Fluffer

This article is about the pornographic film crew position. For other uses, see Fluffing (disambiguation).

A fluffer on set of a gay pornographic movie handing a lubricant to the actor playing the role of a "top"

Commonly, a fluffer keeps an adult film star "cleaned up" in between takes so that the actor does not have to move from their position. These duties, which do not necessarily involve touching the actors, are considered part of the makeup department. After setting up the desired angle, the director asks the actors to hold position and calls for the fluffer to "fluff" the actors for the shot.

While the role of a fluffer could be as simple as implied above, fluffing could also entail sexual acts such as fellatio or non-penetrative sex.

In popular culture

The 2001 film The Fluffer was about a film buff, with a crush on porn star who is straight, for whom he wound up working as a fluffer in gay porn. A 2003 release also entitled The Fluffer was a four-minute short comedy film.

This usage, in gay pornography, as a hired member of the crew of a pornographic movie whose role on the set is to sexually arouse the male participants prior to the filming of scenes that require erections became a more popular one as result of the film.