Actor Noah Schnapp comes out as gay

Noah plays Will Byers on the popular Netflix show Stranger Things.

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He announced his homosexuality via a Tiktok video.

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In the video posted, he wrote, “ 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.”

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Referring to his character Will Byers of ST, he wrote, “I guess I’m more similar to will than I thought.

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Noah was lip-syncing to an audio clip saying, “You know what it never was? " That’s serious. It was never that serious, Quite frankly, it will never be that serious.”

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Noah fans reacted to this news gracefully and are congratulating him for the courage he gathered to open up about his sexual identity.

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In July, Last year, Noah also addressed Will’s Sexual Orientation, in an Interview with Variety.

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He Confirmed that Will has romantic feelings towards best friend Mike.

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Apart from stranger things, Noah schnapp also featured in a couple of films including Bridge of Spies.

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