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    Celebrity Couples With a Major Height Difference

    Some of these couples are close to two feet apart in height.

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    By Charlotte Chilton, Chelsea Peng
    Published 23 June 2020 In Features

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    In a world in which listing your height in your Tinder bio is considered a courtesy—we can tell by your torso, anyway—we are ever so slightly obsessed with how tall people are, especially in combinations. (And, no, there's nothing wrong with being shorter or taller than your significant other!) Save yourself some Googling and subtraction by clicking through our gallery of current and former celebrity couples with a major height difference, ahead.

    Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth
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    Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth

    Her: 5'5"

    Him: 6'3"

    Difference: 10 inches

    Christina Ricci and Owen Benjamin
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    Christina Ricci and Owen Benjamin

    Her: 5'1"

    Him: 6'6"

    Difference: 17 inches

    Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal
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    Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal

    Her: 5'1"

    Him: 5'11"

    Difference: 10 inches

    Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth
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    Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth

    Her: 5'1"

    Him: 6'1"

    Difference: 12 inches

    Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise
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    Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise

    Her: 5'9"

    Him: 5'7"

    Difference: 2 inches, but it looks like so much more when she wears heels!

    Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise
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    Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise

    Her: 5'11"

    Him: 5'7"

    Difference: 4 inches, not taking heels into account.

    Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries
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    Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries

    Her: 5'3"

    Him: 6'9"

    Difference: 18 inches, which is one-quarter as many days as they were married

    Nicole Alexander and Shaquille O'Neal
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    Nicole Alexander and Shaquille O'Neal

    Her: 5'2"

    Him: 7'1"

    Difference: 23 inches, but look at her giving him a piggyback ride (next slide).

    Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson
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    Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson

    Her: 5'5"

    Him: 6'1"

    Difference: 8 inches

    Salma Hayek and Edward Norton
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    Salma Hayek and Edward Norton

    Her: 5'2"

    Him: 6'

    Difference: 10 inches

    Khloé Kardashian and Lamar Odom
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    Khloé Kardashian and Lamar Odom

    Her: 5'10"

    Him: 6'10"

    Difference: 12 inches

    Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick
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    Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick

    Her: 5'

    Him: 5'11"

    Difference: 11 inches

    Sophie Dahl and Jamie Cullum
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    Sophie Dahl and Jamie Cullum

    Her: 6'

    Him: 5'5"

    Difference: 7 inches

    Fergie and Josh Duhamel
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    Fergie and Josh Duhamel

    Her: 5'4"

    Him: 6'4"

    Difference: 12 inches

    Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard
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    Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard

    Her: 5'1"

    Him: 6'2"

    Difference: 11 inches

    Mary-Kate Olsen and Olivier Sarkozy
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    Mary-Kate Olsen and Olivier Sarkozy

    Her: 5'2"

    Him: 6'3"

    Difference: 13 inches

    Lisa Bonet and Jason Momoa
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    Lisa Bonet and Jason Momoa

    Her: 5'2"

    Him: 6'4"

    Difference: 14 inches

    Eniko Parrish and Kevin Hart
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    Eniko Parrish and Kevin Hart

    Her: 5'7"

    Him: 5'4"

    Difference: 3 inches, but again...heels.

    Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen
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    Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen

    Her: 5'3"

    Him: 6'3"

    Difference: 12 inches

    Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas
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    Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas

    Her: 5'9"

    Him: 5'7"

    Difference: 2 inches, but more with heels.

    Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith
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    Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith

    Her: 5'

    Him: 6'2"

    Difference: 14 inches 

    Hayden Panettiere and Wladimir Klitschko
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    Hayden Panettiere and Wladimir Klitschko

    Her: 5'

    Him: 6'6"

    Difference: 18 inches

    Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden
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    Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden

    Her: 5'9"

    Him: 5'6"

    Difference: 3 inches 

    Shakira and Gerard Piqué
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    Shakira and Gerard Piqué

    Her: 5'2"

    Him: 6'4"

    Difference: 14 inches 

    Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson
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    Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson

    Her: 5'3"

    Him: 6'3"

    Difference: 12 inches

    Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher
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    Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher

    Her: 5'4"

    Him: 6'2"

    Difference: 10 inches

    Jenna Dewan and Channing Tatum
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    Jenna Dewan and Channing Tatum

    Her: 5'2"

    Him: 6'1"

    Difference: 11 inches

    Zoë Kravitz and Karl Glusman
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    Zoë Kravitz and Karl Glusman

    Her: 5'2"

    Him: 6'2" 

    Difference: 12 inches

    Elsa Pataky and Chris Hemsworth
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    Elsa Pataky and Chris Hemsworth

    Her: 5'3"

    Him: 6'3"

    Difference: 12 inches

    Eva Longoria and Tony Parker
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    Eva Longoria and Tony Parker

    Her: 5'2"

    Him: 6'2"

    Difference: 12 inches

    Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson
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    Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson

    Her: 5'0"

    Him: 6'1"

    Difference: 13 inches

    Savannah Brinson and Lebron James
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    Savannah Brinson and Lebron James

    Her: 5'7"

    Him: 6'9"

    Difference: 14 inches

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