Will Ferrell’s Family World With Wife Viveca Paulin, 3 Kids

The couple wed in 2000 and welcomed son Magnus four years later. Brother Mattias arrived in 2006 followed by Axel in 2010. And as their family and Ferrell’s career grew, their shared sense of humor remained the same. 

For Valentine’s Day, for instance, “I usually write little messages like, ‘My love for you has increased over the years by 3 percent,'” Ferrell told Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest. “And she, luckily for me, thinks that’s really funny.”

But growing up, the kids didn’t always find their dad hilarious. Like when Magnus recalled on TikTok how his father “dressed up as a medieval lord to embarrass me at prom.” But when it comes to incorporating comedy into parenting, Ferrell found that 60 percent of the time, it works every time. 

When the kids would argue, “I’d just try to find fun ways to diffuse the tension,” the 59-year-old added on Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson‘s podcast. “There’d be a big argument, and then I would just leave for a little while and just come out in my underwear, nothing but my underwear, and go, ‘Guys, we’ve got to be serious about this, OK? Look at me, listen to me.’ They’d just start [laughing].”

Or, he’d have them put their hands in the middle and say, “hermanos siempres, which is brothers always,” he continued. “They’re like, ‘What?’ ‘Just say it.'”