There Was A Queer Eye Cameo In Stranger Things That You Might Have Missed

Netflix decided to combine two of its biggest hits for one fun cameo.
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Yas honey, there was a little baby Queer Eye cameo in the third season of Stranger Things.

William Mahnken, a fan favourite “hero” (or a man the Fab Five helped out) in a Season 2 episode of Queer Eye, played a chauvinist newsman in the Netflix sci-fi/horror hit that premiered on 4 July.

The @QueerEye / @Stranger_Things crossover you all have been looking for!!! William from Queer Eye Season 2 “A Decent Proposal” pic.twitter.com/bmYryCoX2k

— William Mahnken (@SilverLimePhoto) July 4, 2019

Digital Spy reports that Mahnken is featured in a scene from the first episode, where Nancy Wheeler (Natalia Dyer) attempts to pitch a story during a meeting at the local newspaper The Hawkins Post, but gets humiliatingly shot down for being an intern (and female).

Eagle-eyed fans of both shows jumped online to share their joy of spotting Mahnken in the show.

OH MY GOD THE DUDE FROM QUEER EYE HAS A CAMEO IN STRANGER THINGS ?!?! pic.twitter.com/MgvqmfRtxK

— Jess Sims (@_jessicalauuren) July 4, 2019

William from Queer Eye being cast in Stranger Things is truly the most catered to I have ever felt as a consumer.

— Lucy (@lucyquiinn_) July 5, 2019

Netflix casting William from Queer Eye for #StrangerThings3 brings me joy pic.twitter.com/VaORDhQuWC

— Erin M (@ErinMurray16) July 4, 2019

Mahnken is a socially anxious Walmart employee in Georgia who enlisted the help of the Queer Eye crew in Season 2 to help him straighten up his life and propose to his girlfriend, Shannan — who accepted!

Who caught Shannan from @QueerEye looking lovingly at @DavidKHarbour on our date in the second episode of @Stranger_Things?
(@SilverLimePhoto @Treeandshield #StrangersThings3 pic.twitter.com/hAIMPkD1Sq

— William Mahnken (@SilverLimePhoto) July 5, 2019

The couple is also featured in a restaurant scene in Episode 2, Season 3 of Stranger Things in which Jim Hopper (David Harbour) gets stood up by Joyce Byers (Winona Ryder).

Thankfully, it doesn’t look like Shannan stood up Mahnken to shoot the fun scene.

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