Will Ferrell Explains Viral Beer-Drinking, Cig-Smoking Buddy The Elf Stunt: “I Just Like To Do Weird Things”

After going viral for reincarnating Buddy the Elf — as a beer-drinking and cigarette-smoking brooder, no less — Will Ferrell explained the stunt.

January 11, 2025 · 1 min · 70 words · Sherri Zavala

Buddy theElfhas seen better days.

The moment took place at aDec.

I get these weird ideas every now and then.

Will Ferrell

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And that was it.

[People were] like, what is he doing?

Is he promoting something?

But occasionally I just like to do weird things like that just to stir it up, he said.

Im so lucky to have a movie like that in my catalog, he said.