Exhibit (j)

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement No. 002-80751 on Form N-1A of our reports dated February 24, 2021, relating to the financial statements and financial highlights of the Portfolios listed on the attached Schedule A, each a series of Brighthouse Funds Trust II (the “Trust”), appearing in the Annual Reports on Form N-CSR of the Trust for the year ended December 31, 2020, and to the references to us under the headings “Financial Highlights” or “Consolidated Financial Highlights” and “Annual/Semiannual Reports” in the Prospectuses and “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” and “Financial Statements” in the Statement of Additional Information, which are part of such Registration Statement.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

April 23, 2021

Schedule A

Portfolio Name

Baillie Gifford International Stock Portfolio

BlackRock Bond Income Portfolio

BlackRock Capital Appreciation Portfolio

BlackRock Ultra-Short Term Bond Portfolio

Brighthouse/Artisan Mid Cap Value Portfolio

Brighthouse/Dimensional International Small Company Portfolio

Brighthouse/Wellington Balanced Portfolio

Brighthouse/Wellington Core Equity Opportunities Portfolio

Brighthouse Asset Allocation 20 Portfolio

Brighthouse Asset Allocation 40 Portfolio

Brighthouse Asset Allocation 60 Portfolio

Brighthouse Asset Allocation 80 Portfolio

Frontier Mid Cap Growth Portfolio

Jennison Growth Portfolio

Loomis Sayles Small Cap Core Portfolio

Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Portfolio

MetLife Aggregate Bond Index Portfolio

MetLife Mid Cap Stock Index Portfolio

MetLife MSCI EAFE^® Index Portfolio

MetLife Russell 2000^® Index Portfolio

MetLife Stock Index Portfolio

MFS^® Total Return Portfolio

MFS^® Value Portfolio

Neuberger Berman Genesis Portfolio

T. Rowe Price Large Cap Growth Portfolio

T. Rowe Price Small Cap Growth Portfolio

VanEck Global Natural Resources Portfolio

Western Asset Management Strategic Bond Opportunities Portfolio

Western Asset Management U.S. Government Portfolio