Richard Osman has found love with a jazz singer – who is 19 inches shorter than him.
The ‘Pointless’ star – who towers in at 6ft 7in – is smitten with 5ft tall girlfriend Sumudu Jayatilaka and is unfazed by the jokes people make about the whopping height difference between them.
Speaking to the Daily Mail newspaper, he joked: "We met through mutual friends. I just looked down and there she was.
"I’m always looking down because everybody is short to me."
Richard – who has son Sonny and daughter Ruby from a previous marriage which ended 12 years ago – was reportedly dating broadcaster Emily Dean in 2015, but has not been known to have been with anyone else until recently announcing his relationship with Sumudu.
To celebrate his first Valentine’s Day with his new beau – who is a regular singer at Ronnie Scott’s jazz club in Soho, London – the television producer took her on a romantic break to Austria and shared pictures on his Twitter page.
However, instead of devoting romantic messages to Sumudu on the social media site, he used Valentine’s day (14.02.19) to share tongue-in-cheek poems with his followers.
He tweeted: "Vertebrates have spines, Invertebrates are jointless… Have a lovely Valentine’s, From me, that guy off Pointless. (sic)"
The couple made their first public appearance together in London at a sports quiz hosted by bookmakers Fitzdares on Wednesday night (13.02.19) where Sumudu spoke about their relationship and told The Sun newspaper that they are "very happy".
The performer – who is of Sri Lankan descent – has also sang with Van Morrison and Rod Stewart in her musical career.
6ft 7in Pointless star Richard Osman finds love with 5ft singer Sumudu Jayatilaka
