00:00 This is Lizzie. She fell in love with...
00:03 Candy.
00:05 In the past, Lizzie has only dated men.
00:08 I loved my short king for my short queen.
00:11 And since getting together,
00:15 the couple often attract unwanted attention
00:17 due to their height difference.
00:19 People tend to sort of glare,
00:20 sort of whisper amongst themselves.
00:22 I'm holding hands with somebody
00:23 that is so much taller than me.
00:25 And I kind of get nervous sometimes
00:26 because I'm like, do they think that I'm your daughter?
00:29 It affects you. Lizzie more so than me.
00:31 She's the one that's questioned all the time
00:33 if she's actually a woman or a man.
00:35 Hi, I'm Lizzie.
00:40 And I'm Candy.
00:41 I'm 6'3" and I swapped my short king for a short queen.
00:46 We first met on social media, though.
00:49 Like, from our jobs.
00:50 She kept putting up stories to try and get me to...
00:52 I did. I put stories up and I was, like, tagging Lizzie Longlegs.
00:54 I was like, "Anybody knows Lizzie?
00:56 "Like, can you tell her that I also do the same job
00:59 "as her?" And that's not really heard of in our industry,
01:02 like, to be in the same town that close.
01:04 And then she finally reached out to me
01:06 and we met in Costa Coffee.
01:09 Because Lizzie was so far on in the industry than I was
01:12 in social media, like, she had a lot more followers.
01:15 I felt like I was meeting a celebrity.
01:16 Like, that's how I felt.
01:19 We became best friends for a very long time.
01:22 You were attracted to me first.
01:24 It's obvious that I was attracted to you.
01:26 I think so, yeah.
01:27 But I just didn't feel the same then.
01:29 Six months passed and I was very much aware
01:31 that you didn't want me.
01:33 You did change your style, so that helped.
01:35 That helped?
01:36 Did it actually?
01:38 I think it's just because I got to know you as a person,
01:40 so that was a bit small.
01:41 When we started to make content that wasn't just TikTok,
01:46 I was like, "Oh, was it when you had your boob job?"
01:48 (laughter)
01:50 "I don't know!"
01:51 (laughter)
01:53 To be fair, yeah, it was probably when you had yours as well.
01:55 I was like, "Actually, they're quite nice."
01:58 (laughter)
01:59 Getting a bit fed up with the comments online, though.
02:01 People constantly question my height.
02:03 How tall do they think you are?
02:05 Well, they just keep saying that you're not 4'9",
02:07 and I'm like, "Well, how tall do you think I am then?"
02:09 Why does it even matter anyway?
02:10 I'm not being funny.
02:10 I had to have it tied on my hand
02:12 just so that people stop asking me.
02:13 Every time we go out even, just in person,
02:16 people stare at us.
02:17 I know.
02:18 I mean, I can see--
02:18 Just don't care, I'm past it now.
02:19 I know, I know we are, but obviously you can see
02:21 that it's quite a significant difference.
02:24 It's fairly frustrating, though.
02:25 It means of people judging our relationships in public,
02:28 and people tend to sort of glare,
02:29 sort of whisper amongst themselves.
02:31 I think just general comments,
02:32 it's just words indicated with regards to our height.
02:35 I think there's like a double whammy,
02:36 because I think just being in a lesbian relationship
02:40 on its own, as a public display,
02:42 is something people talk about.
02:44 I genuinely believe that.
02:45 Like, people just look, and then it makes it
02:48 doubly something to look at.
02:50 I get judgment about my height on my own anyway,
02:52 so people's personal judgments,
02:54 so if you add that dynamic into it,
02:55 then it's just, it's even more so.
02:57 I'm holding hands with somebody
02:59 that is so much taller than me.
03:01 And I kind of get nervous sometimes,
03:02 'cause I'm like, do they think that I'm your daughter?
03:05 Because of the height?
03:06 I remember when we went through town,
03:08 there was a group of guys that were still out at the pub,
03:10 and they were shouting a green giant--
03:12 They asked if you were a man.
03:13 That tends to be the type of thing,
03:14 people would say, "No, you're trans,
03:16 "because you're taller than me."
03:17 Yeah, and it was shouted in a public place.
03:20 Like, that place being our actual hometown,
03:23 where we go daily.
03:24 I do remember Lizzie was like,
03:26 instantly wanted to leave, like, we had a good day,
03:29 and all of a sudden, like, the entire day
03:31 was completely ruined.
03:33 Your emotion, like, it was just gone.
03:35 You just wanted to go.
03:37 Then you got back, and you were down,
03:39 and it affects you.
03:40 Like, Lizzie more so than me in this situation,
03:44 she's the one that's questioned all the time
03:46 if she's actually a woman or a man,
03:48 which, again, is quite strange.
03:50 I think it's a projection of men's insecurities
03:53 over a woman being so much taller,
03:55 so generally that can emasculate them
03:57 and make them feel insecure, so they project that.
03:58 Make them feel little, yeah.
04:00 We deal with the judgment just by being supportive
04:02 of each other, helping each other feel better
04:04 through the situations.
04:05 We never got together on a first date.
04:08 It was never like that, I think,
04:08 'cause of the industry we were in.
04:10 We made content, and then we kind of moved forward
04:13 onto making content for our pages.
04:16 When Lizzie finally caved and made content with me
04:20 in that way, that's when you kind of said to me
04:25 that there was something more there.
04:28 It was just natural.
04:29 We spent so much of our life together
04:31 that we just grew into that,
04:33 and then we were sort of like,
04:34 "Are you my girlfriend?
04:37 "What's going on here?"
04:38 Yes, it was official just nearly three months ago.
04:41 Obviously, we've not been official as publicly,
04:44 only because there was such a short gap
04:46 between previous relationships,
04:47 and it just didn't want it to continuously be out there
04:51 until we were ready to.
04:53 This is my first time dating a woman,
04:56 and the difference is, is I think that women get,
05:00 well, the women better than men do.
05:02 (laughing)
05:03 Part of the reason I've opened myself up to women
05:05 is I'm so fed up of being messed around by men.
05:07 This is my first time dating a woman.
05:10 I find it quite peaceful, to be honest.
05:13 There's not a lot of arguing,
05:14 and there's a lot of laughing.
05:17 Do you think your followers are gonna think it's weird
05:20 that you're with a girl?
05:21 It's like you've always been with a guy.
05:22 I don't think you've ever been bisexual.
05:24 I think they'll just be happy that I'm happy.
05:26 All right, I'll post it.
05:28 Do you think that people are gonna think
05:29 that you're pretending to be with me
05:31 'cause you've only ever been with men?
05:33 Do you think they're gonna think
05:34 that this isn't authentic?
05:36 Well, people can think what they want,
05:40 but at the end of the day, we know it's genuine,
05:43 so it doesn't matter what they think.
05:44 People pass judgment regardless.
05:46 Today we're going for a walk as a height difference couple.
05:49 We often get stared at, but we don't care.
05:51 Let's get ready, shall we?
05:52 I'm so shocked that that jumpsuit actually fits
05:55 'cause all the other ones are so short on your leg.
05:58 I know, it's actually crazy.
05:59 They said that you could fit someone your size,
06:01 and mine don't stretch very well.
06:03 It's hard finding clothes to fit your height, though,
06:05 isn't it?
06:06 It's gonna be quite nice to have a walk
06:08 without being stared at all the time, isn't it?
06:10 Like in the countryside.
06:11 Yes.
06:12 Bit different than our usual walk.
06:15 Literally, we just posted that TikTok not long ago,
06:18 and someone's just commented on it
06:20 saying that you literally look like a giant.
06:23 Oh, well, do you know what?
06:24 I'm getting sick of comments like that, to be honest.
06:28 They do it quite often, don't they?
06:29 Like, what else do they say to you?
06:31 Well, they're just always talking about my height.
06:33 It doesn't matter what they think.
06:34 It's not very nice, though, is it?
06:36 No.
06:37 If that person was here now from TikTok,
06:40 what would you say to them?
06:41 Well, I'm not being funny.
06:43 You've got some of your own issues
06:45 that you need to work on,
06:45 and just stop projecting onto others
06:48 if you're feeling insecure in yourself.
06:49 What about you?
06:50 Probably nothing.
06:52 I never really saw anything.
06:54 If they were here, I would,
06:55 but online, I just ignore them, to be honest with you,
06:57 because they're just trolls most of the time.
06:59 You know what I mean?
06:59 They just get off on bringing others down.
07:01 That's the point.
07:02 Has your height ever stopped you from dating before,
07:04 or like with blokes?
07:05 Well, it's made guys insecure,
07:07 because obviously there's such a significant difference,
07:10 but it doesn't stop me.
07:11 I still wear heels.
07:12 I think now I'm more comfortable in who I am.
07:14 I don't really care what they think of me.
07:16 I don't like it when my spider hair heels as well.
07:19 (laughing)
07:20 I do, and you know I don't mind you wearing flats anyway.
07:22 I think this relationship works
07:23 because we're very similar people,
07:25 so we've been through a lot of the same things in life.
07:27 There's nothing that I don't like about Lizzie,
07:29 is an easier way to put it.
07:30 Even her flaws in your mood swing.
07:34 I find them quite funny.
07:36 To people who judge our relationship,
07:39 I don't care what they say.
07:40 If somebody's going to judge you,
07:41 well regardless if it was this or anything else,
07:44 then they should look a little bit closer to home
07:45 as to why they're judging somebody in the first place.
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