Jimmy Fallon And Benny Blanco’s New Video Receives Intense Backlash From ARMYs

Many are uncomfortable over their association.

A recently posted video on Jimmy Fallon’s talk show The Tonight Show’s social media accounts has received pushback from BTS fans.

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The video, which features Jimmy Fallon and Benny Blanco, the producer of BTS’s “Bad Decisions,” shows the two eating a purple cake with the BTS logo on it. The caption also mentions the official handle of the group.

Since its upload, the video has garnered over 975,000 views and thousands of comments, many of which were ARMYs expressing their disapproval. Their main point of contention was that the video seemed to be milking BTS’s name for engagement without practically having anything to do with them. Many also brought up the mistreatment singer Umi received for addressing ARMYs in a tweet promoting her tour after working with V and felt that it was hypocritical that Benny and Jimmy seemingly got a “free pass” while she was “harrassed.”

More disapproval came in layers, with many finding these two celebrities’ imposed association with BTS troubling because of their controversies. Jimmy Fallon, as many netizens have pointed out, is a staunch supporter of Zionism, an ideology that is receiving global criticism amidst Israel’s onslaught on civilian lives in Palestine, especially in the Gaza Strip. Pro-Palestinian and Palestinian ARMYs have mobilized in multiple ways in the past few months, asking HYBE to divest from Zionism. Some also brought up an incident of an ARMY being racially profiled for their hijab at Fallon’s show when Jungkook was promoting his solo album.

For Benny Blanco, however, the objection is two-fold. His support of Zionism aside, Blanco recently faced scathing criticism for allegedly posting pedophilic content of his own child on social media. In 2022, he posted multiple questionable videos of his toddler, including a completely nude video of him.

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In light of this situation, many ARMYs have voiced their discontent as they felt them mentioning BTS in the video was disingenuous.

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