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Will Ferrell Gets His Very Own Star on the Coveted 'Hollywood Walk of Fame'

By Kara Michelle sdbaterina@celebeat.com | Mar 25, 2015 05:34 PM EDT

Will Ferrell, 47, brought along his wife of 15 years, Viveca Paulin, 45, and their three young sons, Magnus, Mattias, and Axel, to join him on Tuesday as he received his star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame from Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.

Following the mayor's opening remarks, Ferrel quipped, "Ferrel said: "I've never had a mayor say nice things on my behalf.  I've had plenty of mayors say horrible things about me. I mean horrible, hateful things."

Ferrell's friend John C. Reilly, 49, took to the podium and said, "Maybe someday, in 50 years, people will look down on the sidewalk and say the things that we say today about some of these people: "Who the f*** is this guy? But I hope not. This man is deserving of all the praise we give him today."

His friend and contemporary during their Saturday Night Live days, Molly Shannon, 50, followed suit and told the crowd of well-wishers how Ferrell shared with her his back-up plan during their seasons together on the long-running comedy show. "He said, 'I don't know, what if acting doesn't work out? What if animation totally takes over and they don't need real human actors?' I said, 'I don't think that's going to happen,' and he said, 'I could just have a simple life, driving a truck or living on a farm and driving that truck on that farm.' So, he had a backup plan," Shannon told the crowd.

Also there to witness the occasion and congratulate Ferrell was Kevin Hart, 35, his co-star in the upcoming comedy film Get Hard which will screen in theaters on Friday, March 27. Ferrell plays wealthy businessman James King who after getting wrongfully convicted of tax evasion hires Hart's car-washer character, Darnell Lewis, whom he incorrectly thinks has served time in jail, to teach him how to survive his upcoming 10-year prison sentence.

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