This sounds made up but seems legit, if Daily Mail is to be believed. This connection was reported by Juno News (formerly True North) but their story is behind a paywall https://www.junonews.com/p/exclusive-liberal-candidate-had-leg
The Liberal candidate for Calgary Confederation was profiled in 2011 by a U.K. outlet after he had a controversial cosmetic surgery where he had his leg bones broken by doctors so he could be four inches taller.
Thomas Keeper, the Liberal candidate for Calgary Confederation explained the reasoning behind the decision to undergo the operation in an interview with the Daily Mail.
From 2012: https://archive.is/YSWi3
But Thomas Keeper, 36, disagrees. A Canadian estate agent, he was 5ft 6in and had the operation two years ago to make him 5ft 10in. After his operation, he met Maggie, 26, who is 5ft 8in, via an internet dating site. By the time they met in person, he was 2in taller than her. They are now married and Maggie gave birth to their first child before Christmas.
‘When I told my wife about the operation she said she would never have been interested in a guy shorter than her,’ says Thomas.
‘Being short is a pain because the world treats you differently. ‘Look at the way people mock Tom Cruise and Nicolas Sarkozy.’
https://liberal.ca/nomination-notices/acclamation-notice-calgary-confederation-2025/
I’m pleased to share that Thomas Keeper has been acclaimed as the Liberal Candidate for Calgary Confederation in the next federal election, and will continue building on our hard work to keep Canada moving forward.
Humans are usually 1:1 wingspan to height, so you better add arm lengthening surgery to that too.
People have a lot of instinctual noticing when judging people that they can't consciously think about. Like nobody really thinks about symmetry when talking about hot chicks, but we all notice it and it bothers us if it isn't right. Even a slight variation in that proportion will set off those bells in people's head.
Its why there is that certain short phase of teenager mid puberty that is so off putting. When they have that gangly look about them because their body isn't all growing in at the same rate.
I know the surgery exists, and I can believe guys are stupid enough to get it. What I call doubt on is that someone would just not notice you had it because it just worked so well that you just effortlessly pass as a naturally taller guy.
I buy it. Not because the results are perfect or the proportions are right. But because in this case, the the observer has been trained to evaluate raw height as the metric without considering it any further.
It's like 90s breast implants. Plenty of guys went, "big is good," without a second thought about the overall proportions, shape, and everything else being terrible.