Hunter Schafer grew up in New Jersey and Arizona before settling in North Carolina. Her hometown was conservative in many ways, especially given the future star's grand aspirations. "Everything I was interested in was happening in big cities. And it's all I wanted, all the time. ... I had these really vivid dreams of what I wanted to achieve," Schafer told i-D in February 2022. Her family was religious — Schafer's dad was a pastor — and were active members in their local congregations. Of her own religious views, the actor explained to Allure, "I do feel spiritual in some senses. That's something pretty fluid."
With three younger siblings, Schafer grew up in a bedroom with lime-green-painted walls, but she seldom lets out many details about her upbringing. Even her "Euphoria" co-star, Zendaya, found it difficult to learn about Schafer's earliest days, reportedly once telling her, per Harper's Bazaar, "You never talk about your childhood." Part of the reason for limiting the information might be due to the emotions it evokes for Schafer, as she admitted, "I cry every time I talk about my mother." However, her childhood journals showcase the wide range of experiences she encountered, like when she was "first transitioning," "falling in love for the first time," and truly started to become herself as a teenager.
Calling this "a phenomenon among the trans and queer community," Schafer explained to Harper's Bazaar, "I feel like the story of my life begins in my late teens, when I was finally living in the world the way I was supposed to."
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