Will Ferrell Bar Story Comes Up Dry

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12:38 pm, November 6th, 2009

Is the anchorman becoming a barman?

The British Sun reports that Will Ferrell “fancies being the landlord of a traditional British pub” and hopes to buy one “the next time he is in London.”

The paper even supplies a lot of colorful quotes and attributes them to the comedian. ”I wouldn’t want a celebrity place, it would be an old-fashioned pub… I could get some great material off all the regulars,” Ferrell supposedly says, going on to declare that American imitators can’t compare to the real thing: “Over-priced fish and chips does not constitute a real British pub.”

Unfortunately, these comments are about as authentic as a pub in Albuquerque. Ferrell “has no idea” where this story came from, his rep tells Gossip Cop, adding “he never said it.”

Sounds like a case of wishful drinking on the Sun’s part.

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