Blackadder star Tony Robinson vents anger over ‘heightism’

<p>The 5ft 4in actor says shorter than average frame has been a problem in life as debate rages over dating apps’ height filter</p><p>As dating apps using height filters <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jun/18/the-shorter-mans-search-for-love-one-woman-cried-when-i-told-her-how-tall-i-am">spark debate on “heightism”</a>, the Blackadder star Tony Robinson has vented his anger at women who feel it is acceptable to comment on men’s height.</p><p>“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 <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/how-to-fail-with-elizabeth-day/id1407451189">How to Fail </a>podcast, admitting he had seen his shorter than average height as a problem in life.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/aug/07/blackadder-star-tony-robinson-vents-anger-over-heightism">Continue reading...</a>