Steve Harvey Addresses New ASU Graduates

It’s a big day at Alabama State University with more than 400 students taking the next step into the future.

The university held its spring commencement ceremony Saturday morning.

Comedian and actor Steve Harvey gave the commencement address as part of the ongoing partnership between Harvey and the university.

He talked about his recent mistake announcing the wrong winner at the miss america pageant and how it’s important to be accountable.

“So I went out there and took the whole bullet myself,” Harvey said. “They changed the card from all three days of rehearsal, they never did a runner up because it was a new company, they did it different, they messed up everything. I took the bullet and the blame, because my mama the Sunday school teacher and my daddy the coal miner was alive in me. Do the right thing.”