Will Ferrell pays student's tuition fee

Actor Will Ferrell surprised a college student, whose family had fallen on hard times, with a cheque for USD 100,000 to pay for her tuition. The 'House' star shocked Samantha Watts when he presented her with a cheque to cover the costs of her speech pathology course.


Will handed over a giant ceremonial cheque on behalf of Warner Bros and joked to Samantha, "You can't actually cash this, OK? They'll give you a real cheque."

Samantha, who is studying at

Ithaca College

in New York, thought she was just a finalist in a scholarship contest to help a worthy student pay for their classes. Samantha was stunned when she was told that she is the winner.