Ferrell showed off his dance moves in the new clip
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Will Ferrell has traded his Lord Business title for Lord of Dancing in a hilarious TikTok video that’s going viral after being shared by his eldest son, Magnus.
On Tuesday, Feb. 12, Magnus, 20, jumped on the “My Emergency Contact” trend by sharing a 10-second clip of his father, 57, awkwardly dancing in dad shorts to the Hannah Montana song “Ordinary Girl.” Over 1.3 million TikTok users have already viewed the clip.
The clip was a reference to the viral trend that began this month. One of the most widely seen clips is from TikTok user @sullivang_, whose video shows their partner slamming his head into a block of snow. “My emergency contact,” the user wrote over the clip, set to “Ordinary Girl.” The clip has over 80 million views as of this writing.
Another TikTok user posted a video of their partner awkwardly walking towards water while wearing flippers. “Realizing that this man is my emergency contact,” they wrote.
Magnus is the eldest of Ferrell’s three sons with Viveca Paulin, whom he married in 2000. They are also parents to Mattias, 18, and Axel, 15.
Last year, Magnus shared a TikTok clip in which he rated things his father has done, including dressing as a medieval lord to embarrass him at prom. Magnus rated that joke “10000/10.”
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Ferrell recently starred alongside Reese Witherspoon in the Prime Video romantic comedy You’re Cordially Invited. He also starred in and produced the Netflix documentary Will & Harper, which focused on his 17-day road trip with his friend Harper Steeler after she recently completed a gender transition.
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You’re Cordially Invited features Magnus’ song “Slow Down,” which he recorded with Witherspoon’s son Deacon Phillippe. Magnus, who was recently signed to Republic Records, told PEOPLE that he developed the song with a USC roommate and shelved it until he sent it to his dad.
“Then he was like, ‘Hey, we’re filming but they don’t have this song yet in this party scene. I showed them yours and they’d love to use it,’ ” Magnus told PEOPLE at the film’s premiere. “I was like, ‘Yeah, please. Let’s do it!’ Just super fortunate to actually be a part of something.”
You’re Cordially Invited is now streaming on Prime Video, while Will & Harper is streaming on Netflix.
