The Minnesota high schooler who landed a porn star for a prom date is now a star in his own right.
Well, sort of.
Tuesday night comedian Conan O’Brien mentioned part of 18-year-old Mike Stone’s story during his late-night show Conan. (The reference is made at the 4:45 mark in his opening monologue.)
“A high school student has been told that he cannot bring a porn star to his prom,” O’Brien said. “On the bright side, he has been given permission to bring her to career day.”
Last week, Stone (@madmike42948), a high-school student from Oakdale, Minn., became an Internet phenomenon and Reddit hero after he used Twitter to land a porn star as a prom date. Adult film actress Megan Piper (@xMeganPiper), 19, agreed to attend and even landed a free trip from Los Angeles to Oakdale for the occasion.
However, after the campaign garnered national attention, the school district superintendent released a statement saying that Stone’s “prom date will not be allowed to attend the Tartan prom as her attendance would be prohibited under Tartan’s standard prom procedures and would be inconsistent with two school district policies.”
According to official school documents, the school can prohibit anyone from attending school functions if it believes that person would cause a disruption.
Stone has since been working to plan his own “prom” with the help of local businesses and Paypal donations.