Jimmy Fallon at the Parkland high school graduation. @BCPSChiefOSPA/Twitter Jimmy Fallon made an unannounced visit to the graduation ceremony at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High…
Jimmy Fallon at the Parkland high school graduation. @BCPSChiefOSPA/Twitter
Jimmy Fallon made an unannounced visit to the graduation ceremony at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Sunday and gave a surprise commencement speech.
«Today you’re graduating from high school,» the host NBC’s «The Tonight Show» said in his speech. «You should feel incredibly proud of yourselves. That doesn’t mean you should rest on your laurels — or your yannys.»
The Parkland, Florida, high school is the site of a school shooting that took 17 lives in February. The ceremony took place in Florida Panthers hockey team’s home venue, BB&T Center, and graduates wore sashes that said «MSD Strong.» The families of the four seniors killed in the shooting — Nicholas Dworet, Joaquin Oliver, Carmen Schentrup, and Meadow Pollack — accepted their diplomas instead, according to Variety .
Fallon offered some words of wisdom to the graduating seniors .
«Here’s what will matter: you, the class of 2018, will have graduated. And you won’t be classmates anymore. You’ll be adults who Facebook search each other at two in the morning for the next ten years,» he said.
Parkland students were caught by surprise.
Fallon also expressed his admiration for the graduating class.
«When something feels hard, remember that it gets better. Choose to move forward. Don’t let anything stop you,» he said. «Thank you for your courage and your bravery.»
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