Will Ferrell has a lot happening in Los Angeles: LAFC ownership duties, a new World Cup 2026 ambassador role, surprise public appearances in full costume and a brand-new Netflix comedy called The Hawk.
Ferrell stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! to talk about being one of the owners of Los Angeles Football Club, serving as an official Community Ambassador for the Los Angeles World Cup 2026 and the wonderfully strange thought process behind his surprise appearances at public sporting shindigs.
He also looks ahead to The Hawk, his new golf comedy series, while squeezing in a Molly Shannon impression and revisiting a prediction he made all the way back in 1995.
Soccer, golf, costumes and a little robot prophecy? A perfectly normal Will Ferrell interview.
Explore his official World Cup role and revisit the sports comedies and LAFC spirit behind the latest Ferrell era.
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Will Ferrell’s Los Angeles Soccer Era Keeps Growing
Ferrell has been part of LAFC’s ownership group since the club’s early days, and his support has never looked like a quiet investment. He is regularly seen at matches, wrapped in black and gold and fully committed to the drama from kickoff to the final whistle.
That local soccer devotion now extends to the biggest tournament in the sport. The Los Angeles World Cup 2026 Host Committee named Ferrell an official Community Ambassador, giving the proud Angeleno a role in welcoming visitors and helping Los Angeles make the most of its place on the global stage.
Ferrell joked that he is prepared to jump in as goalkeeper if absolutely necessary. We would expect nothing less.
Will Ferrell Works the Jimmy Kimmel Live! Room
Ferrell arrives in a green golf-style blazer and quickly turns the interview into a series of expressions, stories and perfectly timed reactions.
Costumes, Sporting Events and the Joy of Showing Up Weird
Ferrell also breaks down his habit of appearing at public events in costumes that no one requested but everyone remembers. Recent examples include attending a Los Angeles Kings game dressed as an NHL referee and previously showing up as a worn-down, beer-holding version of Buddy the Elf.
The method is gloriously simple: a strange idea appears, Ferrell commits to it completely and the surrounding crowd has to decide whether what they are seeing is real. His surprise electrician cameo during Sabrina Carpenter’s 2026 Coachella set followed the same rule—arrive unexpectedly, stay in character and let the confusion do half the work.
He does not merely attend the event. He invents a reason for everyone to look twice.
The Hawk Reunites Ferrell and Molly Shannon
Ferrell’s next major swing is The Hawk, a 10-episode Netflix comedy arriving on July 16, 2026. He stars as Lonnie “The Hawk” Hawkins, a former world No. 1 golfer whose body says retirement while his ego insists that one final major—and golf’s Grand Slam—still belongs to him.
The series marks Ferrell’s first television comedy and reunites him with longtime Saturday Night Live collaborator Molly Shannon, who plays Lonnie’s estranged wife, Stacy. Jimmy naturally asks Ferrell for his best Shannon impression, which is exactly the kind of request this friendship was built to produce.
The conversation also loops back to a darkly funny prediction Ferrell made when he and Shannon joined SNL in 1995: that actors might eventually be replaced by robots. Three decades later, the joke lands with a little more accuracy than either of them expected.
Only Will Ferrell could connect World Cup fever, mystery costumes, golf glory and artificial intelligence in one late-night visit.
Will Ferrell on His Surprise Appearances, Molly Shannon and 1995 Predictions
Watch Will Ferrell discuss LAFC, his Los Angeles World Cup 2026 ambassador role, costumed public appearances, his Molly Shannon impression, The Hawk and a strangely accurate prediction from 1995.
Press play above for the full interview. Ferrell may be promoting a golf show, but the conversation wanders through enough sports, costumes and comedy history to qualify as its own athletic event.
Whatever Will Ferrell decides to wear, predict or unexpectedly walk into next, we will be watching.
Sources: Jimmy Kimmel Live’s official Will Ferrell interview, the Los Angeles World Cup 2026 Host Committee, the official LAFC ownership page and Netflix Tudum’s official guide to The Hawk.
