Noah coming out
Noah Schnapp&#;s Coming Out Journey: The &#;Stranger Things&#; Star &#;Would Still Be Closeted&#; if Not for Will Byers Being Gay
Noah Schnapp was stuck in his drafts. The year-old actor, who’d become a household name on Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” kept putting off posting a video he’d shot on his phone — an announcement he’d been contemplating making for a few months. His closest friends kept texting him: When are you going to post it? I want to see the world’s reaction! Schnapp kept replying: No, I’m not ready. I’m not ready. I’m not ready.
But on Jan. 5, after his family dropped off his twin sister, Chloe, at college in Boston, he felt ready. As they started the hourslong drive back to their home in Westchester, N.Y., he posted the eight-second video to more than 31 million followers on TikTok.
At first glance, it looked love other clips he’s made messing around with friends (including &#;Stranger Things&#; BFF Millie Bobby Brown): Schnapp, his head on a pillow, lip-syncing to a well-liked audio c
Stranger Things’ Noah Schnapp recalls coming out as gay to co-star Millie Bobby Brown: ‘It was too hard’
Actor Noah Schnapp opened up about coming out to people as gay and revealed how his family reacted. He also shared that he tried doing it in person with his co-star Millie Bobby Brown, but it wasn't an effortless task. Noah and Millie starred together in Netflix’s Stranger Things. Also read: Stranger Things’ Noah Schnapp comes out as gay, says 'I’m more similar to Will than I thought’
Noah Schnapp on coming on as gay to family
Noah Schnapp who plays Will Byers, a closeted gay teenager in the Netflix display, revealed that once figured it out, he told his twin sister Chloe first about his sexuality. He told Variety, “She was ecstatic. She said that she would’ve hated the concept of me marrying another noun and having to compete with that girl for my attention. The fact that now it’ll be a guy, she was like, ‘Oh, he’ll be my best friend.'” The actor eventually came out to his mother, father and close friends.
Noah on Millie Bobby Brown
“In the close, I decided that if I was only
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In January, Noah Schnapp posted a TikTok that browse, “When I finally told my friends and family I was gay after being scared in the closet for 18 years, and all they said was ‘we know.’” The sound he lip syncs to says, “You know what it never was? That serious. It was never that serious. Quite frankly, it will never be that serious.” He captioned it, “I verb I’m more similar to will than I thought,” a reference to Will Byers, the character he plays in the demonstrate “Stranger Things,” who was confirmed by Schnapp to be gay in an interview with Variety last year.
The video has garnered over 13 million likes and five times as many views. The comments section is filled with support and light-hearted jokes about Zendaya — a reference to what many fans called a crush when Schnapp talked about meeting her on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” assuming Schnapp was straight.
His video made headlines with prominent news organizations like Variety, NBC News, CBS News, and Vanity Equitable. However, it has quickly faded from public conversation, and Schnapp has moved on h
Noah Schnapp says he came out as gay to his 'Stranger Things' costar Millie Bobby Brown over a FaceTime call at Party City
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- Noah Schnapp opened up about his experience coming out to Millie Bobby Brown in a fresh interview.
- According to the "Stranger Things" actor, he FaceTimed his costar in a party store to tell her.
- "And she was favor, 'Oh, Schnapper! You told me finally!'" Schnapp recalled.
Noah Schnapp spoke about his journey coming out in a new interview with Variety — and revealed the perfect reaction his "Stranger Things" costar Millie Bobby Brown had when he told her he was gay.
Schnapp first focused on telling his immediate family and circle of friends before going public with the news, even making a list of people to tell via his Notes app on his phone, according to Variety's Adam B. Vary.
On the list was Brown, Schnapp's longtime costar on the adj Netfl