Jake Connelly: Delightful Derek from "Stranger Things" hugs Steve, dates Young Will. With a footballer and some ginger chub d*cks

  

Link to the n*de photos

Luke Kokotec, who I profiled earlier, notes that his date at the Stranger Things premiere in December 2025 was Jake Connelly, who played Derek. I thought I'd check to see if it was an actual date, or just two buddies who attended on-set school together. 

Maybe it depends on who you ask.

Jake was born in Arlington Heights, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, and appeared in commercials like "Two for one windows at Feldco!" and "Don't let your roof ruin your summer!", and a short, Between the Silence, about two elderly ladies becoming friends.

 Showrunner Matt Duffer saw him in a furniture commercial and cast him as one of the next generation of kids who fight the evil Vecna in Stranger Things, Season 5.

He starts out as Dipsh*t Derek, a bully who harasses Holly Wheeler (younger sister of the first generation's Mike, played by Finn Wolfhard).  He trips people, yells at his mother, and tells various kids and adults to "suck my (censored)." 

Left: Finn Wolfhard, n*de on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends.

That was supposed to be the end of his character, but the Duffers were so impressed that they gave him a plot arc: he is being groomed by a mysterious being called Mr. Whatsit.

Mike and his friends discover that Mr. Whatsit is actually Vecna in disguise, and recruit him into the battle.  He becomes a hero and rescues Holly, earning the new name Delightful Derek.  Rescuing a girl is a hetero cliche.

When Vecna is finally defeated, Derek hugs Steve Harrington (Joe Keery) and waves excitedly at Mike, whom he calls his "best friend."  Two queer codes.

In the epilogue, he attends Will and Mike's high school graduation (sitting with Holly), then plays Dungeons and Dragons with the new generation (a boy and two girls). Two hetero codes.

A fan favorite, Delightful Derek  goes to a lot of conventions, and is interviewed on a lot of podcasts. He was a guest on The Tonight Show.  His home town decreed February 17th "Stranger Things Day."  In May 2026, he got to throw out the first pitch at a Cubs game.

 

 

With fitness trainer Chase Bandolik. I thought they were pretending to be a romantic couple, but apparently Chase does the "I got invited," "I didn't" stuff with many people.  I don't know what it means.

More after the break

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Derek's next project, Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Story,  air in December 2026,  It's a Christmas romcom with Robert Buckley as a firefighter whose grandmother has attended 500 Chicago Bears football games (NFL teams generally play 17 games per season, so that's 30 years worth).  He falls for the female reporter assigned to the story.  Presumably Jake plays one of their sons.

Several Chicago Bears football players appear as themselves, but I couldn't find nude photos of any of them, so I found American footballer Dan Vitale on the n*de celebrity subreddit (on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends).

Jake has two other upcoming projects:

Bear Boy has no plot synopsis available.

Blood on the Ice is about a woman who goes ice fishing, and her stuff vanishes, leading to "a fight for survival."  Kale Clauson (far left) also stars.

In his free time Jake plays football, and is interested in architecture.  He posts a lot of photos of the architecture of Milan from his recent trip.

Some minor gay subtexts in one role, no femme presentation, no buddy-hugging on his own blog.  Plus a football and baseball fan.  I doubt that he's gay in real life.  But you never know.

Were you as uncomfortable as you look with Luke's hug, Jake Baby?

As of this writing, Jake is 14 years old, so I'm not looking for n*de photos.  But in a few years, he will be a grown-up ginger chub.  So let's take a look at some ginger chub d*cks (on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends).

See also: Luke Kokotek: The young Will from "Stranger Things" has gay friends, throws shade. With Noah bulge and Croatian c*cks

The Chair Company, Episode 1.3: A chair conspiracy, a queer kid, a ginger chub, weirdness for its own sake, and men in suits with d*cks.  

Jamie McGuire: The Smiley Creature from "From," with Halifax hunks and a n*de Dylan Sprouse 

Fabio de Luca: Gay Brazilian actor, comedian, spiritualist. But is his d*ck bigger than Bruno de Luca's? With some "Madam Beja" hunks