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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Caroline Davies

Blackadder star Tony Robinson vents anger over ‘heightism’

Tony Robinson smiling at camera in front of iron fence
Tony Robinson said ‘you don’t deride people for what they look like’ after complaining about women who comment on men’s height. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

As dating apps using height filters spark debate on “heightism”, the Blackadder star Tony Robinson has vented his anger at women who feel it is acceptable to comment on men’s height.

“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,” the 5ft 4in actor, 78, told Elizabeth Day’s How to Fail podcast, admitting he had seen his shorter than average height as a problem in life.

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