Ryan Reynolds is reminiscing on his time as a high school student at the Kitsilano Secondary School in Vancouver.
On Friday, the Canadian actor, 43, shared a virtual commencement speech on YouTube for the 2020 graduating class of his high school as schools around the world have shifted to online education and canceled graduations, proms and more amid the coronavirus outbreak. Kitsilano Secondary's graduation ceremony was scheduled for June 19.
Reynolds began his speech by explaining that his close friend from Kitsilano is now a teacher at the school, and he couldn't miss the opportunity to crack a few jokes about his pal.
"You have a teacher by the name of Jonah Eckert, and he was a friend of mine when I was in high school," Reynolds recalled. "I have not seen Jonah in 1.2 million years, but in my mind's eye, he's still like a 17-year-old kid. His hair has frosted tips, he always wore shorts, I remember, even if it was minus 20."
Moving on, Reynolds described his two years at Kitsilano as the "best thing that ever happened" to him and revealed that he is still friends with many of the people he graduated with.