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Will Ferrell Says Fans ‘Were Not Too Happy’ About Buddy the Elf Smoking and Thought: ‘Please Be True to the Character. That Was Not Cool’

Will Ferrell says some of his fans were not too happy about his decision to bring back Buddy the Elf as a smoker and drinker.

The comedian went viral on social media after attending the Dec. 29 hockey game between the Los Angeles Kings and Philadelphia Flyers in his Buddy the Elf costume, only he added a beer in hand and a cigarette dangling from his mouth. Ferrell appeared on Jason and Travis Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast earlier this month to explain the rationale behind his decision to bring Buddy back in such an unexpected way. Ferrell has recently been making the press rounds alongside Reese Witherspoon in support of their R-rated romantic-comedy “You’re Cordially Invited,” directed by Nicholas Stoller.

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