LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Taylor Swift is a popular name in Hollywood, best known for hits like, ‘Should’ve Said No’, ‘White Horse’, ‘You Belong with Me’, and ‘Cardigan’. But apart from her songs, the Grammy winner is also famous for her enviable height. Taylor Swift is reportedly 5 feet 11 inches (180 cms or 1.8 m), making her quite tall among her contemporaries.
There was a time, however, when the 33-year-old did not like her height. In 2008, the songwriter recalled her younger days as she told Girls’ Life, “I didn’t like being tall when I would walk up to a group of girls, and they were all a head shorter than me.” However, with time, she began loving herself and how tall she was.
‘I don’t have any height limits’
“When I can put on a pair of four-inch heels and walk into a room and be taller than everybody else, now I look at it as a good thing,” she noted, before giving an insight into her dating preference. Swift said at the time, “I don’t have any height limits. Like, if a guy is shorter than me, that’s cool, if he sweeps me off my feet, you know? If a guy’s taller than me, that is cool too.”
It has been said that Swift even wrote about her height and relationship issues in her 2012 creation ‘Begin Again’, part of the lyrics of which goes like this, “Took a deep breath in the mirror/ He didn't like it when I wore high heels/ But I do.” Fans speculated about who she was talking about and many believed the song hinted at how Joe Jonas was insecure about his height when he was going out with the ‘I Knew You Were Trouble’ songstress. Jonas and Swift dated for a few months in 2008.
What is Joe Jonas’ height?
As per reports, Joe is shorter than Swift as his height is only 5 feet 7 inches (170 cms or 1.7 meters). However, it does not seem the height difference was the reason behind their breakup since his current wife Sophie Turner is apparently 5 feet 9 inches tall (175 cms or 1.75 meters). Following the breakup, the ‘Anti-Hero’ singer appeared on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ where she disclosed as per PEOPLE, “Some day, I'm gonna find somebody really, really, really great, who's right for me …"
“When I find that person that is right for me, he'll be wonderful and when I look at that person, I'm not even gonna be able to remember the boy who broke up with me over the phone in 25 seconds when I was 18.”
Eventually, Joe addressed the claims made by Swift as he reportedly shared, “I never cheated on a girlfriend. It might make someone feel better to assume or imply I have been unfaithful but it is simply not true. Maybe there were reasons for a breakup. Maybe the heart moved on. Perhaps feelings changed. I am truly saddened that anything would potentially cause you to think less of me.”
The singer also added at the time, “For those who have expressed concern over the '27 second' phone call, I called to discuss feelings with the other person. Those feelings were obviously not well received. I did not end the conversation. Someone else did. Phone calls can only last as long as the person on the other end of the line is willing to talk.”
‘A beautiful giraffe’
Meanwhile, apart from boyfriends, Swift has been lucky with friends, who never miss a chance to make fun of her tall figure. A few years ago, Lorde referred to the pop star as “a beautiful giraffe”. In a now-deleted Instagram post, she reportedly said, “When you love ur friend but she is a beautiful giraffe so she gets cropped.”
Besides, in 2018, when Swift reportedly said in an Instagram video with Ed Sheeran, who is 5 feet 8 inches tall (173 cms or 1.73 meters), “I just want to start by saying that this is what he does. He elevates himself, just like, geographically, so that he can seem better than me.” He hit back, saying, “It’s only because you wear heels all the time.” But Swift did not back down as she went on to show her sneakers before adding, “Look what I did for you today!”
