Will Ferrell reveals why his real name brought him so much embarrassment as a child: 'Excruciating'

Will Ferrell has revealed why his existent sanction was nan root of truthful overmuch embarrassment increasing up. 

The legendary comic actor, 56, was calved John William Ferrell but was called 'Will' by his parents passim childhood.

However, nan representation of having to awkwardly correct his teachers connected nan first time of schoolhouse has stayed pinch Ferrell to this day. 

During an quality connected Christina Applegate and Jamie-Lynn Sigler's podcast MeSsy, Ferrell revealed conscionable really tortuous it was for him to show his teachers he really went by 'Will' whenever his ineligible sanction was called during rotation call. 

'This is simply a insignificant point successful position of — it's not really moreover trauma — but I retrieve emotion truthful embarrassed because my existent sanction is John, John William Ferrell, truthful first time of school, I'd beryllium John,' nan actor, who stars in nan upcoming movie You're Cordially Invited, explained. 'The coach would beryllium for illustration "John Ferrell?" and it was truthful embarrassing to maine to person to opportunity "Here, but I spell by Will, I don't spell by John."'

The sanction rumor would typically proceed for nan remainder of nan first week - which Ferrell called 'excruciating.'

'For nan first week of school, it took for illustration a week earlier nan coach remembered, "That's right, you're Will." And that was excruciating,' he explained. 'So nan opening of nan schoolhouse twelvemonth was ever like, "Oh my gosh I dislike this. I person to punctual nan coach that I'm not John."' 

'It wasn't my choice,' Ferrell said erstwhile Sigler asked him why he disliked nan sanction John. 'My parents named [me] John but they called maine Will. I grew up arsenic Will, but connected a norm sheet, my ineligible sanction is John Ferrell.'

Ferrell was incapable to pinpoint why precisely he recovered it truthful embarrassing, but nan representation has intelligibly stuck pinch him.  

'I don't cognize why that was truthful embarrassing to maine to person to explicate "I'm really Will,"' he recalled. 

'People are astir apt going to beryllium listening to this going "That is nan lamest point ever,"' Ferrell added. 

'We conscionable mislaid anyone named John,' Applegate replied. 

During nan interview, Ferrell besides brought up his 2004 drama Anchorman - which saw him prima other Applegate. 

Praising Applegate's portrayal of news anchor Veronica Corningstone, Ferrell said: 'At nan extremity of nan day, Christina conscionable checked each nan boxes — betwixt funny, smart, tough, because we needed Veronica to guidelines up to these doofuses, and she was nan smartest personification successful nan room.'

Fans tin presently drawback nan legendary character successful nan caller animated movie Despicable Me 4. 

Outside of his showbiz career, Ferrell is besides a begetter of three - he shares sons Magnus, 20, Mattias, 17, and Axel, 14, pinch his woman of astir 24 years, Viveca Paulin. 

The character has antecedently opened up astir parenting complete nan years.  

Speaking of raising boys, he told People back successful 2017: 'There is usually a precocious measurement successful nan house.

'Whether they’re having a awesome clip aliases whether they’re losing their minds, they are always yelling.'

He besides joked astir nan elemental measurement they for illustration to propulsion parties. 

'We are successful nan era of day parties pinch a parting gift and a bouncing location and jugglers and a unrecorded camel,' he said. 'My woman and I spell successful nan other direction.'

'We’re like, "Guess what? We are having a backyard party. We’re going to tally around, and astatine a definite point, barroom is going to travel out. "Do I get a parting gift?" Yes, a handshake."'