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. Michael is 6ft 2 whilst Samantha is 4ft, they 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 Love Don't Judge, 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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00:00This is Sam.
00:02She fell in love with Michael.
00:05The couple get a lot of attention
00:07because of their two-foot height difference.
00:10We have so many people trying to take pictures.
00:13It's sometimes scary because people will follow me.
00:16We see comments all the time like,
00:18oh, how did he even get with her?
00:20Oh, he's ugly.
00:21That man know he's straight-violating.
00:23Laughing faces.
00:25Today the couple are speaking to one of Sam's old friends
00:28to find out what he really thought about Michael.
00:31I was thinking it was just like a little fling.
00:34You know, obviously he didn't really like Michael.
00:37So today, you guys,
00:39we are going to make one of my favourite home-cooked meals.
00:42You guys ready? Let's go.
00:44I'm Sam, I have a dwarfism and I'm four foot tall.
00:47I'm Michael, I'm 6'2".
00:49And people say our relationship is like a freak show.
00:52So when we first met, I seen her at the party
00:56and I just seen that she was a little person.
00:59So, like, she caught my eye quick.
01:01I added her on Facebook and inboxed her
01:05and it just, the rest is history, I guess.
01:08We get trolled for our height difference all of the time.
01:11We never met, that's what I'm going to say.
01:14I just seen her.
01:15And then was stalking me for a while.
01:17I seen him in person for the first time
01:19and I was like, dang, he's kind of cute.
01:21Don't cry.
01:23If I had to be honest,
01:25the first thing that caught my eye about her was her booty.
01:28I knew you were going to say that.
01:30It's true, because the first time I seen her,
01:33I was like, damn.
01:35And scene, and scene.
01:40We just want to get them nice and soft
01:42so that they're easy to smash.
01:44I have a dwarfism called chondrodystrophy.
01:47It affects me a lot throughout my day.
01:50There's times when I need something up high
01:52and if he's at work.
01:54I try to make sure that I have at least
01:56two or three stools around me.
01:58I have to make it work, so my biggest thing is
02:01fixing it to make it easier for me,
02:03however that may be.
02:05So a lot of the times people are like,
02:07I don't understand how that works.
02:09They always move towards the bedroom.
02:11They'll be like, oh, he'll crush her.
02:13Or like stupid stuff like that, you know what I mean?
02:16In public, they'll come around at the store,
02:19come down another aisle just to get a picture
02:22or just to look at us and double take.
02:24Okay.
02:25Hey babe, did you upload the chicken stew video?
02:28Yes, I did.
02:30I want to check out the comments.
02:32He doesn't look too happy standing beside his tiny woman.
02:35Brody understood the mission because
02:37they're trying to make me a f***, I guess.
02:41That man know he's straight violating.
02:44And laughing faces.
02:46Hold up, wait a minute, wait a minute.
02:48What are we waiting a minute for?
02:50What's the next comment you have to say?
02:52You're too cute for him.
02:54Why don't you look for someone better looking?
02:56But I think you're hot, so I don't know.
02:58Happy Father's Day to your handsome husband.
03:00Girl, bye.
03:02I feel like people were jealous of me
03:04because of how beautiful and everything else about her.
03:09Aw, thank you, baby.
03:11I try not to pay attention to any of that stuff.
03:14I'm a lover, not a fighter.
03:16I feel like the hate has definitely made us stronger as a couple.
03:19It really puts a test to our relationship
03:21to see how, you know, much we have each other's backs
03:25in this situation called life.
03:28With me being a little person,
03:30a lot of people wanted to be with me behind closed doors,
03:33but never in public.
03:36I even had an incident where a guy asked me to homecoming
03:39and then took it back because he was embarrassed.
03:43And that probably was one of the most hurtful things
03:46that has happened to me.
03:49I think I'm going to call my friend Jason
03:51because remember in the beginning he wasn't too sure about you?
03:54So I'm a little afraid about what he's going to say.
03:57So you know I have some questions for you.
03:59What did you really think of Michael when I told you about him?
04:05Um, you know, I was a little weary.
04:08I had to look out for my girl.
04:10What did the rest of our friend group think?
04:12Our friend group don't bite their tongue at all.
04:14No, they don't. They don't.
04:16He's heard it from our mouths aplenty also
04:19that we were all always going to be looking out for her.
04:22And you know, obviously he didn't really like Michael at first.
04:26I was obviously thinking maybe it was like
04:28just like a little fling or, you know,
04:32boys will be boys and players will be players.
04:34Right.
04:37With that being said, so then how do you feel about him now?
04:41I mean, what really kind of changed my mind was
04:46probably when Sam really found out when she was pregnant.
04:49I feel like he's, you know, stepped up to the plate
04:52to really help you provide for this baby.
04:56Yeah, so I'm a big fan now.
04:59It really does bring another light out from her.
05:04The glow, if you would say.
05:07I love you.
05:09So obviously the height difference,
05:12he really needed to be there to help you
05:14and really to protect you from all these haters out there.
05:19Okay.
05:20Out there by yourself, always worrying to look over your shoulder.
05:23Right.
05:25Well, we're going to get back to the baby.
05:27So we'll call you tomorrow.
05:28See you later.
05:29Bye, I love you.
05:30Bye.
05:32With my parents in the beginning,
05:34my dad was a little bit like off put.
05:37I'm his only girl, so he wanted to make sure that
05:40whoever I was dating had my heart
05:43and they weren't going to break it.
05:47And then my mom, she's a little bit more on the stern type,
05:52so she was just saying, you know,
05:54make sure that he's not just using you
05:57or just wants to be with you because you're a little person
05:59or, you know, is this serious?
06:02And now my parents love him.
06:05He takes care of me and he treats me well.
06:08Look, you want to go over there and check it out?
06:12Let's go.
06:13You ready, Daddy?
06:14Let's go.
06:17Look, you see the dragonflies?
06:19When we're in public, we have so many people
06:22trying to take pictures usually,
06:24or they'll stop and be like, oh my God, are you a mom?
06:27And I'm like, obviously I'm a mom.
06:30He's a fast one.
06:32He's trying to run.
06:34If I'm ever by myself,
06:36that's why I like to always have him with me.
06:39It's sometimes scary because people will follow me
06:42and try to get pictures of me, even like guys.
06:45So it's even scary because me as a mom,
06:48I don't want to be followed or, you know, or cat-called.
06:52Want me to have a kiss?
06:56Yeah.
06:58So I think something that's really misunderstood
07:00as a mother with dwarfism is that we're not capable.
07:05When you become a mother, everything is like,
07:08you will make it happen no matter what is in your way.
07:12I make sure that I pull through for my baby,
07:14and a lot of people sometimes think,
07:15and, you know, they'll look at me,
07:16and they'll be like, oh, I feel so bad.
07:18That's probably so much work on her,
07:20or like, you know, she can't even pick him up,
07:23but I still make it work, you know,
07:26to show him that I can.
07:28What I love is just waking up every day to my family
07:32and coming home from work every day to my family.
07:36It's just the best part of my day every day.
07:42To be with someone so talented,
07:44she's creative, she's so much.
07:47I love her small like this
07:50because then I can help her more and stuff.
07:53I feel needed, I guess.
07:58I love her.