'Stranger Things' Gaten Matarazzo Celebrates 5th Anniversary with His Girlfriend: 'Love You'

Gaten Matarazzo, Italian-American actor and star from "Stranger Things," is in love with blooming actress Lizzy Yu. They celebrated their fifth anniversary this year and have yet to skip one since they began dating.

Matarazzo has been in a relationship with his girlfriend for the past five years and recently took to social media to announce the length of their relationship while reasserting his love for her. The actor thanked his partner for putting up with him every day.

He posted a series of photos on Instagram that shows Matarazzo and his partner over the years. Among the images is a selfie from a Christmas celebration they spent together.

Matarazzo's girlfriend beat him to the announcement of their fifth anniversary. A day before his post, his girlfriend shared several photos announcing their five-year romance. She wrote in the caption, "Five years with this crazy goofball. Happy anniversary, sunshine. Here's some fun memories."

Her post comprised pictures of the couple on vacation, celebrating Christmas, having fun in London, some hazardous kitchen activity, and Matarazzo in a Super Mario disguise. The "Stranger Things" star's girlfriend, Lizzy Yu, is also an actress and has a large following on social media, nearly 440,000 people.

Lu's singular released acting credit is a supporting role in the 2022 movie "Somewhere in Queens," starring 65-year-old actor Ray Romano and Serafina Simone Maniscalco's father, Sebastian Maniscalco. Lu has a part in three upcoming projects: "Year One," "Avatar: The Last Airbender," and "May December."

Gaten Matarazzo Often Shares His Feelings to His Girlfriend

Since Matarazzo began dating Lu, he has not wasted the opportunity to wish her a happy anniversary. Last year, on March 4, the actor posted a picture of Lu walking through European-style buildings. He wished his "Goob" a happy fourth anniversary in the caption. In 2021, Matarazzo did the same, noting that their relationship was three years old.

In 2020, the actor shared pictures of himself and Lu looking relatively comfortable with each other in their second year. Again, he wished her a happy anniversary in the caption, though with more enthusiasm. "Can't even remember what it feels like not to have you at my side, and I don't want to," he said.

In 2019, celebrating their first anniversary, the "Stranger Things" actor posted a trice of images with his girlfriend. He wrote about how their relationship, which was just a year old, felt like ten years, despite him also feeling like he had just met her "yesterday."

Matarazzo is very affectionate towards his partner in public and celebrates her at any opportunity. He is accustomed to wishing her a happy birthday on Instagram every year. In 2020, he wished her a happy 18th birthday and wrote that calling her his girlfriend is "one of the best feelings on earth."

He wished Lu a happy birthday the following year, writing, "Happy Birthday to one of the funniest, sweetest, kindest, most loving people I've ever known. I hope this day was as incredible as you could have ever wanted." Matarazzo went to prom with Lu in May 2021 and thanked her for letting him tag along.

Matarazzo began acting when he played Benjamin in the Broadway show "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert." He also played Gavroche in "Les Misérables." The New London-born actor has cleidocranial dysplasia, and his character Dustin Henderson in "Stranger Things" has the same condition.

The actor is also an activist for people living with his condition, and he uses the fame he gained over the years to create awareness about people living with CCD.