Falling is a Habit for this Poor Graduate
There are times when practicality need to take precedence over some forced cuteness. One of those times is if you are going to be graduating and walking across a football field. The video below made me laugh SO hard for so many reasons. Watch.
The first fall was like “aw damb” and then she got up and hit the ground again and I started to cackle. And then she fell once more and the crowd’s reactions to every fall had me in tears. They were strumming her pain with their “aaawwwwww”s. And that “Get Up, Diane” that someone yelled has me losing it! Like she chose to look like a “whack-a-mole” game on purpose!
Had she never worn these shoes before? Did she not practice at home to break them in? Why were her ankles like “nope. Not today.” They were not supportive AT ALL. Homegirl fell every 3 steps. ACROSS A FOOTBALL FIELD! The worst part was the fact that she was leading the pack.
Talk about THE STRUGGLE! Seriously. How much falling can one person do in such a short span of time? It was like she was in a love affair with the floor. Bless her clumsy and perpetually faceplanting heart!
She really shoulda found some cute loafers of ballet flats to put on instead of punishing herself like this. Them ankles were NOT having it! Ankles outchea doing the wobble and the cha cha slide. They’re like “We out! We sick of this shit!” And they peaced out on her repeatedly. Total sabotage.
Sometimes, you gotta know that COMFORT is better than CUTE. Because if you spend your entire time in some shoes on your hands and knees, ain’t nobody see them shoes. Or care if they were fierce. She LITERALLY didn’t stand a chance in them! Girl… ha! Poor baby.
At least she smiled through it all. Congratulations to her though!
The moral of this story: Learn to embrace flats. Only rock shoes you can walk well in. When you’re going to walk across a football field, footwear is an important consideration. Heels are your archnemesis sometimes.
So umm… did you cackle or nah? What encouraging words do you have for our falling graduate?
Edit: I think her falls needs a soundtrack. A compilation of songs to help her cope.
* Fallin’ – Alicia Keys (“She keeps on fallllling innnnnnn…)
* Knocks Me Off My Feet – Luther Vandross (“There’s something bout them shoes. That makes her weak and knocks her off her feet”)
* 2 Legit 2 Quit – MC Hammer (because she never quit)
* We Fall Down – Donnie McClurkin (“She falls down, and she gets up! For a saint is just a sinner who fell down…”)
Any other additions to the soundtrack?
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I had to close my office door lest I get a citation! Bet you she rocks them in the club too. SMH. #Sneakersin2013
She’s one of the girls who be in the club leaning on the wall b/c her feet hurt and it’s only 11pm.
I spit out my drink because I laughed too hard while watching this!! Why did none of her classmates help her though?? Lol they just watched her fall repeatedly and laughed
What would they do to help her? You go try to help her up and she might bring you down with her. LOL Nawl! Every man for himself here.
Lol true
Oh, oh yes, I cackled!
It does my heart good to see wobbly ankles. I don’t wear high heels for this very reason.
EXACTLY, that’s why I don’t wear them either omg I cant I just cant I almost laughed my lung out.
She gotta start getting her ankles stronger cuz…
And why didn’t she just step out of line and take the damn things off? I made damn sure at my graduation that I brought flip flops in a little bag in case things got rough.
My advice would be life is going to be a little like your walk to the podium. You are going to trip up and fall a couple of times but what is going to count is getting up with a smile on your face and learning from these experiences.
Great advice. I do love that she kept getting back up. She wasn’t quitting.
OMG! I shouldn’t have watched that video while eating lunch. Damn near choked laughing! Whew, that was funny!
This is also why I don’t mess with high heels. My clumsy ass knows its limits.
Me, too, Londee! I’m just glad my praise team/choir days (during which I had to wear slippery-soled, sometimes heeled church shoes) were before everyone had video cameras on their phones and one-click access to YouTube. Had I been born ten years later than I was, Lawd, I’d be a clumsy meme by now. #therebutforthegraceofGod…
Did I cackle?!! That is the understatement of the day! WHOOOO-LAAAAWD! I am STILL in tears and itching to watch one more time!
I’ve watched this fitty-eleven times and I still cackle!! Nary a one of her peeps tried to help or out & one girl even told her to get up. LMBO That high school reunion is going to be hilarious.
I just kept shouting, “TAKE THE SHOES OFF! GIRL, JUST TAKE THEM OFF!”
IKR, im like take them off kmsl
I just let out a snort of all snorts when I read, “Why were her ankles like “nope. Not today.”
I almost got fired today, and it would have been all your fault!
TEARS ARE ROLLING WHEN I READ THAT PART!!!!!
I cried! Them ankles were like “nawl, not today”! I was the first girl to walk when I graduated from college. I got new shoes and practiced walkin in those bad boys for days, up and down stairs and all, just so I wouldn’t have this happen to me! I’m gonna watch this again…hilarity!
But did anyone pay attention to the audio? I swear someone said, “Get up Dianne” like she meant to fall.
Naw, I think she embarrassed the hell out that girl, that said that…. she was cheeeeeeeeeeeeesssinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn lmaooooooooo Her face was like YEAAAAAAAA ima mess my ankles up but its my graduation!!! PARTAAAAAYYY
But she was walking as if it was her first time in shoes, period; not just heels!
I rewatched and the “get up Diane” had me cackling all over. Like she chose to fall lol.
They should have yelled “Diana, stay up!”
I see somebody’s name on here is Howling Banshee? That was me watching this video. My poor keyboard is wrought with salty tears because I am DYING. LAWD!
I can’t breathe! I literally howled like a dog at the moon! Lawd!
I am going to hell…I cannot stop laughing!
Hahahaha…that was funny! similar to this pageant contestant falling on stage (during Miss cote d’ivoire)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW3DN1wR2nA
We are going to hell. You and I. You for sharing. I hope they had her on suicide watch.
I DON DIE! Miss Cote D’Ivoire WAS SO UNABLE!!! And the audience’s voices going along with her wobbles. LMAO! Poor thing!
I’m guessing she didn’t win the pageant, right?
I was actually there at this graduation. She fell more than the video shows. She kept falling all the way to her seat. I laughed the whole ceremony. Bent over laughing! I thought they were going to put me out!!!
Security would have had to carry me out with you, because if I were there, I would have passed out from laughter.
Gaaawwddamn. There’s not way I would be able to sit through that. That would’ve been the biggest, most brutal case of The Giggles known to man. Would’ve left with 6 pack abs.
NOOOOOOO!!! They woulda had to put me out FOR REAL because I’da fell out my chair and rolled down the aisles. OMG! lmaooooooo!
SOOOOOOOO many tears streaming down my face….
Awww! Bless her heart! I laughed, though. I wore flats at graduation, cuz this would have been me!
lmao @ her friend talkin’ bout “Diane, GET UP!!” hahaa…i’m sure she would if she could, homie!!
#DEAD
LOL right!
Damn shame! She was hot-footin’ it those last few steps too.
LMAO!!! I was thinking the same thing too about her hot-footin’ like she was crossing the burning sands. I have died and been reborn and died again laughing at this.
No, you cold blooded, black hearted heathens – that is NOT funny! That child was ready to stand before her Gawd, her mama, her Auntie Mavis and all of her cousins on her daddy side and be the first one to graduate high school. Now she gotta be the first one to fall publicly on her ass on a football field. For shame, you cackling wenches, for shame!
People that fall at graduation…*cough* or ones who stumble down the stairs after receiving their degree from an HBCU full of evil negroes that laugh and go “Damn, Brittni almost bust her ass!” *cough* should be saluted. And they should not be reminded of that shit at reunions.
That’s my story, and I’m stickin to it 😐
This cackling wench just died from this entire comment.
This is why Gawd created therapists to get your ‘friend’ and this poor girl through every class reunion in one piece. Because I normally don’t laugh at people but this here,,,
Tears are streaming down my face reading THIS RIGHT HERE!!!!
Girl I just hollered!! You will never live that down. Do right and outlive all the witnesses otherwise they will share this tale at your funegro.
Oh, this will be the topic of every remembrance of the graduation as well as every reunion:
“No, I don’t remember her”
“Yeah you do, she stayed falling at graduation!”
“Oh YEAH, I had gym with her!”
Please, Diane, just wear flats to your college graduation and your wedding.
Brittni, girl
I loves ya and we are family here but you best be glad I was not apart of yo graduating class…they’d a been escorting me off the premises during the ceremony and at the reunion, I just find reasons to ta bring up “The Incident”. I’s be so disrespectful and have no couth whatsoever.
But yea, you get 100 points for this entire comment
Take off your shoes girl..give it up!
I DIED watching this..I got so much o_________O from coworkers it’s not even funny.
Take off your shoes, walk barefoot, and stop wearing those hooker shoes only hookers can walk in. SMH.
You thought that was funny? A girl wore stilettos to our graduation a couple of weeks ago (guess she’s was hitting the club afterwards), tripped coming across the field, & took out all 50 of the people in front of her. They had to stop the procession ’cause the rest of us had DIED laughing!
*DEAD* I take it we are talking to the ghost of Jabria?
WHERE is the video of THAT?!
Call me rude but I would have laughed right in her face! We would have been taking pictures after the ceremony and I STILL would have been laughing. Why would she try to wear 3 1/2 inch heels that she can’t walk in AND on a football field. She deserved to fall. JUST DUMB!
I laughed so hard, I snorted! LOL This poor, poor child.
This is why I’mma just rock some fierce motorcycle boots at my ceremony, cause I can’t go out like that on my special day.
I am just weak. My sides are having spasms from laughing so hard. For shame Luvvie. Although this brought me joy today, so instead….thank you. Oh yeah, just bury me now for this comment: “Ankles outchea doing the wobble and the cha cha slide. They’re like “We out! We sick of this shit!” And they peaced out on her repeatedly. Total sabotage.” I can’t with you today ma’am. Again…thank you.
I want to type something as funny as this clip, but I can’t because I. Can’t. Stop. Laughing. I’ve laughed myself into a sweat. Someone please get this girl some runway walk sessions with Miss Jay as a graduation present ’cause damn….
Damn. I feel bad for her. U hear ole girl at 0:11 say “Stand up”? Poor thing. She took it like a champ! The sad thing is her shoes even had ankle straps :-/
LUVVIE!!!!! PLease stop…I am TOO WEAK TO DIE….. “her ankles were like nope NOT TODAY!!!!” I am dead….. Call the coroner..it is a done deal. This video is funnier each time and DEE thank you for that video you provided (Miss Cote D’ivoire)…I hollered out loud on that one too!!! Gotta…go….I…need..to…make..arrang..ments..for..my…funeral.._____________________________DEAD
Dear heart, have you no graduation etiquette?! Every women in creation knows that the heels are for sitting and looking pretty, but you do not, I repeat DO NOT, try to walk in them. Or at very least, walk up and down the hallway of yo house and practice, practice, PRACTICE!!!!!
I’d straight been the ignant one and walked square over her once she fell. You ain’t messing up my diploma girl; I’s worked for this! #Chileplease
SOUNDTRACK ADDITION!- Try again by Aaliyah
If your ankles don’t succeed
Dust yourself off and try again
You can dust it off and try again.*record skips*…try again..try again… try again….try again
LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL.
Oh God. Best comment ever.
I love my heels and wear them every day, even my flats have heels,,, but this thing here,,, Mothers, do not put your daughters in what appear to be 4 1/2″ pumps with a small platform and possibly a tiny little ankle strap for the first time EVER at graduation. Your little precious has been running around in Tims and Jordans all her life, today is not the day to turn over a new leaf,,, Get her some pretty kitten heels, tell her she is just like the FLOTUS and call it a day. Also, that’s an athletic girl right there, her ankles couldn’t take it but the rest of her kept bouncing back fine,,,
I am DYING laughing! My husband talking about, “Did you fall from home? How did you even GET there?”
Luvvie, Luvvie, why must you always do this to us, and why do I always read and watch your blog at the most inappropriate times and places, like the study area of my college campus. When will I learn to hold my laughs and tears in.
The funny thing for me is that at 5′ I love heels and wear them as a necessity 😉 and find I trip and stumble in flats and not my 4″ heels.
The following is some of the best/funniest catwalk fails, I die every time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y18iHbl-Ha8
If Dee is going to hell for her video then you just threw the after party we gona talk about for years! I’m in tears and can’t breathe. I don’t have asthma but I need an inhaler!
BTW #2 is my favorite because of this anchors reaction to it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMAGS4_7huQ
The one that fell through the runway? And the girl that twirled into the pool & dude didn’t even break stride to help her? iHollered!!
Poor girl never regained her footing after that first fall. Was she walking on her ankles?
Dear Lord,
I’m weak. It’s quite apparent this weak ankled child is related to this chick right here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPdWeQ1rUqc
When I tell you that I am crying me and my daughter. Real life tears. Why didn’t she just crawl the rest of the way down the field. It would have been quicker. And hollering at somebody yelling for her to get up….really….really oh so she on the ground by choice….Luvvie thank you for the best laugh of the whole year so far!!!! I can’t quit watching. Man I need to find this video to text to everybody I know. Oh and your commenters are the BEST ON THE INNERWEBS!!!!!
I can’t watch the video for some reason. Anybody got the YouTube link?
Luvvie, in the words of Erykah Badu on The Roots’ version of Billie Jean: Why you do me dis?
I am so happy I waited til I got home from work to watch this cause folk would’ve had questions for me behind my hollering.
Can somebody please find the video where you don’t need flash player to watch it like can watch it on your phone….for reasons…I need to share this greatness!!
I couldn’t find it on YouTube so IDK. Maybe someone else can.
You just KNOW her friends and family were CLOWNING her at the graduation after party!! You know they was playin’ that video over and over, as soon as someone new showed up to the party and they were like, “look at this fool here.” Poor Diane just gotta sit there and take that clownin’ like a soldier. Black families ain’t shit.
I sincerely hope her family wasn’t wearing “Congratulations Diane!” t-shirts to this event. Then they’d have to claim her.
I just had a hysterectomy and laughing is extremely painful. I know better than going on this website but I’m hard headed. I want to guffaw but I’m trying to contain it to a snicker. LMSO (Laughing My Stitches Out) @ the ankles, “We out! We sick of this shit!” Whew, I need 2 percocets after laughing at this.
Awww…take care of yourself! I remember years ago my mom had a hysterectomy and we were watch In Living Color (back when it first came out) and it was the episode where Men on Film were doing a critique. I remember my poor mommy having to place a pillow over her tummy and trying to hold that laughter in.
Get well soon!
Thanks Raven. 🙂
I will burn more calories watching this than I ever will by going to the gym!!! Thanks to both her ankles, the videographers, and to Luvvie for making this the BEST 26secs of my year, thus far!!!
My side literally hurts from laughing sooooooo much! :DDD
Looks like some shit that would happen to me. I remember during my middle school graduation, after I got my diploma, I turned and headed back THE WRONG WAY! I was goin the opposite direction of where I was supposed to be and ended up heading for the band. Everyone was like bXtch where the hell are you going?
My face is streaming rivers. I think what truly does me in and sends me over the edge of Niagara Falls is the audience’s blow-by-blow reactions. If you couldn’t see the video and only had audio, you’d think they were watching a boxing match. “OHHH” *random scream* But the “Diane get up!”? Slaying me every which-a-way. Girl, Diane’s ankles are out for the count. They need the cutman stat!
That poor child was bucking and wobbling like a two day-old baby deer.
So I’m the 8th grade team lead and I coordinated their promotional exercises tonight. I am so glad that I did not see this earlier or I would have had nightmares. Her ankles sang that old Kenny Rodgers song, “You got to know when to fold ’em”.
LLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOLLLLLL!!!
the longer you watch it, the funnier it gets. life = gotten
See…my parents wouldn’t let me wear heels higher than two inches the entire time I was living at home so this wouldn’t have been an issue and I wore some inch and a half heels to my graduation. Now, I stay in some massive heels but I’m 27.
Poor Diane…she couldn’t even pretend she was looking for her contact.
Here’s the YouTube link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KmGybNrIwsE
Somebody in the comments said she had on a pair of those heel-less shoes. Probably not the best footwear to test out on turf.
But did you see Diann’s comment! “Yes, that’s me”! Lol!!
If one MUST wear heels on grass, you wear a wedge…or else you are just aerating the grass for next football season.
I’M DYING!!! She got that “wobble dee wobble wop wobble wobble…”
At least those girls are wearing heels, which gives them some excuse (bless their hearts). What about this guy? Dude, really? I’m trying not holler too much at work, but listen…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFsTEvvxPhw
Why did I watch this whilst waiting for an interview? I damn near blew my chance before I got in there with the yelp of laughter lol. But hopefully I turned it around…I showed the lady next to me and she literally howled out loud. *Rubs hands together* If I go down (like the young lady in this vid), unlike her, I’m taking SOMEBODY with me lol
Congrats to this girl for graduating though, as well as being a good sport. I won’t lie, I’d have ran off and punished me for putting on the shoes
omg! i am in tears at 10 am..im so glad my office mate is on her smoke break cause i would be fired!! she need to sling them suckas off!
She looks like she tore ligaments. Whoever recorded that should have captured her limping or tipping across the stage.
I was feeling mighty bad. I was feeling mighty low but then I seent this video and read this post…. *in my best Sophia voice*
Personally, I have had days where my ankles have said “nope, not today”. And I obeyed, hunty! The struggle is real and you got to know when to give up the ghost…chile cheese!
Luvvie, the kind of wisdom you are spouting in this post comes with age. She is young, but I bet she lurnt that day! Oh that was funny. I wish I was there….
You can add Montell Jordan’s Falling to the song list!!! This brought me to tears….and forever your’s here I stand (in my Usher voice) in tears! Wooooo Sweet baby Jesus, help your child?? LMBO!!!!!!!!!!
Luvvie I come to you today with a bowed head and heavy heart. I haven’t ee’um seent, yes seent this video cause my old ayyus computer is about as sorry as her unsupportive ankles. But reading your commentary was ENOUGH. Who are your parents? Do they know what you do for a living? Are they ok with your foolery? I’m asking cause only a parent or the God can help the soul who leads others to witness life’s trials and tribulations. On that note, I will continue on to pursue the viewing of this video, ONLY because you invited me to. It’s rude to turn down invitations.
I kept yelling, “Take off the shoes and walk!” as if she could hear me. That was hilarious. I think I’ll watch it again.
Lord have mercy Jesus. This had me in real tears. Ok first things first, after the second fall why didn’t she just stay on the ground and take those Rainbow heels off. Secondly why is the person in the background screaming get up like she is doing this on purpose.
Well for everyone’s information i did practiced in the shoes. It wasnt the shoes but the fact that we were not on grass but slippery turf. I was laughing the entire time which caused me not to be able to gain composure after the first fall. To all who know me im no ammeture to heels in fact i perfer them over flats. I thank yu all for my views. Im a goofy girl it gave me a great memory.
🙂
I love your attitude, Dianne! Girl, it happens. Next time, put on flats. Glad you laughed through it.
Your positive attitude will take you far in life!Hey…they showed you on Jay Leno. How many other graduates can say that? Congratulations on your graduation!
HA! After a performance like that, all you can do is laugh at yourself!
Soundtrack additions:
“All Falls Down” Kanye
“Free Fallin'” Tom Petty
*laughing uncontrollably whilst wiping tears away*
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I am soooo mad the video is no longer available, however I did holler at your review, Luvie…HOLLERED!!!!!!