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USA Today reports:

“Stranger Things” star Noah Schnapp is confirming a popular theory about his character’s sexuality. After Will Byers’ heart-wrenching speech in the Season 4 finale, Schnapp officially said his character is gay in an interview with Variety published Thursday.

Schnapp previously left his character’s sexuality for interpretation as the show has hinted toward Will’s queerness. Now, he says that producers Matt and Ross Duffers have implied that Will is gay since the first season.

“Now it’s 100% clear that he is gay and he does love Mike,” Schnapp said. “It was a slow arc. I think it is done so beautifully, because it’s so easy to make a character just like all of a sudden be gay.”

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