The 5’4” actor, best known for playing Baldrick in the comedy series Blackadder, said that nobody remarks on other aspects of people’s looks
Tony Robinson has claimed there is a “blind spot” that allows people to comment on men’s height. The 5’4” actor, best known for playing Baldrick in the comedy series Blackadder, said that nobody remarks on other aspects of people’s looks.
He said that as a “shorter bloke” it “really p***** [him] off” that women are still comfortable saying they want a partner who is taller than them.
How To Fail podcast host Elizabeth Day said she’d heard similar stories from tall actors Richard Osman and Stephen Merchant, both 6’ 7”. They have both referred to the “insulting, slightly jokey” comments they get on their stature, she said.
Robinson continued: “Nowadays you don’t pick on people’s looks do you?
“It’s like kind of a new understanding over the last 10 or 15 years, you don’t deride people for what they look like.
“There is a blind spot about men’s height and the shorter blokes here will understand exactly what I mean.
“You kind of don’t want to talk about it because what are you going to get back when you say that?”
Day added: “Your anger is welcome here because I think it’s an extremely good point.”
Earlier this year, scientists from the Australian Catholic University discovered that “short man syndrome” was real.
The theory was that shorter men were more competitive, especially when it came to women.
The findings said: “Height is a fundamental variable in intersexual selection and intrasexual competition.
“Taller men are rated as more desirable and formidable as romantic partners and rivals, respectively, than shorter ones.”
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