robes and other graduation accoutrement being the "black robes of a false priesthood"). I never got to ask him whether he was serious when he said that's why he skipped it and I'm honestly not sure whether he would or would not do that for that reason.

Here's a link to the Nibley talk where he discussed his quote (previously given in a prayer he gave). Fast forward past the lengthy introduction of a youthful looking President Jeffrey R. Holland to the beginning of the actual address to hear his explanation: