Kermit the Frog tells graduates to ‘leap together’ in commencement speech

Muppet created by University of Maryland alumnus Jim Henson encouraged the class of 2025 to find your people'

Kermit the Frog knows it's not easy being green - or graduating from college and plunging into an adult world in tumult, where political turmoil, economic uncertainty and international wars rage.

So the amphibious Muppet was at pains to encourage students in the graduating class of 2025 at the University of Maryland, where the Muppets' creator is an alumnus, as he delivered the ker-mencement speech on Thursday evening.