Some of Prince's acquaintances talk about how he felt being a short man:
Bobby Shriver: The party afterward at Paisley, that was quite a scene. When he came out of the elevator that night, I happened to be standing with the great Warren Beatty. He came over and Warren said, "I love your music," and he said, "I love your movies," and then Warren says, "Here we are! At your house! It's great!" And Prince goes, "Yeah. Yeah, it is. But I'm still short." It wasn't really a joke. It was kind of poignant. He didn't laugh—he just observed the fact of the matter. He happened to be talking to relatively tall fellas—I'm six-one, I think Warren is six-two. Having a nice conversation. And despite all that, and despite playing at the Special Olympics, and despite his own brilliance, and despite whatever, he still, standing with us, experienced what he must've experienced his whole life. I said, "Oh, come on, man." I tried to make it into a little joke—I think he laughed a little bit, but it was obviously a serious thing for him. I thought, "Wow."
Husney: He asked us to take off our shoes. Prince wouldn't take off his boots: "I don't take ’em off for anybody." You have to remember, my guess would have been that even the boots were slightly elevated, so to take those boots off might be to be two inches shorter.
Kevin Hart admits to being insecure about his height and lying about it: http://heightismandothershit.blogspot.com/2019/11/kevin-hart-admits-to-being-insecure.html
I don't believe it for a minute. "They'll say, 'Oh, he's sexy,' but women still go for guys who are 6'2," the Game of Thrones stars says.
Keep these in mind the next time someone says, "Who cares about heightism bro? Just look at [insert rich famous actor/singer here]."
