{"id":110668,"date":"2024-10-05T12:13:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T05:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110668"},"modified":"2024-10-05T12:13:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T05:13:44","slug":"will-ferrell-regrets-awkward-texas-restaurant-visit-after-co-star-booed-for-trans-rights-toast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110668","title":{"rendered":"Will Ferrell regrets awkward Texas restaurant visit after co-star booed for trans rights toast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Actor Will Ferrell said he regrets his visit to a Texas restaurant after his trans co-star, Harper Steele, received an awkward response from diners.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">It happened while Ferrell and Steele, a former &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; head writer, were filming their new Netflix documentary, &#8220;Will &amp; Harper,&#8221; which follows their 17-day road trip across the country &#8220;to bond and reintroduce Harper to the country as her true self&#8221; after Steele came out as transgender in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>They received what they described as an unexpected and uncomfortable response from diners at a Texas restaurant after Steele mentioned the state hadn&#8217;t done enough for trans rights, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/07\/magazine\/will-ferrell-harper-steele-interview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the New York Times reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m from Iowa, but I will raise a glass to your great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southwest\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">state of Texas<\/a>,&#8221; Steele said to a receptive audience of diners at the Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo,\u00a0where Ferrell and Steele planned to attempt the restaurant&#8217;s famous 72-ounce steak challenge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/343\/192\/WILL-FERRELL-HARPER-STEELE.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/686\/384\/WILL-FERRELL-HARPER-STEELE.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/672\/378\/WILL-FERRELL-HARPER-STEELE.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1344\/756\/WILL-FERRELL-HARPER-STEELE.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/931\/523\/WILL-FERRELL-HARPER-STEELE.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1862\/1046\/WILL-FERRELL-HARPER-STEELE.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/720\/405\/WILL-FERRELL-HARPER-STEELE.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1440\/810\/WILL-FERRELL-HARPER-STEELE.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1200\/675\/WILL-FERRELL-HARPER-STEELE.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Will Ferrell and Harper Steele\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Will Ferrell and Harper Steele attend Netflix&#8217;s &#8220;Will &amp; Harper&#8221; screening at Paris Theater on September 24, 2024 in New York City.\u00a0<\/span> <span>(Photo by Cindy Ord\/WireImage)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I wish you guys would do more for trans rights in this state,&#8221; Steele added, which silenced the cheers and was met with a few groans from the audience, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chron.com\/culture\/article\/will-ferrell-harper-steele-texas-19810730.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chron reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cheers to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/texas-supreme-court-upholds-state-ban-gender-transition-treatment-minors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas and trans rights<\/a>, right?&#8221; Ferrell added. The toast didn&#8217;t make it into the documentary, but Steele and Ferrell shared their responses to the moment afterward.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The room started to feel very wrong to me,&#8221; Steele said in the film. &#8220;I was feeling a little like my transness was on display, I guess, and suddenly that sort of made me feel not great.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The saddest part for me is \u2026 I just feel \u2026 I feel like I let you down in that moment,&#8221; Ferrell said in response.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/actor-will-ferrell-asks-time-women-run-planet-male-leaders-doing-good\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ACTOR WILL FERRELL ASKS IF IT&#8217;S \u2018TIME FOR WOMEN TO RUN THE PLANET,&#8217; SAYS MALE LEADERS \u2018NOT DOING SO GOOD\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t really have a grasp on how intense it was going to be and felt responsible for not properly vetting the situation we were putting ourselves in,&#8221; Ferrell told The New York Times. &#8220;That felt like it was going to be this benign place where you eat a big steak in the amount of time, and then you walk in and it&#8217;s a thousand people seated in this room and I was like, &#8216;Oh, why are we here?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/343\/192\/harper-steele-and-will-ferrell.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/686\/384\/harper-steele-and-will-ferrell.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/672\/378\/harper-steele-and-will-ferrell.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1344\/756\/harper-steele-and-will-ferrell.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/931\/523\/harper-steele-and-will-ferrell.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1862\/1046\/harper-steele-and-will-ferrell.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/720\/405\/harper-steele-and-will-ferrell.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1440\/810\/harper-steele-and-will-ferrell.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1200\/675\/harper-steele-and-will-ferrell.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Harper Steele and Will Ferrell\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Harper Steele and Will Ferrell<\/span> <span>(Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Steele described the feeling of being &#8220;on display&#8221; in that moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We gave a little toast, and I said something about passing a trans bill, and the room did a kind of reversal and a little bit of a boo and a woman shouted out, \u2018We still love you.\u2019 I hate the phrase,&#8221; Steele said. &#8220;I could be misinterpreting this woman completely, but this is the feeling I had in the room: The \u2018still\u2019 is conditional. You still love me when I finally give up being trans and give my life over to Christ. They still love me even though I\u2019m some kind of sinner or something. I felt that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/succession-star-brian-cox-slams-woke-shaming-culture-usually-bunch-millennials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>\u2018SUCCESSION\u2019 STAR BRIAN COX DISMISSES WOKE \u2018SHAMING\u2019 CULTURE: \u2018USUALLY A BUNCH OF MILLENNIALS\u2019<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;\u200b\u200bI wished I&#8217;d walked in and said: &#8216;No. This is going to be terrible. Let&#8217;s just go,'&#8221; Ferrell said in response. &#8220;I was feeling that remorse and guilt of even going there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Steele had previously criticized the New York Times in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/films\/features\/will-ferrell-harper-steele-netflix-b2618823.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>The Independent<\/u><\/a> as &#8220;generally left-leaning, but also sometimes very anti-trans. It\u2019s odd&#8230;&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/343\/192\/WILL-AND-HARPER-NETFLIX.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/686\/384\/WILL-AND-HARPER-NETFLIX.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/672\/378\/WILL-AND-HARPER-NETFLIX.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1344\/756\/WILL-AND-HARPER-NETFLIX.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/931\/523\/WILL-AND-HARPER-NETFLIX.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1862\/1046\/WILL-AND-HARPER-NETFLIX.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/720\/405\/WILL-AND-HARPER-NETFLIX.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1440\/810\/WILL-AND-HARPER-NETFLIX.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1200\/675\/WILL-AND-HARPER-NETFLIX.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Will &amp; Harper premiere\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Will Ferrell and Harper Steele attend Will &amp; Harper NY Special Screening at The Paris Theater on September 24, 2024 in New York City.<\/span> <span>(Photo by Roy Rochlin\/Getty Images for Netflix)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s why I first tend to ask reporters who interview me if they believe in me,&#8221; Steele added in that interview. &#8220;Do they believe that I exist? That I\u2019m valid? Because that\u2019s not always part of the conversation. I like to start there. Because there are many people in the liberal community who can\u2019t seem to get their heads around it for one reason or another.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/dave-chappelle-comedians-cancel-culture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CANCEL CULTURE: DAVE CHAPPELLE AND OTHER COMEDIANS WHO HAVE TAKEN SIDES<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ferrell also said that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/ferrell-claims-transphobia-stems-from-not-being-confident-safe-yourself\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;transphobia&#8221; comes from people<\/a> &#8220;not being confident&#8221; in themselves.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is hatred out there,&#8221; Ferrell told The Independent. &#8220;It\u2019s very real, and it\u2019s very unsafe for trans people in certain situations.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s so strange to me, because Harper is finally&#8230; her,&#8221; he added. &#8220;She\u2019s finally who she was always meant to be. Whether or not you can ultimately wrap your head around that, why would you care if somebody\u2019s happy? Why is that threatening to you? If the trans community is a threat to you, I think it stems from not being confident or safe with yourself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News&#8217; Lindsay Kornick contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Kendall Tietz is a writer with Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/ferrell-regrets-awkward-texas-restaurant-visit-after-co-star-booed-trans-rights-toast\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Will Ferrell said he regrets his visit to a Texas restaurant after his trans co-star, Harper Steele, received an awkward response from diners.\u00a0 It happened while Ferrell and Steele, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110668\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}