Netflix Stranger Things actor Noah Schnapp has come out as gay. He took to TikTok to make this announcement. As many celebrate his coming out, jokes about Millie Bobby Brown's untrue homophobic past have resurfaced online.Reacting to the anti-gay memes returning, one Twitter user wrote online:harvee@SLASHERDANCE@willfulchaos in 2023 too ..at their grown ages13@willfulchaos in 2023 too ..at their grown agesNoah Schnapp took to his official TikTok account on Thursday. He wrote:“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’”Charlotte ✨@charlottes0phiaThe way Noah Schnapp just publicly came out via tiktok and had this as his caption an icon twitter.com/i/web/status/1…296933423The way Noah Schnapp just publicly came out via tiktok and had this as his caption 😭 an icon twitter.com/i/web/status/1… https://t.co/euKUtevLlNNoah Schnapp was also lip-synching to an audio clip of someone else saying:“You know what it never was? That serious. It was never that serious. Quite frankly, will never be that serious.”In his caption, Schnapp wrote: “I guess I’m more familiar to Will than I thought.”The actor was referring to his Stranger Things character, Will Byers, who is gay and in love with his best friend, Mike Wheeler, played by Finn Wolfhard.Why was Millie Bobby Brown being discussed during Noah Schnapp's announcement?For those unversed, Millie Bobby Brown plays Eleven in the Netflix hit series Stranger Things. Brown and Schnapp share a strong friendship evident during their press interviews. As Schnapp came out, netizens began speaking about Brown's fake homophobic past.In 2018, the hashtag TakeDownMillieBobbyBrown took over Twitter with trolls attempting to cancel the now 18-year-old actress, who was just 14. Many created memes of Millie Bobby Brown being anti-gay.In one meme, a netizen claimed that Brown threw a hot McDonald's McCafé beverage at a person wearing a gay pride t-shirt. The Twitter user wrote:One Twitter user claimed that Millie Bobby Brown is homophobic (Image via Twitter)In another instance, a Twitter user claimed that the actress was anti-Islam. They wrote online:“I saw Millie Bobby Brown in the airport and asked for a pic and she said “only if you remove the hijab” and I said “its my faith” and she aggressively pulled it off my head and stamped on it”Tweet against Millie Bobby Brown (Image via Twitter)After the fake stories and memes circulated like wildfire, the actress deactivated her Twitter account in 2018.Netizens urge trolls not to circulate Millie Bobby Brown anti-gay tweets in light of Noah Schnapp coming outAs Noah Schnapp's latest announcement started making headlines, Stranger Things fans urged trolls not to bring back the TakeDownMillieBobbyBrown hashtag. Many stated that the trend was not funny and did more harm than good. A few comments online read:miranda🌷@endoflovesmaking homophobic millie bobby brown jokes in 2023 is so deeply pathetic8making homophobic millie bobby brown jokes in 2023 is so deeply patheticTARARIRI HOMECOMING THIS YEAR.@GEMINISVERSEhomophobic millie jokes starting again in the year of 2023…1206132homophobic millie jokes starting again in the year of 2023…https://t.co/biUrLcTMVybrighty@gayshinoaif you’re still making millie bobby brown homophobic jokes in the year of 2023 i genuinely think you deserve to have your gay card revoked131if you’re still making millie bobby brown homophobic jokes in the year of 2023 i genuinely think you deserve to have your gay card revoked💌@haIobearerspeople still making homophobic millie jokes in the year 2023......383people still making homophobic millie jokes in the year 2023...... https://t.co/SGiAOkJo3ino.@MorozkosWitchMillie was a child when people edited photos of her to make her appear homophobic. She’s talked about how much that upset her and made her leave twitter. Years later people are still continuing the “joke” using it to say she will commit hate crimes against her best friend.Vile.278Millie was a child when people edited photos of her to make her appear homophobic. She’s talked about how much that upset her and made her leave twitter. Years later people are still continuing the “joke” using it to say she will commit hate crimes against her best friend.Vile.angela 🤍@astrolstme seeing the millie homophobic jokes on my tl51me seeing the millie homophobic jokes on my tl https://t.co/B1JYQZ45Daangela 🤍@astrolsti find it sad and embarrassing if y’all are still making the homophobic millie jokes262i find it sad and embarrassing if y’all are still making the homophobic millie jokes https://t.co/tkuk1v5X8Wlilly@jenesaisqvoieveryone rushing to recycle their 'millie is homophobic' jokes like this isn't her2everyone rushing to recycle their 'millie is homophobic' jokes like this isn't herhttps://t.co/fIN9i2eGooeddie 🦆@snlarmisenppl who are making "we already knew" or "millie bobby brown homophobe" jokes in response to noah schnapp coming out are the weakest link like he Just came out can you give him a second to breathe you are not as funny as you think. you are just being homophobic.3459535ppl who are making "we already knew" or "millie bobby brown homophobe" jokes in response to noah schnapp coming out are the weakest link like he Just came out can you give him a second to breathe you are not as funny as you think. you are just being homophobic.Millie Bobby Brown has been a loud supporter of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation since 2017. At the MTV Movie and TV Awards held the same year, the actress wore a GLAAD pin and a blue ribbon to signify her support for the American Civil Liberties Union.