TikTok.
The actor’s coming-out video comes months after he clarified for “Stranger Issues” followers that his character is homosexual and has emotions for his good friend Mike Wheeler (performed by Finn Wolfhard).
“I imply, it’s fairly clear this season that Will has emotions for Mike,” Schnapp informed Selection in July. “I believe for Season 4, it was simply me taking part in this character who loves his greatest good friend however struggles with understanding if he’ll be accepted or not, and feeling like a mistake and like he doesn’t belong. Will has all the time felt like that.”
He added that Will’s emotions had been “all the time sort of there.”
Together with his sexual orientation now public, Schnapp says the commonalities between him and his character aren’t misplaced on him.
“I suppose I am extra much like will than I assumed,” he captioned his TikTok video.
Within the feedback part, followers are voicing their assist for the “Hubie Halloween” actor.
“LOVE YOU NOAH,” commented content material studio Flighthouse Media.
“Slay,” replied TikTok consumer Amanda Diaz.
The official TikTok web page for Netflix Brasil had numerous love for Schnapp, with its heart-filled reply.
The supportive notes additionally made their approach to Instagram, with MTV among the many Instagram accounts populating Schnapp’s newest submit with coronary heart and pride-flag emojis.
And Twitter is not any completely different, as Schnapp’s followers rejoice his information.
“So happy with as a bisexual lady I look as much as you much more maintain being you ” @noah_schnapp,” wrote one user.
“i am so pleased for noah schnapp, it is gotta be such an insane feeling to come back out to thousands and thousands of individuals,” said another fan.
See extra Twitter fan love under.
This story initially appeared in Los Angeles Occasions.
