Will Ferrell pelted a cheerleader with a basketball at the Pelicans-Lakers game in New Orleans Wednesday night .
In the video, Ferrell was supposed to attempt a half-court shot, but instead launched the basketball into a woman’s face during the halftime show. (Watch the moment at the 1:30 mark)
Fellow cheerleaders and the Pelicans’ mascot rushed by her side at the Smoothie King Center. Security swiftly dragged a “drunken” Ferrell out of the arena.
But the actor won’t face any charges for the jaw-dropping moment because the cheerleader was an actress.
Ferrell was filming a scene for his upcoming movie “Daddy’s Home,” following a man who wreaks havoc in his ex-wife’s life after she remarries.
Directed by Sean Anders and John Morris, the film co-stars Linda Cardellini and comedian Hannibal Buress. The movie reteams Mark Wahlberg with Ferrell after 2010’s buddy-cop movie “The Other Guys.”