{"id":5445,"date":"2023-01-06T01:29:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T01:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/?p=5445"},"modified":"2023-01-06T01:29:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T01:29:19","slug":"stranger-things-star-noah-schnapp-comes-out-as-gay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/?p=5445","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Stranger Things\u2019 Star Noah Schnapp Comes Out as Gay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Stranger Things<\/em>\u00a0star Noah Schnapp used his TikTok platform to let everyone know he is gay.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On Thursday, the 18-year-old actor made a video lip-synching to a popular TikTok sound. The audio said, \u201cYou know what it never was? That serious. It was never that serious. Quite frankly, it will never be that serious.\u201d What was not that serious, you ask?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I finally told my friends and family I was gay after being scared in the closet for 18 years and all they said was \u2018We know,&#8217;\u201d Schnapp wrote in a caption overlaying the video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@noahschnapp\/video\/7185289110133820715\" data-video-id=\"7185289110133820715\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" > <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@noahschnapp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@noahschnapp?refer=embed\">@noahschnapp<\/a> <p>I guess I\u2019m more similar to will than I thought<\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - princessazula0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7163428388906994475?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; princessazula0<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many TikTok accounts congratulated Schnapp for coming out, including popular creator Chris Olsen who wrote, \u201cwelcome king.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schnapp plays Will Byers in the record-breaking Netflix series\u00a0<em>Stranger Things<\/em>. For years fans have speculated about Will\u2019s sexuality and his secret crush on his best friend, Mike (played by Finn Wolfhard). Though the cast remained tight-lipped about the character\u2019s sexuality, Will finale shares his true feelings during the season four finale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s pretty clear this season that Will has feelings for Mike,\u201d Schnapp told&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/tv\/news\/stranger-things-noah-schnapp-will-byers-gay-doja-cat-1235317378\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Variety<\/a><\/em>. \u201cThey\u2019ve been intentionally pulling that out over the past few seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWill has always felt like that,\u201d he continued. \u201cAll his friends, they all have girlfriends and they all fit into their different clubs. Will has never really found anywhere to fit in. I think that\u2019s why so many people come up to me and tell me that they love Will and they resonate with him so much, because it\u2019s such a real character.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Funny enough, Schnapp referenced the similarities between his character Will and himself in his caption on TikTok. \u201cI guess I\u2019m more similar to will than I thought.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WELCOME TO THE FAMILY, NOAH!<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stranger Things\u00a0star Noah Schnapp used his TikTok platform to let everyone know he is gay. On Thursday, the 18-year-old actor made a video lip-synching to a popular TikTok sound. The audio said, \u201cYou know what it never was? That serious. It was never that serious. Quite frankly, it will never be that serious.\u201d What was<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,59],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5445","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-example-4","8":"category-todaygaystories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5447,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5445\/revisions\/5447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}