STRANGER Things star Noah Schnapp has gone Instagram official with his new boyfriend, three years after coming out.
Noah found fame back in 2016 after making his debut as Will Byers in the popular Netflix science fiction series.
The 21-year-old, who played a closeted gay teenager on the show, previously told how he was “scared and in the closet” for years.
But now, the star has soft-launched his mystery new man on his Instagram story.
Noah shared an image of the pair cosying up on Wednesday night.
The sweet snap was taken from behind as the couple took in the incredible city landscape while standing on a roof.
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Noah and his boyfriend haven’t been together long with the actor telling fans: “One month of us,” followed by a red heart emoji.
The actor is yet to share the identity of his new man.
Nevertheless fans are over the moon and have taken to social media to express their excitement.
One fan wrote: “I’m so happy for him, congrats Noah you deserve it all.”
Another fan joked: “Happy for the Dude! Really living out Wills Story!”
A third person said: “My heart skipped a beat when I saw his story! I’m very happy for him.”
Noahcandidly came out as gay in a TikTok video when he was 18 years old.
In the video from January 2023, Noah 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.’”
In the clip, he lip-synced to someone saying: “You know what it never was? That serious. It was never that serious.
“Quite frankly, will never be that serious.”
Noah quipped in the caption: “I guess I’m more similar to Will than I thought.”
In 2022, Noah revealed his Stranger Things character Will is gay and in love with his best friend Mike (Finn Wolfhard).
He told Variety: “It was always kind of there, but you never really knew, is it just him growing up slower than his friends?
“Now that he’s gotten older, they made it a very real, obvious thing. Now it’s 100 per cent clear that he is gay and he does love Mike.”
Noah continued: “I think it is done so beautifully because it’s so easy to make a character just like all of a sudden be gay.











