Published 14:57 IST, August 26th 2020

'I'm not that type of person': 'Stranger Things' star Noah Schnapp refuses using 'N-word'

Stranger Things actor Noah Schnapp's viral video of dancing and singing Freaky Friday has got him into trouble. However, the star denies using the N-word.

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Recently an old video of Netflix series Stranger Things actor ah Schnapp went viral on social media. In video, actor can be seen singing and dancing on Lil Dicky and Chris Brown's song Freaky Friday. However, it did t go down well with netizens. y bombarded Twitter by sharing video and criticising ah for using N-word. Responding to same, ah Schnapp took to his Instagram handle and denied saying N-word in video after Twitter backlash.   

ah Schnapp denies saying N-Word

On August 26, Wednesday, ah Schnapp shared an Instagram story where he clarified himself. He said that in video, inste of using N-word, ah used word 'Neighbour'. He also ded that he was genuinely sorry for hurting anyone's emotions. He also apologised for replacing N-word and ded, "It is t my place to use one word and I should have kept my mouth shut. I understand why it is found offensive and I am so sorry". According to his te, video was from last summer. 

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ah Schnapp's Instagram story re as:

hi guys. recently a video from last summer has gotten out of me dancing and singing word "neighbor" over n  word. i would truly never say n word and i'm t tat of person. i genuinely have never used that wordin my life. using word "neighbor" in that song was just something my camp friends and i did. i hope you all understand i could never even think about doing that. my friends also would never post a video, or support me, if i was saying that slur without hesitation. i apologize for using a replacement word. it is t my place to use one word and I should of kept my mouth shut. I understand why it is found offensive and I am so sorry. 

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Recently, ah Schnapp's Twitter handle was hacked. He shared news on Saturday, August 15, on his Instagram account. Stranger Things actor posted an Insta story wrote that someone h hacked his Twitter account and he was trying to get it back. He furr ded that he will let his followers kw when he comes back on app.

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15-year-old star has nearly 8, 60,000 followers on micro-blogging site. news of ah's account being hacked came into light when a mess regarding ‘suicidal thoughts’ was sent out from young actor's account, at 3:27 pm. Apart from messs, when ah Schnapp’s account was hacked, it liked a few tweets that h sexual and racist remarks. It also shared pictures that h such remarks. messs and tweets have w been deleted.

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14:57 IST, August 26th 2020