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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Arnold Schwarzenegger is also super short.[/quote]

He's 6'2".  Maybe you saw a look a like shorty?

I used to date the short version of a well known celebrity.[/quote]

I went to college with a look-alike tiny Brad Pitt. [/quote]

Schwarzenegger is not 6'2".  I've run into him a couple of times, back when he lived (or visited) DC regularly.  I'm 5'8", and he was much closer to my height then that.  Most of these guys lie and are made to look taller on film.  He was huge, though.

I also flew from Bangalore to Frankfurt sitting next to Richard Gere--stood next to him a few times.  He's quite a bit smaller than the 5'11" on his bio, too.  He was quite nice, but pretty scruffy looking.  [/quote]

Schwarzenegger had a history of body building competitions where height/weight was well documented.  Maybe most celebrities can get away with fibbing a bit about their stats but I don't think that was possible for a guy like Arnold.  I do wonder if maybe you ran into a look a like.[/quote]

It wasn't a lookalike.  I exchanged a few words with him, same accent. He's not short, he's just not particularly tall, and I'm pretty certain not 6'2".  Definitely not the giant as portrayed in movies.  I think it's hard to be a bodybuilder if you're very tall--that's a sport for slightly smaller men.

Here's a pic of Arnie with Obama, who is 6'1".  Looks shorter here, at least to me, and in keeping with my recollection. I picked Obama only because it's pretty easy to find pics of him.

[img]https://c8.alamy.com/comp/BJCG1B/barack-obama-arnold-schwarzenegger-president-of-usa-governor-19-march-BJCG1B.jpg[/img][/quote]

OMG. All you have to do is search in Google images, and you'll find dozens of Obama/Schwarzenegger photos where they're standing side-by-side and look nearly equal in height, and Obama is 6'1". You found the one photo where Obama looks taller based on the angle or a riser. Arnold may have lost an inch in height due to aging and years of weight lifting, but he is not shorter than Obama. There is no way he is 5'10" - 5'11".

Lou Ferrigno was involved with the non-profit where I worked, and I've worked with him at several events. He was 6'5" in his prime. He'd had multiple hip and knee surgeries, and you could tell by his posture that he was in pain. His knees bowed out and his shoulders were hunched. Still, he was a giant. The point to all of this is that if you look at old photos of Lou and Arnold, Arnold was just a few inches shorter than Lou.

I cannot believe how invested I am in this!   :? [/quote]

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