Caleb McLaughlin

Appearing in a Saturday Night Live sketch with Finn Wolfhard and Gaten Matarazzo, McLaughlin played an adult version of Lucas joking that Max remained motionless in bed 'as if she were still in a coma'. The joke drew strong criticism from some fans, who considered it misogynistic, insensitive and, for some, suggestive of non-consensual sex.

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McLaughlin played a younger version of 21 Savage in a highly produced trailer for American Dream: The 21 Savage Story, presented with a release date as though announcing a real film. 21 Savage subsequently explained that the project was a parody intended to accompany promotion of his album.

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At a convention in Belgium, McLaughlin recounted that some fans had avoided his queue at conventions because he was Black and that he had long received less support than his white co-stars. He explained that this difference in treatment had affected him as a child.

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The kiss between Lucas and Max in Stranger Things season two sparked controversy after the Duffer brothers said they had added it when Sadie Sink had expressed nervousness. McLaughlin, also a teenager, explained that he had been nervous too and that it was also his first kiss.

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