{"id":24612,"date":"2025-03-21T01:14:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T01:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=24612"},"modified":"2025-03-21T01:14:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T01:14:44","slug":"michelle-obama-and-kylie-kelce-both-511-agree-that-tall-women-should-get-dibs-on-the-tall-guys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=24612","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Obama and Kylie Kelce, Both 5&#8217;11&#8221;, Agree That Tall Women Should Get Dibs on the Tall Guys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-subheading text-body-100\">The former first lady appeared on &#8216;Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce&#8217; on March 20 to promote her new podcast, &#8216;IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"comp people-bylines mntl-bylines text-utility-200\">\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/michelle-obama\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Michelle Obama<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/sports\/who-is-kylie-kelce-jason-kelce-wife\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">Kylie Kelce<\/a>\u00a0are representing the tall ladies.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Appearing on the March 20 episode of Kelce&#8217;s podcast,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/3s3PZ6gpbSgjrjlKCLKTo1\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\"><em>Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce<\/em><\/a>, the former former first lady, 61, opened up about her tall height.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cNow I&#8217;ve been looking forward to talking to you about something we have in common. We are both 5&#8217;11\u201d,&#8221; Kelce said, to which Obama added, \u201cWhat I say, normal height.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cWell, it&#8217;s funny. I have a friend who&#8217;s about 5&#8217;4&#8243;, and she wears a size, like, six shoe or something,\u201d Kelce continued. \u201cAnd whenever we would joke around about it, she&#8217;s like, \u2018I&#8217;m average size.\u2019 And I&#8217;m like, \u2018Okay.&#8217; &#8220;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;&#8216;You&#8217;re wee,'&#8221; Obama said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The host, 32, added, \u201cYou&#8217;re tiny. My mom&#8217;s only 5&#8217;2&#8243;. My grandmother was, like, 4&#8217;9&#8243; or even smaller. My dad is 6&#8217;9&#8243;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_1-0\" class=\"mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image lazyloadwait lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/KmEjHtl6X0D-mbFfX-kgqdDL2GU=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(639x0:641x2):format(webp)\/kylie-kelce-not-gonna-lie-with-kylie-kelce-032025-ca3df2d10d9245e29e0c9fbbf14a831a.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 4000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/KmEjHtl6X0D-mbFfX-kgqdDL2GU=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(639x0:641x2):format(webp)\/kylie-kelce-not-gonna-lie-with-kylie-kelce-032025-ca3df2d10d9245e29e0c9fbbf14a831a.jpg 4000w\" alt=\"Michelle Obama visits Kylie Kelce's podcast, Not Gonna Lie With Kylie Kelce\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/KmEjHtl6X0D-mbFfX-kgqdDL2GU=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(639x0:641x2):format(webp)\/kylie-kelce-not-gonna-lie-with-kylie-kelce-032025-ca3df2d10d9245e29e0c9fbbf14a831a.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/KmEjHtl6X0D-mbFfX-kgqdDL2GU=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(639x0:641x2):format(webp)\/kylie-kelce-not-gonna-lie-with-kylie-kelce-032025-ca3df2d10d9245e29e0c9fbbf14a831a.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Michelle Obama on &#8216;Not Gonna Life With Kylie Kelce&#8217;.<\/span>Not Gonna Life With Kylie Kelce\/YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Obama, who is promoting her new podcast,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/imo-with-michelle-obama-and-craig-robinson\/id1532956108\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\"><em>IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson<\/em><\/a>, then admitted that she&#8217;s always felt frustrated when shorter women take the tall men.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block collapsed\">\n<div id=\"mm-ads-native-fluid_1-0\" class=\"comp mm-ads-native-fluid mm-ads-native \" data-right-rail-index=\"2\">\n<div id=\"mm-ads-native__adunit_1-0\" class=\"comp mm-ads-native__adunit mm-ads-gpt-dynamic-adunit mm-ads-gpt-adunit scads-to-load gpt native dynamic js-immediate-ad js-immediate-ad-loaded\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cI&#8217;m not gonna lie,\u201d the\u00a0<em>Becoming<\/em>\u00a0author said. \u201cDoesn&#8217;t it irritate you when the wee people take the tall guys?\u201c<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cDo you know the number of conversations? My sister&#8217;s 5&#8217;9&#8243;. I&#8217;m 5&#8217;11&#8221;,\u201c replied Kelce, who is married to retired NFL player\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/jason-kelce-8548268\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Jason Kelce<\/a>. \u201cWhen we were in high school, we would always complain about, &#8216;Well, this girl is, like, five feet tall, and she&#8217;s dating the guy who&#8217;s 6&#8217;5&#8243;.\u201c<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">She continued, \u201c&#8217;You can&#8217;t save that for us?&#8217; And my mom would always be like, \u2018Hello, excuse me.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_26-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cSee, I don&#8217;t know. I would have some issues with your mom,\u201d Obama joked.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Kelce then continued, &#8220;We gave it\u00a0to her. Let me tell you, she did not come out unscathed but she would always stand up for herself.\u201c<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_31-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_32-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Obama added, \u201cShe&#8217;d stand on her toes,\u201d to which Kelce agreed, \u201cThat&#8217;s it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_33-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_34-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cShe&#8217;d look up and say, \u2018Hey,&#8217; \u201d Obama joked.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kylie on Being a 12 lb Baby, Prom at The White House &amp; Roster Heights with Michelle Obama | Ep. 15\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cx9-v_cD8IY\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_40-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Kelce then asked the former first lady if she had always been comfortable with her height or if it was something she had to learn to embrace.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_41-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_42-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cI think it&#8217;s a little bit of both. I was always kind of a tomboy, having a big brother,\u201d Obama said. \u201cI was always trying to keep up, and I always found what the boys were doing were more interesting. Right? And we had cousins who were two boys that we were close with some of our favorites, and so I&#8217;m the only girl.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_43-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_44-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.dotdashmeredith.com\/people-news-inline\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_45-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_46-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">She added that she dated a lot of men on her older brother Craig&#8217;s basketball team.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_47-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_48-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cSo I would meet some taller guys, but they were always lying about their height,\u201d Obama said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_49-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_50-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Later in the episode, the podcast hosts revealed that their heights didn\u2019t stop them from wearing heels.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_51-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_52-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cI love a heel. Right?\u201d Obama said, to which Kelce added, \u201cI do not shy away, especially in my adult life. 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