Is Maya Hawke Gay in Real Life? Details on the 'Stranger Things' Star

‘Stranger Things’ introduces its first LGBTQ+ persona in Season 3. Now, fans wish to know if Maya Hawke is gay in real life.

[Warning: Season Three spoilers ahead]

If you’ve already binge-watched (like we did) Season Three of Stranger Things, then one breakout character from the display is Scoops Ahoy worker and Steve’s new best possible friend, Robin (performed via Maya Hawke). The ice cream scooper helped crack a top secret Russian code, fight the evil Soviet men, and helped to avoid wasting Hawkins … although, we will be able to’t say the similar for the Starcourt Mall.

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Robin has completely infiltrated the Stranger Things squad, and we’re so glad for the new addition to the crew. One of the perfect scenes in the series is when Steve and Robin have a heart-to-heart in the mall restroom. When Steve in the end confesses to having a weigh down on his co-worker, she finds that she likes him, but only as a pal. Robin is going on to reveal that she in fact hated Steve as a child as a result of she had a overwhelm on Tammy Thompson. 

“I wanted her to have a look at me,” she confessed. “But Tammy Thompson is a lady,” Steve spoke back. Finally, the former jock learned that Robin just came out as a lesbian. After this scene, fanatics on Twitter started wondering if Maya was once also gay in real life, like her persona.

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Fans query if Maya Hawke is gay in real life following her breakout role in Stranger Things.

Stranger Things fanatics have really related to Maya’s character Robin in the series. Priding the Duffer Brothers on developing various characters, some fanatics even query if the actress is a part of the LGBTQ+ community outdoor of her role on the show.

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Though Maya has remained beautiful discrete about her private life, in the event you practice the actress on Instagram, you’ll see that she seemed pretty cozy with Gus Wenner (son of Rolling Stone founder Jan Wenner). The two have a large number of pics together on their accounts, merely captioning the photos with a single heart. We think it’s secure to assume they’re an item. 

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As for portraying a member of the LGBTQ+ neighborhood, Maya spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about taking on the role. “It’s such an incredible thing the Duffer Brothers did, stopping the entire show … there’s an motion going on, and it stops for a seven-minute conversation between two individuals who in reality care for every other. It’s actually an exquisite factor. I believe in reality fortunate that I were given to play that.”

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She added, “The reason she has these kinds of hard partitions is that she doesn't really feel like she suits in. She looks like an atypical one out. She's gay, and no person is aware of that.” Played out among the chaos surrounding them, this scene is a spotlight of the whole sequence.

Maya Hawke’s father and mother are #ProudParents.

If the ultimate identify did not clue you in, yes, Maya is the daughter of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman. The Hollywood stars had been married from 1998 till 2005, and let’s just say she is the spitting symbol of her famous folks. The former couple have been no doubt satisfied for their daughter’s success, appearing their love by way of social media. 

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“My victorious loving mermaid daughter,” Uma captioned a photo of her daughter on a shiny purple mermaid pool waft. “A weekend of triumph on Stranger Things. Congratulations.” Under a promotional video for the Netflix display, Ethan wrote: “Ladies and gents, get to know MAYA HAWKE. She’s the real thing.” We couldn’t agree more. 

Stream Stranger Things Season 3 now on Netflix.

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