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Sabrina Carpenter, often recognized for her petite stature, appeared particularly “Short ‘N Sweet” during a recent evening in New York City alongside Taylor Swift. Carpenter, who has recently joined Swift’s circle of friends and was an opener for “The Eras Tour,” stepped out with Swift for a chic night on the town. The pair, dressed in stylish fall attire, caught attention not just for their fashion but for the noticeable height disparity captured in a photo that quickly went viral. While camera angles might exaggerate the difference, Swift stands almost a foot taller than the 5-foot Carpenter, creating a striking visual contrast as they navigated the wet city streets.
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As expected, social media erupted with humorous and lively commentary on the photo, which garnered over 3.7 million views. One fan on X quipped, “Taylor looks like a mom taking her daughter out for dinner,” while another highlighted Swift’s choice of footwear, exclaiming, “Not Taylor wearing these high heels knowing she’s with 4’11 Sabrina.” A third user suggested a humorous solution, tweeting, “Sabrina needs stilts if Taylor’s gonna wear those shoes lol.” Comparisons also surfaced, with another user drawing parallels to a past image of Swift towering over Bruno Mars at the VMAs, remarking, “It’s giving that photo of Taylor and Bruno Mars.”
Though Taylor Swift’s model-like height is accentuated when she stands next to her friend Sabrina Carpenter, she isn’t always the tallest in the room. Since her relationship began with NFL player Travis Kelce in 2023, the couple’s public appearances have highlighted their own height difference. Swift, who expressed her height-related insecurities in the 2022 song “Anti-Hero,” describing feeling like a “monster on the hill,” finds comfort in Kelce’s 6-foot-5 frame, ensuring she rarely feels overshadowed.
Travis Kelce beats Taylor Swift in the height department
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Taylor Swift’s model height may be extra apparent when she’s hanging out with her friend and peer, Sabrina Carpenter, but she’s not always the tallest person in the room (or on the street). Since Swift’s relationship timeline with NFL star Travis Kelce kicked off in 2023, the future spouses have enjoyed many public outings that put their own height difference on display. While Swift exposed her height insecurities in 2022’s “Anti-Hero,” where she sang about how her height made her feel like a “monster on the hill,” she’ll never have to feel like that with Kelce, who soars high above her at 6 feet, 5 inches.
the height differences here are hilarious sorry pic.twitter.com/mMCzAGtugP
— annie❤️🔥 (@graynovember13) November 8, 2025
Of course, Kelce’s tall stature isn’t the only thing that attracted Swift to her future husband. While appearing on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” Swift described the football star as her “favorite person.” In the rather gushing interview, she said, “He’s just my favorite person I’ve ever met — no offense to everyone else.” She also delighted in the prospect of spending the rest of her life with him. “But the fact that this is the person that I get to hang out with every day forever is just like, that’s the whole thing,” she continued, adding, “You look at that [engagement ring], and you’re like, ‘I’m going to hang out with him forever, and this represents that.’” How stinking cute!