Following fan outrage over the stunt, Will Ferrell has spoken out after the backlash against his surprise appearance as Buddy ...

Will Ferrell says some fans were 'not too happy' he went to an NHL game in December dressed as a drunken Buddy the Elf. 'They thought, ‘Please be true to the character. That was not cool,'' the actor ...

Will Ferrell got to meet the creepy Buddy the Elf Home Depot animatronic that freaked everyone out last year and he had the same reaction.

Buddy the Elf has seen better days. After going viral for reincarnating the title character from 2003’s Elf — as a beer-drinking and cigarette-smoking brooder, no less — Will Ferrell ...

and follows Buddy, who was raised among Santa’s elves in the North Pole, as he searches for his real father in New York City. The funnyman wasn’t expecting the reaction he got from his “Elf ...

"The reaction was insane," the actor said of internet attention on his costumed Buddy the Elf appearance on Dec. 29 Ronald Martinez/Getty Will Ferrell is explaining why he dressed up as a grizzled ...

“Buddy the Elf got laid off, I think, from the North Pole. He’s having a pull from his beer. He’s smoking a cig,” Ferrell joked of his appearance at the game. “That was just — I get ...

Will Ferrell spent an entire week preparing to show up as a beer-drinking, candy-cigarette-smoking Buddy the Elf at a Los Angeles Kings game in late December. The bit was part of a social ...

LOS ANGELES — It looks like Buddy the Elf was not sticking to the four main food groups. Looking a little disheveled, Ferrell, 57, was attending the game with his wife, Viveca Paulin and their ...

(CNN) — Looks like Buddy the Elf is trading in maple syrup for an ... It follows Buddy, who was raised among Santa’s elves in the North Pole, as he searches for his father in New York City.