But he never seemed short. He was a giant, even when he was walking behind Big Chick. Wendy said you just knew, when he walked into a room, that he was a massive star/personality.

[Snip - luv4u]

Just imagine for a minute: a TALL Prince.. can you picture this?

No no no...... that would have been all wrong....

The true Prince was short and sexxy, smooth on stage & moved like a cat..

I cannot imagine a tall and clumpsy Prince..



Peace.

Prince 4Ever.

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1Sasha said:

But he never seemed short. He was a giant.

True.

Based on a thing called The Napoleon Complex, there's a case that could be made, that if Prince hadda been tall, then it is likely that he would not have been as driven to overcompensate for his diminuitive stature by proving himself through his music.

RJOrion said:

Warren Beatty seemed convinced that Prince was not joking when he said it...and seriously, what man over 13 wouldnt be self-conscious or insecure about being only 5'2?...im 6'0", and i've always wished i were taller... 5'2 is tiny...and he had a big head and a petite body, which made him look even smaller...so yeah, regardless of how "pretty" his face and hair were, i wouldnt blame him for feeling self-conscious...

What's wrong with being 6'??

SanDiegoFunkDaddy said:

So heartbreaking and sad. Had no idea he was always tormented by his height even when he got old. You never know what somebody is going through no matter how famous and rich they are. makes me feel sad because I'm actually 6' 7 so I have no idea what he was going through

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In the South, Prince’s career had got off to a good start. People knew who he was, and now they knew where he was going to be. They showed up in generous numbers, and by the time Prince and Pepé Willie had rushed to the hotel, freshened up and hurried to their appointment, boredom had sharpened the crowd’s anticipation.

Inevitably, there were those who found the reality a disappointment in one particular respect.

“We got out, and we were walking through all these people,” remembers Willie, “and I heard somebody say, ‘Oh, he’s so short!’ I was so embarrassed. But then I thought, Hey, he is short, you know? He had to deal with it sooner or later.”

- Pepe Willie, Prince A Pop Life by Dave Hill

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He was exploring house music. He had this girl, Cat, a rapper; she was kind of loud. One day, she walks in and blurts out, “Man, you guys are the same size.” I’m 5'4, and Prince is really self-conscious about his height. Well, for a whole week it was short jokes.

Sheena Easton was coming in to sing a duet with Prince, and she wanted to sing in the studio, not in the control room, which he always did, sitting down in front of the console with a microphone.

So I go out and set up the microphone, and he says over the speakers, “Chuck, you’d better lower that microphone. She’s really short. She’s your size.” I came in the control room, and he’s looking busy, trying not to laugh.

- Chuck Zwicky , Paisley Park Engineer, Star Tribune (2016)

thedance said:

I've always wondered about another thing he very likely might have been self-conscious about. There is a definite pattern that more than one of Prince's exes seems to have followed. It's intriguing to me, personally, that Mayte Garcia, Manuela Testolini, Kim Basinger — Denise Matthews — and all the others… — have all rebounded with tall guys after breaking up with Prince.

Tommy Lee — Eric Benet — Alec Baldwin — Nikki Sixx… All tall guys over six foot.

You gotta wonder — What's up with that? Is it that tall guys had always been and always will be “their type”? And they just made a one-time exception for Prince — because of his celebrity stature?

Did these ladies habitually date guys shorter than them after Prince? There are way more guys of average height — {5' 7") — than 6' tall guys. Since there are more average height guys in the dating pool, it seems like getting with a guy who is taller than average, would take more effort on the ladies' part.

Prince was no doubt a fairly observant fella. I wouldn't be surprised if he'd also observed that pattern in his exes Post-Prince choices, himself.

Was consistently dating women taller than him, another way of overcompensating for his height? Enquiring minds want to know!

If Prince had been taller, he'd have been Morris Day.

thedance said:

Just imagine for a minute: a TALL Prince.. can you picture this?

No no no...... that would have been all wrong....

The true Prince was short and sexxy, smooth on stage & moved like a cat..

I cannot imagine a tall and clumpsy Prince..



Peace.

Prince 4Ever.

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Absolutely. Would he have been able to do his splits, acrobatics, running in that cute way he did ? No, he was foine just the way he was !

I was once engaged to someone that short, and believe me, after that was over I never looked at a short man again.

SanDiegoFunkDaddy said:

So heartbreaking and sad. Had no idea he was always tormented by his height even when he got old. You never know what somebody is going through no matter how famous and rich they are. makes me feel sad because I'm actually 6' 7 so I have no idea what he was going through

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NOoooo. Don't feel sad or bad. Prince was cool with his height. He really did not care. If anything, his shortness helped his career, not hurt it!!

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God doesn't make mistakes.

TheDigitalGardener said:

What's the weather like up there?

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Well, my husband is 6'6" and people say that to him a lot and it's annoying! He usually just ignores them, but sometimes he will say something like "Great, how about you, shorty?"

eightiesbrat said:

KoolEaze said:

I really have no idea what eightiesbrat and Sandiegofunkdaddy are talking about.

Are you guys referring to an interview? A video ? A talk show?

Where does that quote come from?

It seems that I´m not the only one since Phatphuk seems to have the same question.

It's from the GQ article (this month's issue) he said it to Warren Beatty and Bobby Shriver at an after party at Paisley for the Special Olympics the year Prince performed. Warren complimented him on his music, Prince complimented him back on his movies and one of the men said wow this is so great and here we are at your house! and Prince's reply was "but I'm still short"

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Nah, Prince did not care, really. He had a good sense of humor. He said he wore heels, because the women liked it.

daKotaGeNesis said:

SanDiegoFunkDaddy said:

So heartbreaking and sad. Had no idea he was always tormented by his height even when he got old. You never know what somebody is going through no matter how famous and rich they are. makes me feel sad because I'm actually 6' 7 so I have no idea what he was going through

No matter how short he was, he was still able to work that sexy!!! 😉

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Damn right!! There never will be another 5'3" person who was as fine and as sexy as Prince was!!

journalism16 said:

I am the same height Prince was, which is about 5'3, and I am a woman, but I think he was trying to find the humor in his thoughts about how small and tiny he was. I thought he looked cute being that he was so tiny where his height was concerned.

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I'm only about 5'2", and I'm fine with my height. The only time I have trouble is when trying to reach up high for something in my kitchen or at the grocery store, but that's where my 6'6" tall husband comes in handy! LOL

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Uh, Good God, I'm short and I'm Proud!! LOL

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cloveringold85 said:

eightiesbrat said:

It's from the GQ article (this month's issue) he said it to Warren Beatty and Bobby Shriver at an after party at Paisley for the Special Olympics the year Prince performed. Warren complimented him on his music, Prince complimented him back on his movies and one of the men said wow this is so great and here we are at your house! and Prince's reply was "but I'm still short"

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Nah, Prince did not care, really. He had a good sense of humor. He said he wore heels, because the women liked it.

That's the sense I always got (not that I knew Prince of course lol) that's why I was surprised to read this. Sounds like this could be a case of Bobby Shriver not reading the situation properly. I mean , even if Prince did have some underlying issues regarding his height I doubt he'd randomly unleash them on Warren Beatty.

thedance said:

Just imagine for a minute: a TALL Prince.. can you picture this?

No no no...... that would have been all wrong....

The true Prince was short and sexxy, smooth on stage & moved like a cat..

I cannot imagine a tall and clumpsy Prince..



Peace.

Prince 4Ever.

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[Edited 12/13/16 12:02pm]

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Good one!! A Tall Prince??!! No way!!

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He was perfect the way God made him.

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We wouldn't want him any other way!

luvgirl said:

journalism16 said:

I am the same height Prince was, which is about 5'3, and I am a woman, but I think he was trying to find the humor in his thoughts about how small and tiny he was. I thought he looked cute being that he was so tiny where his height was concerned.

There was something very special about him being only 5'3. I thought he looked adorable and so did half the women in the world. None seemed to care that he was of small stature. We were all still very attracted to him, and trust me, it wasn't because he was rich and famous. It was because of his sex appeal, it was because he was gorgeous, talented, confident, and infinitely Prince... And furthermore, he probably seemed small to certain people who were 5'7 and above, but to the ladies close to his height, he was just right... [Edited 12/13/16 7:41am]

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Yes! Prince had a lot of good qualities that made up/compensated for his short stature. His personality, showmanship, sexyness, talent and intellect overshadowed his height, imo.

zenarose said:

I would imagine that he felt pretty much like I have all my life, especially when I was growing up. I am female and I'm 5-3. Both my sister's are younger and one is 5-10 and the other is 6-0. In fact, my whole famdamily is 6-0 & over. they always had names for me.......and always said that I am adopted. Short is not fun ijs

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Nah, Zena!! I'm only 5'2", and good things come in small packages!! LOL

Strawberrylova123 said:

People have to remember that prince was human he had a heart,no doubt it hurt his feelings when folks made fun of his size.

I couldn't agree more with your statement. The man wore heals his entire life to appear taller, no doubt on some level it bothered him.

Mpls55408 said:

Strawberrylova123 said:

People have to remember that prince was human he had a heart,no doubt it hurt his feelings when folks made fun of his size.

I couldn't agree more with your statement. The man wore heals his entire life to appear taller, no doubt on some level it bothered him.

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Prince was not self-conscious about his height. He wore heels because he wanted to, not because he was a petite, 5'3" Man. His heels were just a part of his ensemble/style.

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People think just because he wore heels, that his height bothered him. That is just not true and even said so himself. He would joke about it from time-to-time, because people would bring it up in conversation, and Prince had a good sense of humor, so he would just go along with it.

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This discussion has been going on for years!

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http://prince.org/msg/7/272801?pr

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Prince would never undervalue himself in the company of other men.

MD431Madcat said:

cloveringold85 said:

StopIt said:

[Snip - luv4u]

What is your deal with the trolling. Mayte said he did not care about being short with the exception of basketball since he felt he could have played professionally if he was not so short.

Even the butler at the Rio said he had ladies coming by his suite who were tall.

anyone that knows Prince knows that he was a master at pretending to be the worlds most alpha male.

RJOrion said:

MD431Madcat said:

Prince would never undervalue himself in the company of other men.

Prince may have had some issues with his height, but the more i think about this, i agree with you...why would Prince interject that into THAT conversation, at THAT moment?.... Beatty must have been either making a joke that got taken out of context, or he's a liar...i cant imagine Prince displaying any self deprecating behavior...joking or not...maybe around close female friends or family...but not no warren beatty....