Celebrity Couples With a Major Height Difference

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published 23 June 2020

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.

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Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth

Her: 5'5"

Him: 6'3"

Difference: 10 inches

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Christina Ricci and Owen Benjamin

Her: 5'1"

Him: 6'6"

Difference: 17 inches

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Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal

Her: 5'1"

Him: 5'11"

Difference: 10 inches

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Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth

Her: 5'1"

Him: 6'1"

Difference: 12 inches

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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!

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Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise

Her: 5'11"

Him: 5'7"

Difference: 4 inches, not taking heels into account.

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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

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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).

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Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson

Her: 5'5"

Him: 6'1"

Difference: 8 inches

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Salma Hayek and Edward Norton

Her: 5'2"

Him: 6'

Difference: 10 inches

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Khloé Kardashian and Lamar Odom

Her: 5'10"

Him: 6'10"

Difference: 12 inches

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Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick

Her: 5'

Him: 5'11"

Difference: 11 inches

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Sophie Dahl and Jamie Cullum

Her: 6'

Him: 5'5"

Difference: 7 inches

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Fergie and Josh Duhamel

Her: 5'4"

Him: 6'4"

Difference: 12 inches

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Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard

Her: 5'1"

Him: 6'2"

Difference: 11 inches

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Mary-Kate Olsen and Olivier Sarkozy

Her: 5'2"

Him: 6'3"

Difference: 13 inches

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Lisa Bonet and Jason Momoa

Her: 5'2"

Him: 6'4"

Difference: 14 inches

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Eniko Parrish and Kevin Hart

Her: 5'7"

Him: 5'4"

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

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Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen

Her: 5'3"

Him: 6'3"

Difference: 12 inches

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Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas

Her: 5'9"

Him: 5'7"

Difference: 2 inches, but more with heels.

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Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith

Her: 5'

Him: 6'2"

Difference: 14 inches

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Hayden Panettiere and Wladimir Klitschko

Her: 5'

Him: 6'6"

Difference: 18 inches

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Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden

Her: 5'9"

Him: 5'6"

Difference: 3 inches

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Shakira and Gerard Piqué

Her: 5'2"

Him: 6'4"

Difference: 14 inches

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Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson

Her: 5'3"

Him: 6'3"

Difference: 12 inches

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Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher

Her: 5'4"

Him: 6'2"

Difference: 10 inches

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Jenna Dewan and Channing Tatum

Her: 5'2"

Him: 6'1"

Difference: 11 inches

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Zoë Kravitz and Karl Glusman

Her: 5'2"

Him: 6'2"

Difference: 12 inches

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Elsa Pataky and Chris Hemsworth

Her: 5'3"

Him: 6'3"

Difference: 12 inches

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Eva Longoria and Tony Parker

Her: 5'2"

Him: 6'2"

Difference: 12 inches

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Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson

Her: 5'0"

Him: 6'1"

Difference: 13 inches

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Savannah Brinson and Lebron James

Her: 5'7"

Him: 6'9"

Difference: 14 inches

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Chelsea Peng is a writer and editor who was formerly the assistant editor at MarieClaire.com. She's also worked for The Strategist and Refinery29, and is a graduate of Northwestern University. On her tombstone, she would like a GIF of herself that's better than the one that already exists on the Internet and a free fro-yo machine. Besides frozen dairy products, she's into pirates, carbs, Balzac, and snacking so hard she has to go lie down.