Before 2025 ended, Will Ferrell was seen at an L.A. Kings hockey game dressed as Buddy the Elf… or rather, a Buddy who’d fallen on hard times, as evidenced by his drinking and the cigarette in his mouth.

Christmas might be over, but we’re still thinking about that moment from long-ago December when Will Ferrell inexplicably dressed up as one of his most iconic characters, and now he’s explaining why he did it.

Will Ferrell appeared on Jason and Travis Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast and finally explained his decision to revive Buddy the Elf as a disheveled beer drinker and smoker. The comedian went viral across social media for dressing as his iconic “Elf” character while attending the Dec.

Will Ferrell is pulling back the curtain on why he chose to dress up as a haggard version of Buddy the Elf at an NHL game last month: 'I like to do weird things.'

"The reaction was insane," the actor said of internet attention on his costumed Buddy the Elf appearance on Dec. 29

In late December, the actor brought back his beloved Elf character as a beer-drinking, candy cigarette-smoking hockey fan at a Los Angeles Kings game. He says it was just a weird idea he had