Noah Schnapp comes out on TikTok: “I’m more like Will Byers than I thought”

Noah Schnappeighteen-year-old star actor of the series Stranger Things, came out to a video shared on TikTok with the inscription: «When i finally told my friends and family i’m gay after being scared to do it for 18 yearsall they replied was “we know it”». In the video, which is making the rounds on social media, a female voice recites: «Do you know what it has never been? Such a serious thing. It has never been so serious. Frankly, it will never be such a serious thing.’ And in the caption Noah adds ironically: «I guess I’m more like Will Byers than I thought». The reference is to the character he played in Stranger Things. For years the media and fans have debated the alleged homosexuality of Will Byersas long as Noah Schnapp last July, in an interview with varietyhe revealed: “Will Byers is gay and she has feelings for Mike».

Over final episodes of the fourth seasonthe moment when Will talks to his friend and tries to make him understand his feelings, and then turning away trying to hide the tears, is one of the most touching. A saying never fully for fear of being considered “different” and not accepted by the rest of the group that had broken the viewers’ hearts: “I love the way this character was written and the journey he has faced and will have to face . Now we are talking about a teenager who loves his best friend but finds it difficult to understand if he would be accepted», Noah had explained last July. Adding: «Many people compliment me on the character I play. An almost 40-year-old man in Paris told me, “Wow, the character of Will made me feel so good. I related to it so much. It’s exactly how I was as a child.” Six months after those words, came the coming out of the actor. Whose real life apparently mimicked his life in the TV series.

18-year-old Noah, who made his debut in Stranger Things when he was just 11 years old, after posting the video on TikTok it was showered with love from fans, even famous. Like the former ‘N Sync singer, Lance Bassopenly homosexual, who wrote to comment on the film: “Welcome to the family”.

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