Aside from the US election results, the topic of conversation that has dominated social media in the last 48 hours is, quite unexpectedly, Gary Barlow’s son.
Daniel Barlow, 24, was pictured alongside the Take That hitmaker, 53, positively dwarfing his dad and the rest of their family, and the internet has reacted.
Memes have spread like wildfire in a perfect distraction from the political news that has seen Donald Trump re-elected as the 47th President of the United States.
We thought these were two separate online conversations, until Trump’s son Barron, 18, stood up alongside the Republican, and everyone was also struck by his lanky build – all 6ft 7in of it.
Donald Trump’s son Barron got people talking online after Gary Barlow’s son Daniel went viral for his height (Picture: John Moore/Getty Images)
Gary – who rose to fame alongside Robbie Williams, Mark Owen, Jason Orange, and Howard Donald in the legendary boyband – and his wife Dawn Andrews, 54, tied the knot in 2000, welcoming their eldest child Daniel in the same year.
They also share daughters Emily, 22, and Daisy, 15, who don’t appear to have the same stilts as their 6ft 2in brother.
While Daniel has reached the height of fame in the past few days – excuse the pun – here are some other kids who also tower over their famous parents.
Pierce Brosnan’s son Dylan Brosnan
Former James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan’s son Dylan Brosnan has some serious inches on his famous dad.
The 27-year-old has enjoyed a growth spurt in recent years, and is now looking down on Pierce and his wife Keely Shaye Smith.
Dylan has followed in his dad’s footsteps into the acting world with credits producing TV series The Synanon Fix, and has also worked on 2023 film Sly, and 2017 film Poisoning Paradise.
According to IMDb, he’s 6ft 5in, against Pierce’s 6ft 1in.
Patsy Kensit and Liam Gallagher’s son Lennon Gallagher
EastEnders star Patsy Kensit and Liam Gallagher’s 25-year-old son Lennon Gallagher has taken after his Oasis star dad in the height department.
At 6ft, the model has overtaken Liam’s 5ft 10in stature, and is definitely a whole lot taller than his actress mum Patsy, who is 5ft 4in.
Patsy and Lennon were pictured out and about together in September at JW Anderson’s catwalk presentation, and he towered over his mum.
Let’s hope Liam doesn’t Look Up In Anger at his son’s impressive overtake…
Both of Julianne Moore’s children
Julianne Moore – who starred in Boogie Nights, Far from Heaven, and Maps to the Stars – has two children who have a serious tall gene.
At 5ft 3in, Julianne, 63, could hardly be expected to be the tallest in her tribe forever, but her kids – Caleb Moore Freundlich and Liv Helen Moore Freundlich – now dwarf her aged just 26 and 22.
Her daughter Liv Helen Moore Freundlich also inherited her father’s height (Picture: Gotham/GC Images)
After meeting her 6ft 2in husband Bart Freundlich on the set of the 1996 film The Myth of Fingerprints, the pair married in 2003 after welcoming their two kids.
Caleb is pursuing a career as a musical composer, songwriter and instrumentalist, while Liv graduated from Northwestern University earlier this year.
Jennifer Garner’s daughter Violet Affleck
At 6ft, Violet Affleck is taller than her PS I Love You star mum Jennifer Garner, 52, but four inches shorter than dad Ben Affleck.
It’s unclear what career path 18-year-old Violet might take, but she just began her first year at Yale having moved away from her family home.
Jessica Alba’s daughter Honor Warren
Jessica Alba’s 16-year-old daughter Honor Warren is already taller than her.
The Fantastic Four star, 43, also shares Haven, who will be 13 in August, plus youngest son Hayes, six, with husband Cash Warren.
The actress told People in June that she cried when Honor grew taller than her.
She said: ‘Okay, so it was during Covid and our friends were over, and it was kind of like they were about to have a baby, and he was like, “Honor’s taller than you” and I was like “No she’s not!”‘
Mum-of-three Jessica continued: ‘He was like, “Yes she is… Stand back-to-back,” and he took this photo and I just started crying.’
Michael Douglas’ son Dylan Douglas
Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones’ son Dylan Douglas, 24, looks the spitting image of his famous father – except he’s a lot taller.
While his exact height is unknown, the youngster has taken to the red carpet alongside his Ant-Man star dad – who is 5ft 10in – on a number of occasions, and his height has been well and truly noted.
Catherine, 55, and Michael, 80, also share a daughter called Carys, who isn’t quite as towering as her brother.
‘My career was the most important thing in my life, followed by marriage and children,’ Michael told AARP The Magazine in 2010.
‘And it’s completely reversed now. I never anticipated starting a family and the joy of raising kids at my age.
