Jimmy Fallon Under Fire for Calling Hunter Schafer 'Bud' on The Tonight Show: 'Damn Near a Slur for Trans Women'

Jimmy Fallon under fire for calling Hunter Schafer 'bud' on The Tonight Show: 'Damn near a slur for trans women'

During the segment on Friday's (31 October) episode, Fallon displayed an old photograph of Schafer as a child, taken before her transition.

Jimmy Fallon criticised for calling Hunter Schafer 'bud' on The Tonight Show

Fans have expressed dismay after Jimmy Fallon called trans actress Hunter Schafer “bud” live on air. Jimmy Fallon used the informal noun while talking to Schafer, on The Tonight Show on Friday (31 October), about her performance as Tigris Snow in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. He showed a picture of her as a child, pre-transition, wearing a costume inspired by the books on which the films are based. He then compared it with …