Finn Wolfhard is showing his support for his “Stranger Things” co-star Noah Schnapp after he came out as gay last month.
“When I saw it, I just had a big smile on my face,” the 20-year-old told GQ in a new interview published Wednesday. “I was just really proud of him.”
Wolfhard, who plays Mike Wheeler in the popular Netflix series, said he and the rest of the cast operate like a family.
“We’re not on everyday-text vibes in any way, and not because… it’s like,” he explained. “Do you text your cousins every day? Probably not. They’re our family. We’ll talk on each other’s birthdays. We’ll talk once in a while.
“But in the same way that family works, if I ever needed anything, they’re there,” he said.
Wolfhard’s comments come nearly a month after Schnapp, 18, shared a TikTok video addressing his sexuality to his more than 32 million followers.
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“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,’” the “Abe” star wrote on the top of the Jan. 5 clip.
Schnapp then mouthed the words of a woman who said, “You know what it never was? That serious. It was never that serious. Quite frankly, will never be that serious.”
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“I guess I’m more similar to will than I thought,” he captioned the post, referring to his “Stranger Things” character Will Byers.
The actor was met with lots of praise from fans in the comments section of his coming-out video.
“Im so happy For you!!!! 💗💗,” wrote one person, while another added, “Welcome to the fun club✨.”
“this is the most iconic coming out ever,” commented a third fan.
“THE WAY I GASPED. SO PROUD OF YOU <3,” wrote a fourth person.
The first season of “Stranger Things” premiered on Netflix in 2016, when Wolfhard and Schnapp were 13 and 11 years old, respectively. Filming for the fifth and final season of the supernatural thriller is expected to begin this May.