Over the past month, Noah Schnapp has experienced a decline in his Instagram followers. Following the offensive video, he saw a rapid loss of approximately 100,000 followers in just three days. In total, he has now lost around 700,000 followers since the controversy initially unfolded.
Numerous celebrities, including John Cusack, Lauren Jauregui, and Thewizardliz are calling out Noah Schnapp for featuring in the problematic video. Some of them have also unfollowed the actor.
Stranger Things fans are also expressing their anger with the actor by leaving the fandom as a form of protest. Others are threatening to boycott season 5 unless Noah Schnapp is recast.
One such user wrote on Twitter. “How come Noah Schnapp is still not cancelled? I’m not a fan of cancel culture but my point is if that was for example Millie Bobby Brown stating ‘zionism is sexy’ she would be so over like sooooo over. And he seems comfortable like never before.”
Another user said that the actor will be jobless after Stranger Thins. “noah schnapp will never have any notable role after will byers. he’ll be in his 40s, lonely and balding, dressed in his costume, advertising stranger things merch and going to conventions no one ever attends, when his costars have moved on decades ago and stopped speaking to him.”
Noah Schnapp will return as Will Byers in Stranger Things season 5. Netflix will be under a lot of pressure to address the ongoing controversy as the filming is likely to begin soon.