Will Ferrell, 58, made a very rare sighting with wife of 25 years, Viveca Paulin – whom he has called his ‘true love’ – over the weekend.
They were side-by-side at the splashy Baby2Baby event in Los Angeles which Jessica Alba hosts every year.
The Daddy’s Home actor also debuted a goofy blonde hairdo that was so unusual it must have been for a new film role. Ferrell has been shooting the movie Judgment Day in Georgia with Zac Efron this fall.Â
The couple met in 1995 and wed in year 2000; they have three sons together:Â Magnus, 21, Mattias, 18 and Axel, 15.
Last year Will and Viveca posed with Mattias and Magnus on the red carpet for the Netflix film Will & Harper at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood in Los Angeles.
Will Ferrell, 58, made a very rare sighting with wife of 25 years, Viveca Paulin, over the weekend
They were side-by-side at the splashy Baby2Baby event in Los Angeles which Jessica Alba hosts every year
The Daddy’s Home actor also debuted a goofy blonde hairdo that was so unusual it must have been for a new movie role
This comes after Ferrell said he had to go through the ‘excruciating’ pain of being called John by his teachers at school.
The Elf star was registered at birth as John William Ferrell, but his parents called him Will.
And it took ages before people got used to calling him by their chosen moniker.
He told his Anchorman co-star Christina Applegate and Jamie-Lynn Sigler’s ‘MeSsy’ podcast: ‘This is a minor thing in terms of — it’s not really even trauma — but I remember feeling so embarrassed because my real name is John, John William Ferrell, so first day of school, I’d be John.Â
‘The teacher would be like John Ferrell? and it was so embarrassing to me to have to say, “Here, but I go by Will, I don’t go by John.”‘
He continued: ‘It wasn’t my choice.
‘My parents named [me] John, but they called me Will. I grew up as Will, but on a rule sheet, my legal name is John Ferrell.
Last year they posed with two of their sons: Mattias and Magnus
Also at the event was Will’s father Lee Ferrell and stepmom Karen FerrellÂ
‘I don’t know why that was so embarrassing to me to have to explain ‘I’m actually Will.”
The Barbie actor quipped: ‘People are probably going to be listening to this going ‘That is the lamest thing ever.”
Will opening up about his school days comes after he incorporated a jibe about his old college rivals into ‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga’.
The actor studied sports broadcasting at the University of Southern California (USC) but a scene in the film features a small group of Americans in Arizona State University (ASU) clothing, which he admitted was a deliberate taunt at the ‘party school’.
Asked about the scene, he told Screen Rant: ‘That was Pac 12 fellowship right there. That was also a perfect party school to make fun of, because at USC, we’re graduates of a fine academic institution now.
‘When I was there, maybe not so much, but now it’s really hard to get into. ASU? You know, anyone can get in there.’
Will starred in the film as Eurovision entrant Lars Erickssong, while Pierce Brosnan, 72, played his father, Erick.
