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When Boban met Kristin: NBA giant dwarfs tiny singer

HE can dunk a basketball without jumping. She’s spent her life dodging people’s elbows. The photos of them meeting are everything.

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - OCTOBER 30: Actress, Kristin Chenoweth poses for a photo with Boban Marjanovic #51 of the LA Clippers before the game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on October 30, 2018 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - OCTOBER 30: Actress, Kristin Chenoweth poses for a photo with Boban Marjanovic #51 of the LA Clippers before the game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on October 30, 2018 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)

SHE’S just under 150cm. He’s officially listed at just over 220cm but appears to get bigger every season.

So when actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth found out she’d be singing the American national anthem before her hometown Oklahoma City Thunder hosted Boban Marjanovic’s LA Clippers, they just had to meet.

And the pictures were as hilarious as you’d expect.

Lucky she wore heels or this could have been awkward (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)
Lucky she wore heels or this could have been awkward (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)

Chenoweth, who has won a Tony and an Emmy in a glittering career, is famous for her lack of height.

“The advantages are that I can weave in and out of a crowd and no one knows I’m there,” she told parade.com in 2014. “The disadvantages are that I can weave in and out of a crowd and be knocked over.

“I can get sucker punched by somebody’s elbow on the streets of New York and they don’t even know it, I can get sliced by an umbrella. Trying to unload the dishwasher is like a monkey in a jungle, I climb, climb, climb. I am never going to be taller than any date, that’s a plus. I struggle where I buy my clothes, Gap Kids, but then they’re cheaper. So there always is a silver lining.”

Marjanovic’s life has been the opposite.

Original URL: https://www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/when-boban-met-kristin-nba-giant-dwarfs-tiny-singer/news-story/870fe613601f42e8f6e46265e2b81675