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During Jeremy Piven's ...

Question: During Jeremy Piven's acceptance speech, he said that he nearly became a "fluffer" at one point. I am not familiar with that term. Is it a fancy showbiz phrase? Answer: I'm going to defer to dictionary.com on this one: "A fluffer is an offstage person hired to keep a male porn star in a state of erection." Hey, dictionary.com said it, not me!

Michael Ausiello

Question: During Jeremy Piven's acceptance speech, he said that he nearly became a "fluffer" at one point. I am not familiar with that term. Is it a fancy showbiz phrase?

Answer: I'm going to defer to dictionary.com on this one: "A fluffer is an offstage person hired to keep a male porn star in a state of erection." Hey, dictionary.com said it, not me!