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Chad Smith Won't Use Will Ferrell Resemblance for Evil

Red Hot Chili Peppers and Chickenfoot drummer Chad Smith gets it -- he looks like Will Ferrell. "People come up to me in airports and they're asking for my autograph not because I'm the drummer for the Chili Peppers. They really think I'm Will Ferrell," he tells Spinner. "And I'm nice to these people. [I say] 'No, I'm not.' But they're like, 'I loved you in 'Old School.' You're so funny.'"

Smith tried to address that confusion when he joined his Chickenfoot mates recently on the 'Tonight Show' by wearing an "I'm Not Will Ferrell" t-shirt. "I thought, 'What better way to dispel the rumor than on national television?' I had their little prop department make me a t-shirt," he says.

It seems only fair that Ferrell get a chance to respond. We asked Smith if he'd send a shirt to his doppelganger, but he says fans may take care of that for him. "In Kansas City, this girl got up on stage and she had a picture of him as Ron Burgundy and it said, 'I am not Chad Smith,'" he says. "So funny. That's the first one I've seen."

Given that both Ferrell and Smith are public figures and live in Los Angeles, the two must have met at some point. Smith says yes, but only once. "When he was still on 'Saturday Night Live' and there was a movie called 'The Ladies Man.' So Will is in there, and there was a screening in L.A. I went to it and afterward they had the buffet line and you could go eat, so I walk up and I'm getting my second shrimp skewer," Smith recalls. "There's a guy next to me doing the same thing and then Will Ferrell is next to him and so I kind of glance over. Right at the time I'm turning to leave the table and start walking back, the guy between us splits and both Will and I turn kind of at the same time. It was classic. He eyeballs me up and down, and he goes, 'You're very handsome' and walks away. I was like, 'Hey, funny f---ing guy. I like that.'"

Perhaps it's because they've met or have friends in common, but Smith only uses his physical resemblance to one of the planet's biggest movie stars for good, even though he points out he could do a lot of damage to Ferrell's reputation. "People impersonate people on purpose, but I don't want to do that. It would be so easy. I could walk into a club, say I'm Will Ferrell and start spanking strippers. Next thing you know it's all over the place," he says. "That's not a bad idea."

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Bill

Anchorman is THE funniest movie I have ever seen. And if you don't think it's funny, then must must be a eunuch....google it.

November 17 2009 at 1:14 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ibrahimr082

The biggest similarity between Will Ferrell and Chad Smith is in the eyes. They’re really look like twin brothers. And since Ferrell has become so famous, Chad Smith would likely give money to get people to stop confusing them. Chad Smith, if anyone recalls, is the drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and he looks like Ferrell – so much so that he could work as a stunt double. Smith evidently has t-shirts that say "I'm Not Will Ferrell" that he wears in public, and supposedly has even been asked for autographs by fans believing him to be the über-famous SNL alumnus.

August 27 2009 at 4:19 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Simpson

Same daddy,but mothers were sisters.

August 23 2009 at 5:17 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Preston

I've noticed that Will Ferrell's curly hair has been influential on many actors and athletes as of recently. Have gone--he looks like Will Ferrell! Ben Rothlisberger of the Pittsburgh Steelers had his hair looking like Will in his preseason NFL game last Sunday and even Ferrell's backward cap style. Even one person I know even has his hair styled like Will from one of his movies. Will's reputation isn't going to be affected one bit with Chad Smith's funny T-shirts. Will's curly hair is easily recognizable by movie viewers and fans everywhere. Chad and Will are so similar with their smiles, they could pass off as twins! Don't know about the hair part--they're different on that end.

August 23 2009 at 1:08 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Hugh Jassol

Will Ferrell wasn't, isn't, and will never be, funny.

August 23 2009 at 12:56 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
cbfan92

yeah, recently i though some guy whose on the same flight as mine was ritchie sambora from bon jovi.

August 22 2009 at 11:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Patricia

About Will Ferrell & Chad Smith, somehow that look works much better for Will Ferrell, than it does for Chad Smith.
But I love the Red Hot Chilly Peppers.
And, Will Smith is hilarious.

August 22 2009 at 9:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Paige

*Red Hot CHILI Peppers

July 25 2011 at 1:15 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Paige

*Will Ferrell

July 25 2011 at 1:16 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Patricia

Different Patricia.

I considered complaining about the unwanted commercial interuptions on these boards, but they are better than telemarketers. Right?
Who knows why they do that, maybe it keeps them off Welfare, or subsidizes their Disability Incomes, or Child Support Incomes.
Who's to say?
Those of us who are blessed enough that we don't need to waste our internet time posting ads, ...let's just thank G-d for that, & live & let live.
There are plenty of other things for us to happily argue about.

August 22 2009 at 9:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
babs boxer

Never one of dese guys is black....Aunt Ester looks like Obama's old lady doe.....

August 22 2009 at 8:03 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Simpson

A(Doe) is a female deer.
Edge-amacate your self.

August 25 2009 at 2:45 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Wiz

I remember when me and my brother went to see the RHCP at Irving Plaza in NYC, we kept joking on Chad saying how he's Will Ferell's stunt double. Good times.

August 22 2009 at 7:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply