Trips & Vacations are always fascinating and thrilling. The element of excitement gets doubled when we meet an old friend or someone popular. Recently, the Los Angeles Lakers legend Kareem Abdul Jabbar stumbled upon a famed Hollywood star during his trip. However, their encounter took place at 30,000 feet up in the air. Quite an interesting one indeed.

The amusing duo didn’t waste time and posed together for a picture. The 7ft 2 tall player towering over the 5ft 8 actor also became a point of discussion for the fans. Let’s take a look at how the celebrity meet-up went.

Kareem Abdul Jabbar’s encounter with 5ft 8 Hollywood veteran

Fans were surprised and excited to see the photo circulating on the internet. The official Instagram page of the Los Angeles Lakers recently shared a picture of Abdul Jabbar with famed actor and comedian Martin Short. Apparently, the duo took the same flight a few weeks ago where they ran into each other. The photo was aptly captioned, “Only legends on the plane.” as it would be hard to find a better caption than this. They are the legends of their respective fields indeed. However, the NBA legend tried something different. Taking to his Twitter, the 76-year-old shared the picture and wrote, “On a flight with someone who lived up (or down) to his name.”

Looking at the picture, it seems the two had a great conversation during their flight. While some fans were delighted by the picture, others were amused by the height difference. Not to forget the punch added by the ‘Only Murders in the Building’ actor’s last name. 

Fans’ hilarious response to the duo’s huge height difference

NBA players’ height differences have always surprised people. While fans were happy to see the duo together, they couldn’t help but notice the huge height difference. The funniest part is that some fans decided to subtly present their opinion in the comments section. Let’s check out the comments.

One of the IG users wrote, “Martin Short. Kareem Not Short.” 

Another user asked, “Who the hell is the tiny guy.”

While one of the users wrote, “He looks short,” another user chose a subtle way and wrote, “Martin truly is Short – but it’s a tall order standing by Kareem!”

This “Martin Very Short” could be seen after every two or three comments. 

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Another user wrote, “Kareem look like he bout to take this kid to dinosaur world.” 

While the fans shared a field day, it is quite evident that height, color, race, etc. are in no way detrimental to one’s success quotient in life. The difference in height between Abdul-Jabbar & Short might be significant, but they stand head to head when it comes to being an expert in their respective fields.

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