Noah Schnapp says he came out as gay to his 'Stranger Things' costar Millie Bobby Brown over a FaceTime call at Party City

• Noah Schnapp opened up about his experience coming out to Millie Bobby Brown in a new interview.
• According to the "Stranger Things" actor, he FaceTimed his costar in a party store to tell her.
• "And she was like, 'Oh, Schnapper! You told me finally!'" Schnapp recalled. 

Noah Schnapp spoke about his journey coming out in a new interview with Variety — and revealed the perfect reaction his "Stranger Things" costar Millie Bobby Brown had when he told her he was gay. 

Schnapp first focused on telling his immediate family and circle of friends before going public with the news, even making a list of people to tell via his Notes app on his phone, according to Variety's Adam B. Vary.

On the list was Brown, Schnapp's longtime costar on the popular Netflix drama.

"I kept trying to do it in person with her, and it was too hard," Schnapp told Variety. "So then I just FaceTimed her one day in the middle of a Party City and I was like, 'Millie, I'm gay.'" 

As the actor revealed, Brown had an amazing reaction to the news. 

"She was like, 'Oh, Schnapper! You told me finally!'" Schnapp said. 

He also spoke about how playing a gay character on "Stranger Things," which is currently filming its fifth and final season, helped him come to terms with his own sexuality.

"Once I did fully embrace that Will was gay, it was just an exponential speed towards accepting it for myself," Schnapp told Variety, adding: "I would be in a completely different place if I didn't have Will to portray, and to embrace and help me accept myself. I think if I never played that character, I probably would still be closeted." 

Schnapp confirmed in 2022 that his character Will Byers was, in fact, gay, and in love with his best friend Mike Wheeler (played by Finn Wolfhard). 

"Obviously, it was hinted at in season one. It was always kind of there, but you never really knew, is it just him growing up slower than his friends?" Schnapp said in an interview with Variety, adding: "Now that he's gotten older, they made it a very real, obvious thing. Now it's 100% clear that he is gay and he does love Mike. But before, it was a slow arc."

Since coming out publicly (via TikTok) earlier this year, Schnapp has received lots of support from his family members, costars, and fans.