Dylan O’Brien‘s sibling, Julz O’Brien, mentioned they don’t seem to be shut regardless of their actor brother’s public statements.
Julz needed to clear the air relating to the connection with their brother Dylan after an interview the latter did in 2024 resurfaced. In that interview, Dylan claimed he was “grateful” to know trans individuals, together with his “nonbinary” sibling Julz, including that having queer individuals in his life “deepens my expertise on this world.”
The interview was reposted by Homosexual Instances final week, prompting Julz to shed some mild within the publish’s feedback part.
“I am really trans masc and go by he/they pronouns,” Julz wrote. “He did not verify in after I had prime surgical procedure […] He did not even want me completely happy bday final week! However glad I might deepen his expertise on this world and make the world love him that rather more.”
Julz added, “Kinda humorous that this text did not ask me for a single factor about myself? It is about me and makes use of my photograph. I am not even tagged.”
Regardless of the obvious pressure, Julz shouted out their youthful brother quite a few occasions on his birthday, and as soon as referred to as Dylan their “very first greatest good friend.”
The unique interview was pinned to Dylan’s starring position within the queer thriller Ponyboi. On the time, Dylan mentioned how lucky he was to study extra in regards to the queer and trans group whereas additionally highlighting how a lot he realized from his co-star River Gallo, who performed a gender-nonconforming character within the movie.
“This was such an enlightening expertise for me,” Dylan mentioned about Gallo. “They’re somebody that I maintain so dearly to me now too that I will have with me for the remainder of my life as a good friend.”