Leeds United fans were left mystified after Will Ferrell and Paris Hilton popped up in a club video ahead of the play-off final.
Leeds face Southampton at Wembley on Sunday afternoon, live on talkSPORT, vying for a spot in the Premier League next year in the Championship play-off final.
The club’s social media team posted a video full of former players and celebrities wishing the team luck ahead of the money-spinning clash, including Mateusz Klich, Gjanni Alioski and darts world champion Luke Humphries.
But two celebs that fans did not expect to see were A-listers Hilton and Ferrell, both of whom have revealed themselves to be avid followers of the Whites.
Hilton might be the heiress to the famous Hilton hotel chain, as well as a famed businesswoman and reality tv star, but she took time out to wish luck to Leeds.
The 43-year-old said: “Hey guys, it’s Paris. Just wanted to leave this message for you guys and say good luck with your game this weekend.
“I’ll be rooting for you wearing my jersey.”
In the comments, she also replied: “Let’s go!”
Fans could not believe their eyes with one responding: “Erm, Paris Hilton?!?”
Another wrote: “Hang on! Paris Hilton????”
And a third said: “You could’ve had me guessing for 10 hours straight and I STILL would not have thought Paris Hilton.”
While this fan put: “Alioski to Paris Hilton to Will Ferrell, my club.”
That is because Hilton was not the only bizarre Hollywood star to appear in the video with Ferrell making an appearance late in the video.
The American comedy actor, who has bought a stake in Leeds and follow fellow actor Ryan Reynolds at Wrexham’s lead, made an empowering speech to round off the video.
Wearing a Leeds beanie, the 56-year-old popped up and said: “I just want you to know that everyone at Leeds United is so excited, we know you can do it, we know you can pull through. Let’s go boys, let’s go.”
And the comments flooded in, including one of Ferrell’s character in Anchorman, Ron Burgundy, as a GIF saying: “Boy, that escalated quickly.”
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This fan wrote: “Ron Burgundy supports Leeds.”
Another said: “Gjanni Alioski, Paris Hilton, Luke Humphries and Will Ferrell all featuring in the same video was not on my 2024 bingo card.”
Leeds and Southampton’s play-off will mean one side that got relegated last year will remain in the Championship for another season at least.
The Whites missed out on automatic promotion with Ipswich trumping them to second while the Saints recovered from a difficult start to finish fourth.
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