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SAMANTHA and Michael have been together for over seven years. The couple met at a party where Samantha's small stature caught Michael's eye. She is a little person born with a rare type of dwarfism called Chondrodystrophy. With Michael being 6ft 2" and Samantha 4ft, the couple get a lot of attention because of their two-foot height difference. Samantha explained: "We have so many people trying to take pictures. It's sometimes scary because people will follow me." Michael added: "We get comments all the time like, how did he even get with her?" Online, they get negative remarks such as "that man knows he's straight violating" and rows of laughing face emojis. "They're trying to make me a fetish," Samantha said. In this episode of Born Different, the couple speak with Samantha's long-time best friend Jason, who admits he had doubts at the start of their relationship.

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00:00I'm Sam and I'm four foot tall. I'm Michael, I'm 6'2". We get trolled for our
00:05height difference all of the time. And people say our relationship is like a
00:09freak show. I try to make sure that I have at least two or three stools around
00:13me. I have to make it work so my biggest thing is fixing it to make it easier for
00:19me however that may be. With me being a little person a lot of people wanted to
00:23be with me behind closed doors but never in public. I even had an incident where
00:29a guy asked me to homecoming and then took it back because he was embarrassed
00:33and that probably was one of the most hurtful things that has happened to me.
00:38In public they'll come around at the store come down another aisle just to get a
00:43picture or just to look at us and double-take. I feel like the hate has
00:47definitely made us stronger as a couple. I tried not to pay attention to any of that
00:51stuff. I'm a lover not a fighter. If I'm ever by myself that's why I like to always
00:56have him with me. It's sometimes scary because people will follow me and try to
01:02get pictures of me even like guys. So it's even scary because me as a mom I
01:07don't want to be followed or a cat call. You know a lot of people sometimes they'll
01:10look at me and they'll be like oh I feel so bad that's probably so much work on
01:14her. I still make it work you know to show him that I can. So today you guys we're
01:22gonna make one of my favorite home-cooked meals. You guys ready? Let's go. I'm Sam.
01:27I have a dwarfism and I'm four foot tall. I'm Michael. I'm 6'2 and people say our
01:32relationship is like a freak show. So when we first met I seen her at the party and I
01:39just seen that she was a little person so like she called my eye quick. I added her
01:45on Facebook and inboxed her and it just the rest is history I guess. We get
01:51trolled for our height difference all of the time. We never met. That's what I'm
01:56gonna say. I just seen her. And then was stalking me for a while. I seen him in
02:01person for the first time and I was like dang he's kind of cute. Okay. If I had to
02:06be honest the first thing that caught my eye about her was her booty. I knew you were
02:11gonna say that. It's true because the first time I seen it and I was like damn.
02:18And see. And see. I have a dwarfism called chondrodystrophy. It affects me a lot
02:26throughout my day. Thank you. There's times when I need something up high and if
02:31he's at work. I try to make sure that I have at least two or three stools around
02:35me. I have to make it work. So my biggest thing is fixing it to make it
02:40easier for me. However that may be. So a lot of the times people are like I
02:45don't understand how that works. They always move towards the bedroom. They'll
02:49be like oh he'll crush her. Or like stupid stuff like that. You know what I
02:53mean? In public they'll come around at the store, come down another aisle just to
02:59get a picture or just to look at us and double take. Okay. Hey babe did you upload
03:05the chicken stew video? Yes I did. I want to check out the comments. He doesn't look
03:11too happy standing beside his tiny woman. Brody understood the mission because like
03:15they're trying to make me a I guess. That man know he's straight violating. Then
03:23laughing faces. Hold up. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. What are we waiting a minute
03:27for? What's the next comment you have to say? You're too cute for him. Why don't you look for
03:33someone look better looking? But I think you're hot. So I don't know. Happy Father's Day to
03:37your handsome husband. Girl bye. I feel like people were jealous of me because of how
03:44beautiful and everything else about her. Oh thank you baby. I tried not to pay
03:50attention to any of that stuff. I'm a lover not a fighter. I feel like the hate has
03:56definitely made us stronger as a couple. It really puts a test to our
03:59relationship to see how you know much we have each other's backs in this
04:04situation called life. With me being a little person a lot of people wanted to
04:10be with me behind closed doors but never in public. I even had an incident where a
04:16guy asked me to homecoming and then took it back because he was embarrassed and
04:22that probably was one of the most hurtful things that has happened to me. I think I'm
04:28gonna call my friend Jason because remember in the beginning he wasn't too
04:31sure about you. So I'm a little afraid about what he's gonna say. So you know I
04:36have some questions for you. What did you really think of Michael when I told you
04:42about him? Um you know I was a little weary. I had to look out for my girl. What did
04:49the rest of our
04:49friend group think? Our friend group don't bite their tongue at all. No they don't. They don't.
04:54He's heard it from our mouths aplenty also that we were all always gonna be looking out for her and
05:00you know obviously didn't really like Michael at first. I was obviously thinking maybe it was like just like a
05:07little fling or you know boys will be boys and players will be players. Right.
05:15With that being said so then how do you feel about him now? I mean what really kind of changed
05:22my mind was probably when Sam really found out when she was pregnant.
05:27I feel like he's you know stepped up to the plate to really help you provide for this baby.
05:34Yeah so I'm a big fan now. It really does bring another light out from her. It's the glow if
05:44you would say.
05:45I love you. I love you. So obviously the height difference. He really needed to be there to help you
05:52and really do protect you from all these haters out there.
05:57Okay. Be out there by yourself always worrying to look over your shoulder.
06:01Right. Well we're gonna get back to the baby so we'll call you tomorrow.
06:06See you later. Bye. Love ya. Bye.
06:09Bye. With my parents in the beginning my dad was a little bit like off put. I'm his only girl
06:17so he wanted to make sure that whoever I was dating had my heart and they weren't going to break
06:24it.
06:25And then my mom she's a little bit more on the stern type so she was just saying you know
06:32make sure that he's not just using you or just wants to be with you because you're a little person
06:37or you know
06:39what it is this serious. And now my parents love him. He takes care of me and he treats me
06:45well.
06:47Look. You want to go over there and check it out? Let's go. You ready daddy? Let's go.
06:55Look you see the dragonflies?
06:58When we're in public we have so many people trying to take pictures usually or they'll stop and be like
07:04oh my god are you a mom?
07:06And I'm like obviously I'm a mom.
07:08He's a fast one. He's ready.
07:10He's trying to ride.
07:12If I'm ever by myself that's why I like to always have him with me.
07:18It's sometimes scary because people will follow me and try to get pictures of me even like guys.
07:23So it's even scary because me as a mom I don't want to be followed or you know or or
07:30cat called.
07:30Mommy have a kiss?
07:34Yeah. So I think something that's really misunderstood as a mother with dwarfism is that we're not capable.
07:43When you become a mother everything is like you will make it happen no matter what is in your way.
07:50I make sure that I pull through for my baby and a lot of people sometimes think and you know
07:54they'll look at me and they'll be like oh I feel so bad.
07:56That's probably so much work on her or like you know she can't even pick him up but I still
08:03make it work you know to show him that I can.
08:06What I love is just waking up every day to my family and coming home from work every day to
08:13my family is just it's just the best part of my day every day.
08:20To be with someone so talented she's creative she's she's so much I love her small like this because then
08:29I can help her more and stuff I feel needed I guess.
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