Stranger Things’ Gaten Matarazzo Reveals Disturbing Encounter With 40-Year-Old Fan

May 30, 2024, 5:35 p.m.

By Sam Prance

The Stranger Things actor said it was “heartbreaking” to learn the woman had wanted him when he was still a child.

Gaten Matarazzo opened up about an “uncomfortable” interaction he recently had with a Stranger Things fan in his forties.

When Stranger Things Filming began in 2015, the majority of the main cast were all children. Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven) was 11, Finn Wolfhard (Mike) was 12, Noah Schnapp (Will) was 10, Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas) was 13, and Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin) was 13. Since then, they have all gone through adolescence and become young adults while starring on the show.

Gaten has now revealed he had some troubling encounters with older fans, including one who had a crush on him.

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Appearing on the Inside you podcast, Gaten explained that he had some “uncomfortable” moments with Stranger Things Fans. He said, “I did it [an event] very recently – and it’s not very funny, but the reactions around it have been quite funny – where this woman in her forties bluntly said: ‘I’ve had a crush on you since you were 13 years.'”

Gaten tried to reject him at first. He said: “And I was like, ‘This is upsetting.’ I’m sure she just wanted to say, “Oh, this kid is cute.” But then she doubled down. She said, “I’m aware of the age difference.” ‘All right.’” And her daughter was with her, and her daughter said, “Mommy, what the fuck is this?”

As mentioned above, Gaten was only 13 years old in the first season of Stranger Things and he only turned 21 in September last year.

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Gaten is not the only one Stranger Things actor who criticized the way older fans treated them. In 2020, Millie took to Instagram to speak out about the “inappropriate comments, sexualization and unnecessary insults” she’s been subjected to since becoming famous.

Millie has also appeared on The guilty feminist after turning 18 in 2022 and said it’s “disgusting” to see how more people are sexualizing her now that she’s an adult.

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