Noah Schnapp Opens Up About Coming Out to Co-Star Millie Bobby Brown
3 min readNoah Schnapp of Stranger Things recently recalled telling that he’s gay to family and friends including Millie Bobby Brown. It was earlier this year that Noah revealed to all that he’s gay. But recently he recalled how everyone reacted around him getting to know about his se*uality.
Read ahead to know more about Noah Schnapp remembers revealing his se*uality to Millie Bobby Brown.
Noah Schnapp came out as gay
Noah Schnapp plays the role of Will Byers in the Stranger Things series. His character in it is that of a closeted gay which is somewhat similar to his real-life identity too. However, previously nobody knew anything about the se*uality of Noah Schnapp.
Noah Schnapp on coming out to Millie Bobby Brown:
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“So then I just FaceTimed her one day in the middle of a Party City and I was like, ‘Millie, I’m gay.’ And she was like ‘Oh, Schnapper! You told me finally!’”
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Yet, Noah Schnapp earlier this year via TikTok came to announce that he’s gay. It came out as a shock to many of his fans. Though he recently recalled his family and friends’ reaction to his se*uality. As he even remembered telling it to his Stranger Things co-star Millie Bobby Brown.
Noah Schnapp on telling his family about his sexuality
Noah Schnapp has opened up on how he told his family that he’s gay. He first revealed telling the same to his twin sister Chloe. He said about his sister’s reaction “She was ecstatic. She said that she would’ve hated the idea of me marrying another girl and having to compete with that girl for my attention”.
Noah Schnapp says playing Will Byers on ‘Stranger Things’ helped him come to terms with his sexuality:
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) August 7, 2023
“Once I did fully embrace that Will was gay, it was just an exponential speed towards accepting it for myself… I think if I never played that character, I probably would… pic.twitter.com/sXVIcqSyYh
He further added saying “The fact that now it’ll be a guy she’s like, ‘Oh, he’ll be my best friend’. Post which Schnapp revealed the same to his family and friends too. However, he did mention how tough it was for him to tell the same to his co-star Millie Bobby Brown.
Noah Schnapp remembers telling he’s gay to Millie Bobby Brown
Noah didn’t want to hide his sexuality from anyone. Hence, he decided to mention the same to even his close friends. One of them was Millie Bobby Brown too. Noah Schnapp remembered telling the truth about his se*uality to Millie. As he told it wasn’t an easy one with Millie.
He said “i kept trying to do it in person with her, and it was too hard. So then I just FaceTimed her one day in the middle of a Party City and I was like, ‘Millie, I’m gay’. And she was like, ‘Oh!, Schnapper! You told me finally!'”. He even shared that in terms of his sexuality, his character in Stranger Things has been so real.