Noah Schnapp Comes Out as Gay, ‘Stranger Things’ Star Says He’s ‘More Similar to Will Than I Thought’

Noah Schnapp is living his truth in 2023.

Five days into the new year, the 18-year-old Stranger Things star took to TikTok to publicly came out as gay. Schnapp revealed the big news in a short video, in which he lip-synched to the following audio: “You know what it never was? That serious. It was never that serious. Quite frankly, will never be that serious.”

“I guess I’m more similar to will than I thought,” he captioned the post.

Schnapp highlighted his friends’ and family’s reaction to the big news, suggesting they were accepting, but not at all surprised.

“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,’” he wrote.

This story is being updated.