Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp's coming out announcement made quite a stir last week—and he seems to think it's pretty silly.
Schnapp made the announcement in the most quintessentially Gen-Z way possible—with a super casual TikTok where the sound clip he lip-synced to was more the star of the show than the announcement itself.
Nonetheless, Schnapp's coming out went instantly viral.
So, he and his friends did what Gen Z does best—made a TikTok mocking the whole thing, as seen below.
The video, posted by user @meltyiceycubey, a friend of Schnapp's shows Schnapp hanging with a group of friends while one pal asks for everyone's attention.
Reading from his phone, he said:
"Guys! Noah Schnapp—gay at 18!"
It was phrased as if reading a celebrity death announcement.
Everyone else in the room, including Schnapp himself, immediately lost their minds, yelling "Nooo!"
The video seems like it's probably a reference not only to Schnapp's coming-out furor, but the recent TikTok trend over the holidays where people pranked their elders by announcing the fake death of a celebrity.
Several versions of the prank went mega-viral as people's relatives similarly yelled "Noooo!" to the news of celebrities who are still very much alive dying over the Christmas season.
Mockery seems the perfect follow-up to Schnapp's announcement, in which he lip-synced to another TikTok creator's voice saying:
"You know what it never was? That serious."
Of course, fans felt otherwise—especially since Schnapp's character on Netflix's Stranger Things, Will Byers, had his own heart-rending coming-out journey in the show's most recent season.
Schnapp received an outpouring of love and support and impassioned congratulations for his announcement.
And TikTokers loved this follow-up video just as much.
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Here's hoping more gay people can feel this casual and unbothered about their coming out in the future.
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