Will Ferrell has revealed his precise first identify is John however he was “so embarrassed” by it rising up that he glided by his center identify.
Chatting with fellow actors Christina Applegate and Jamie-Lynn Sigler within the July 9, 2024, episode of their MeSsy podcast, Ferrell stated he at all times requested lecturers to name him Will.
“I keep in mind feeling so embarrassed as a result of my actual identify is John, John William Ferrell, so first day of faculty, I might be John,” the 56-year-old defined.
“The trainer could be like ‘John Ferrell?’ and it was so embarrassing to me to must say ‘Right here, however I’m going by Will, I do not go by John’.”
Ferrell stated the primary week of every college 12 months was “excruciating to me”, till lecturers obtained the hold of calling him Will and never John.
Applegate requested why Ferrell disliked his beginning identify a lot.
“It wasn’t my alternative,” he replied.
“My mother and father named [me] John however they known as me Will. I grew up as Will, however on a rule sheet, my authorized identify is John Ferrell.”
