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Will Ferrell praised for response to friend who came out as transgender

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Will Ferrell has been praised for candidly acknowledging that he had “no knowledge” about the transgender community, when his best friend, Harper Steele, came out.

The 56-year-old actor and his best friend of 30 years opened up about their friendship during a recent interview with , while promoting their new documentary, . The documentary, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival on 22 January, is centred on the two friends taking a road trip, after Steele

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