Will Ferrell came face to face with "Buddy the Elf, the ax murderer," and he may never be the same. The "Elf" star got a firsthand look at the life-size, animatronic Buddy the Elf decoration ...

Though he was there to promote his new comedy You're Cordially Invited, the actor's Christmas comedy Elf was a hot topic, ...

Will Ferrell knows he ruffled some feathers with his surprise appearance as Buddy the Elf at an NHL game in December. In a moment that went viral, Ferrell, 57, dressed up as his lovable ...

Will Ferrell was surprised with the viral animatronic Buddy the Elf during an appearance on the TODAY show on Jan. 28.

Philadelphia Flyers game last month. “Buddy the Elf got laid off, I think, from the North Pole,” Ferrell joked on the podcast. “He’s having a pull from his beer, smoking a cig. That was ...

"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 ...

Towards the end of the interview hosts Craig Melvin and Savannah Guthrie asked Ferrell if he’d heard about the six-foot, life-sized Buddy the Elf animatronic everyone hates when it went on sale ...

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 ...

On Friday’s episode of the “New Heights” podcast with brothers Travis and Jason Kelce, Ferrell discussed his thinking behind his decision to dress up as Buddy – the usually chipper elf ...

Will Ferrell recently told People magazine that some of his fans were not too thrilled with his decision to revive Buddy the ...

Made by Gemmy Industries and sold by Home Depot for $199, the decorative Buddy the Elf was dressed exactly like Ferrell in the 2003 film — and even repeated some of the character's iconic phrases.