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I'm Terry Gross.
Will Ferrell found out about three years ago that his close friend and former Saturday Night Live riding partner was coming out as a trans woman named Harper Steele.
Farrell decided to make a documentary about this transitional period in their friendship.
Early in the film, Will and Harper read the coming out letter Harper sent to Will in 2021, when Harper was 59.
Will reads first, hey, will, something I need you to know.
I'm old now, and as ridiculous and unnecessary as it may seem to report, I'll be transitioning to live as a woman.
In the last ten years, I've been trying to understand what's going on, tried to get rid of it over and over again throughout my life, and now I'm giving up the fight.
When I was young, I thought all boys felt like me.
Then I thought, maybe I'm just a weirdo.
Then I pushed it away for many years and ended up in therapy.
It's a wonderful thing when your mind and body revolt against the unnatural, despondent thing you become.
I doubt being a trans woman will change my personality that much.
Instead of an asshole, I'll be a bitch.
I think it's made me a lot happier.