Will Ferrell Agrees Charlie Puth ‘Maybe’ Isn’t as Big as Harry Styles in ‘Charlie Puth Show’ Cold Open

Charlie Puth is launching his own comedy show, so having comedy legend Will Ferrell onboard can only be helpful, right? Wrong.

In the upcoming Charlie Puth Show cold open shared exclusively with Billboard on Thursday (Oct. 3), the “See You Again” hitmaker asks the Saturday Night Live alum for advice on how to lead a successful comedy series as the pair follow along with a personal trainer. Ferrell, however, doesn’t offer much useful guidance; for starters, it takes him a while to even understand what Puth’s project actually is.

“So it’s like a reality show?” questions the Elf star. “Like The Masked Singer? You should be a bat, or a seahorse, or a giraffe.”

The pair then argues over whether Puth is a big enough star to make a substantial splash with his Roku show’s first episode. “I’m not as big as like, Harry Styles …,” the singer/songwriter says, to which Ferrell deadpans: “I would say you’re as big as Harry Styles. Well … maybe not.”

Elsewhere in the clip, Ferrell demonstrates his “perfect pitch” abilities as Puth shakes his head before the actor passes on some sage words of wisdom. “There is only one entity who has final say in television: Judge Judy,” Ferrell says.

The video comes one day ahead of The Charlie Puth Show‘s Oct. 4 premiere on Roku. Spread out across six episodes, the mock reality show finds Puth trying out new things in an effort to maintain his relevance in pop culture while joined by a slew of celebrity friends, including John Legend, Courteney Cox and Dorinda Medley, to name a few.

In an interview with People published Thursday, Puth opened up about the show’s on-the-fly dialogue and self-deprecating humor. “I have no problem making fun of myself because it’s just not that serious,” he told the publication. “There’s so many more serious things in the world right now to worry about. It’s nice to just have some comic relief and not take yourself so seriously.”

Watch the Charlie Puth Show‘s cold open above.