Gaten Matarazzo — the face behind Dustin Henderson on Stranger Things — just spilled some hilarious (and kinda gross) behind-the-scenes tea from the final season. On a recent appearance on the podcast Dinner’s on Me With Jesse Tyler Ferguson, he opened up about living with his longtime costar Finn Wolfhard while filming Season 5 — and called their shared apartment “disgusting.” EW.com+2AOL+2
🏚️ The Messy Reality Behind the Cameras
Matarazzo recalled how, after a few months of rooming with Wolfhard during shooting, their place turned into “absolute chaos.” Dirty dishes stacked up, laundry piled everywhere — and neither of them cared enough to clean. As he put it:
“I would look around, like, three months after we were living together and be like, ‘This place is disgusting. What are we doing?’” EW.com+1
He admitted that their messy habits complemented each other, and they basically matched each other’s “zero cleanliness standards.” The chaos eventually overflowed from bedrooms into common spaces. EW.com+1
From Gross to Golden — Friendship Over Cleanliness
Despite the living-situation disaster, Gaten didn’t regret sharing those months with Finn. He said that living together, even in such gross conditions, was “so much fun” and a “bittersweet” way to close out their journey on the show. EW.com+1
It seems for them it wasn’t about spotless rooms — it was about friendship, memories, and wrapping up a decade-long adventure together.
What This Means as “Stranger Things” Ends
With Season 5 of Stranger Things now out and the series heading into its dramatic finale, Gaten’s anecdote offers fans a raw, funny look at what life was really like behind the scenes. While the final chapter promises monsters, drama, and emotional farewells, maybe the biggest takeaway is — even stars live messy. And sometimes, that’s part of the charm.