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Commencement Travel: Everybody Gets a Platitude!

June 16, 2008 at 10:30 AM | 0 Comments

By her own admission, she left school one credit short and didn't finish for 22 years, but Oprah Winfrey was deemed more than qualified to address graduating students at Stanford University yesterday. Winfrey told the grads to find what makes them happiest, but the media mogul had something to celebrate: Her goddaughter Kirby Bumpus, daughter of BFF Gayle King, was among the Stanford Class of 08 and got a special shout out:

After four years, I finally get to see her room. Love you, Kirbycakes.

The talk show host did not repeat her one-time stunt of giving a car to everyone in the audience, but she did leave the grads two of her favorite books to read--and neither of them was Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Oprah and long-time man friend Stedman Graham later took a walk on campus (with her security detail), quietly observing a number of the festivities including the American Studies and Religious Studies department ceremony.

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