Short man Sisqo enters the Celebrity Big Brother house

Scanning the list of names served up for the annual reality hell of celebrity Big Brother, I was absolutely delighted to note that Sisqo had entered the fray.

I am a massive fan of Sisqo. His hit, Unleash the Dragon, was a marvellous mix of swing beats, soul vocals and swagger. The follow-up, Thong Song, rightly became an international best seller. The chorus, concluding with the line, “that thong, th-thong, thong-thong,” remains a popular refrain a decade after it hit the charts.

It was the sort of line I would expect from that other R&B great, R Kelly. But, on reflection, that level of insight is impossible for a man of R Kelly’s height, standing as he does somewhere over six feet.

Thong Song was clearly the work of a short man, what with his eye level being that much nearer to thong level. A quick survey of the net puts Sisqo’s height at anywhere between 5’ 2” and 5’ 5”. As the upper figure is the singer’s own estimate, it can be safely discounted.

The video for the Thong Song is a wonderful thing. How splendid it is to see our man in the back of a drop top, regulation honeys at his side, and Sisqo’s feet swinging high above the car’s floor. Peerless.

Of course, a man of this size and talent is undoubtedly going to find himself at the centre of attention in the Big Brother household, even with men of the calibre of Another Level’s Dane Bowers in his midst. And so it has proved.

Sisqo has made friends with the youngest and most beautiful woman in the house, Ronnie Wood’s ex, the Russian cocktail waitress Ekaterina. The sniping from the press at a small man trying to make his way in the world has started early.

The Daily Mirror's 3am girls, never ones to pass up a cheap insult, have tagged the R&B superstar, ‘short man syndrome Sisqo.’

Now, why might that be? Is this because he is rich and successful…and short? Is it because he is making a play for the lovely Ekaterina? Or is it mindless bigotry of the type not allowed in print against people of different race or sexuality?

The man behind the Thong Song surely deserves better. We will be watching.

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