In one of Fox News’ most bizarre moments, anchor Tucker Carlson compared a teacher’s fake breasts to a subgenre of Japanese online porn in a broadcast on Monday. He described it as “Exploding Milk Porn,” which is perhaps an exact translation of the slang term Bakunyuu, which is used to describe women with large breasts.
The fake breasts revealed in viral video of a woman working in a classroom, according to Carlson, are “based on a form of Japanese online pornography, which roughly translates into English as “exploding milk porn”.”
In a subsequent program on Wednesday, Carlson revisited the parallel, this time accompanied with a graphic that explains the precise nature of this genre.
In each of the parts, he voiced fury over a Canadian transgender teacher’s decision to wear prosthetic breasts that were purportedly based on pornographic material, calling it “the exploitation of children.” (Note that in an effort to deadname the teacher, Carlson mistook the person shown in the clip.) Following is a statement from the Halton School Board:
The Halton District School Board would like to publicly correct false material that has been published in the media and online regarding a staff member.
The last several days have seen a lot of internet discussion around Oakville Trafalgar High School. In connection with this report, an instructor has been misidentified as “Stephen Hanna.” We cannot confirm the identity of the person in the images, recordings, or radio segments, but we can affirm that the person is not Stephen Hanna. There is absolutely no connection whatsoever between this situation with Stephen Hanna, a member of the Halton District School Board’s staff.
The HDSB urges that all media sources and online publications that have improperly reported on this issue clarify their errors right now and take Mr. Hanna’s name off of any relevant materials (such as print, online, video, etc.).
Additionally, Carlson used transphobic language in both of the segments, comparing the in question teacher to “the person in the van trying to offer your sixth grader sweets.”