Gaten Matarazzo on “BBC The One Show” last night (9/8/26) on saying goodbye to “Stranger Things.” Clip 5/5.
He said he misses the ST gang a lot still. 🥲❤️
Gaten Matarazzo & Elizabeth Yu dined at a Din Tai Fung located in Covent Garden in London recently.
I love that they had him sign a dumpling steamer. 😆
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Happy birthday, Gaten Matarazzo! 🎉
The ‘Stranger Things’ star has previously spoken out about LGBTQ+ representation in the Netflix series, pushing back against the idea that queer people weren’t visible in the 1980s.
Speaking to Attitude in 2025 ahead of the final season’s release, Matarazzo said:
“Sometimes people that are critical of [queerness and allyship] bring it up with, like, ‘That didn’t happen in the 80s.’ I’m like, it didn’t happen to you because no one felt comfortable telling you. There were out gay people constantly in the 80s… Queer culture existed in the 80s; you didn’t happen to be a part of it.”
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Happy birthday, Gaten Matarazzo! 🎉
The ‘Stranger Things’ star has previously spoken out about LGBTQ+ representation in the Netflix series, pushing back against the idea that queer people weren’t visible in the 1980s.
Speaking to Attitude in 2025 ahead of the final season’s release, Matarazzo said:
“Sometimes people that are critical of [queerness and allyship] bring it up with, like, ‘That didn’t happen in the 80s.’ I’m like, it didn’t happen to you because no one felt comfortable telling you. There were out gay people constantly in the 80s… Queer culture existed in the 80s; you didn’t happen to be a part of it.”
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September is really Gaten Matarazzo’s month this year!
There’s three days left until his birthday & he turns 24 & there’s exactly three weeks left until he makes his West End debut leading the 30th Anniversary revival of “RENT.”
Here’s a warning that I’ll be retweeting multiple birthday posts for Gaten. It’s mainly because I want the pictures & videos used in my fan archive without having to post them myself (cheat code😂), but I also just feel like showing how much he’s loved & respected. 😌❤️
Calling an actor you don’t like performative when you freak out over Instagram likes & follows & believe everything your favorite actor does or doesn’t do is PR is certainly a choice. LMAO
Gaten on “The Blacklist.” 🥹
This reminds me that I hope he might guest star in an episode of “Law & Order: SVU” someday. He’d be able to kill it as a victim or a perpetrator & I think that’s so awesome of him!
Love the “RENT” cast for always coming through on pictures of Gaten Matarazzo since he doesn’t post any himself. Jeevan Braich just posted this on his IG Story! 🥹❤️
I’m happy he��s spending another birthday surrounded by fellow theatre kids!