Awful TikTok Family Is Making Millions By Lying About Height

TikTok star Marie Tamara and her family falsely claim extreme heights, gaining millions of views and making substantial income despite exposed lies.

Key Takeaways

Marie Tamara and her family exaggerate their heights for social media fame and financial gain.
Public records and videos reveal inconsistencies and outright lies in their height claims.
Despite backlash, their audience and income have grown, showing how controversy can fuel social media success.
The mother’s actual height and basketball background are verified, contrasting with other fabricated claims.
The father’s height is the only consistently truthful measurement among the family.

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Are the heights claimed by Marie Tamara and her family true?

No, the heights claimed by Marie and her family are largely fabricated. Public records and videos show that many of their height claims are exaggerated or false.

What is the actual height of Marie Tamara?

Marie Tamara has stated in multiple videos that she is around 6 feet 1 inch to 6 feet 3 inches tall, which is significantly shorter than her initial claims of nearly 7 feet.

How has the family benefited from these height exaggerations?

Despite the lies, the family has gained millions of views, a large following, and substantial income, reportedly making six-figure earnings monthly through TikTok and paid content.

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This is the extremely tall family of TikTok star Marie Tamara. Their heights are seven foot five, seven foot nine, six foot three, seven foot ten, and seven foot flat. Only, these numbers are a complete and utter lie. None of them are actually this tall, and everybody has begun to notice it. Let me show you how.

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actually this tall and everybody has begun to notice it let me show you how Murray began on social media by detailing her life as a very tall woman she posted a video such as this one talking about the struggles of finding

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Marie began on social media by detailing her life as a very tall woman. She posted a video such as this one, talking about the struggles of finding dresses which fit, before concluding with a self-confident message showing that she was comfortable in her own skin. In other videos, Marie joked about dancing with the short king because he's the only one at the club not intimidated by her height.

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her height so exactly how tall was she well considering she could hold her feet above doorways and refrigerators it seems she was close to seven feet however she'd reveal in a different video that she was actually six foot one

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So, exactly how tall was she? Well, considering she could hold her feet above doorways and refrigerators, it seems she was close to seven feet. However, she'd reveal in a different video that she was actually six foot one.

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you grow where yet the likelihood that she'd had some unexpected overnight growth spurt was low given she was already 27 at the time of posting the video what seemed more likely was that Murray's height was being embellished to

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Marie then restated that she was six foot one in a different TikTok video. However, only one day after claiming this, she'd post a new video in which it appeared she'd grown another inch. Wait, you're six foot two now? Did you grow where?

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I'm six foot two and dating is almost impossible I'm tired of being called a man some clarity was then provided when Marie introduced her even taller six foot five mother to the videos although what Marie failed to disclose was that

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Yet, the likelihood that she'd had some unexpected overnight growth spurt was low, given she was already 27 at the time of posting the video. What seemed more likely was that Marie's height was being embellished to make her situation seem more interesting, with the sudden change instantly reducing how much the audience trusted her.

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information there's an article from April 2016 explaining that she played University basketball in 1981 which exposed another lie that the mother was a WNBA player considering the WNBA wasn't even founded until 15 years later in 1996. although in possibly the first

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What is your actual height? Each of your TikToks seemed to say something different. Yet, Marie stood strong with her previous claim in an article reading, "I'm six foot two, and dating is almost impossible. I'm tired of being called a man."

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public sporting records confirming her height but we'll get to that later with the videos between Marie and her mother going viral the rest of the family was then introduced as the tallest family on Tick Tock where Marie established her

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Some clarity was then provided when Marie introduced her even taller six foot five mother to the videos. Although what Marie failed to disclose was that her mother is a little more famous than the audience might have realized.

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incentivizing them to continue making content they do a bunch of unique videos like showing their shoe sizes and talking about their weight at Birth yet it was there how tall are the kids and the things we make look small videos

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In a previous video, it had been mentioned that the mum was a former professional basketball player. Therefore, by Googling her name, Christine Tamara, it's not difficult to find a bunch of public information.

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made more than six figures in her very first month this was Then followed by a New York Post article two months later reading Tamara says she now rakes in an average of a hundred and eighty nine thousand dollars per month and once

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There's an article from April 2016 explaining that she played university basketball in 1981, which exposed another lie that the mother was a WNBA player, considering the WNBA wasn't even founded until 15 years later in 1996.

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two and Troy was the tallest at six foot ten it felt as though the truth had finally been established until all of a sudden Marie had grown another inch and was now six foot three dude I swear I

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Although in possibly the first true Todd and Marie Tamara's channel, the article confirmed that the mother was, in fact, six foot five. Yet, it'd be pretty dumb to lie about this considering it's public record.

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was offering no such video instead Marie continued to claim that she was now six foot three with the trend so far already hinting at what was about to happen instead Marie skips seven whole inches to make the claim that she was now six

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What Marie failed to realize is that there are also public sporting records confirming her height, but we'll get to that later.

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six three then six two now six ten yet the backlash against her lies seemed to have no impact on her follow account and if anything continuing to lie only boosted the family's presence further three months after claiming that she'd

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With the videos between Marie and her mother going viral, the rest of the family was then introduced as the tallest family on TikTok, where Marie established her brother Shane at six foot nine, her second brother Troy at six foot ten, and her father Mike at six foot three.

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on YouTube on top of this Marie would post a tick tock stating that the family was now making eight hundred thousand dollars per month leading her to buy 245 000 Aston Martin although she then state that she was apparently too big to fit

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Yeah, well, that's assuming they were all telling the truth.

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6-1 now she's seven feet bro however in order to make it believable look she'd also need to scale up everybody else in the family so her brother Troy became seven foot seven her other brother Shane became seven foot five while the mother

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The video of the family exploded, gaining over 4 million views, incentivizing them to continue making content. They do a bunch of unique videos like showing their shoe sizes and talking about their weight at birth.

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million views on one single Tick Tock stating I'm not that tall when I'm with my mom in which the mother's height had been embellished yet again from seven foot two to seven foot five in the next video the mother had grown another inch

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Yet, it was there, "How tall are the kids?" and "The things we make look small" videos which performed the best, gaining over 20 million views each.

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point at a height of 229 centimeters or seven foot six Marie Tamara's Mum would be the second tallest woman currently alive the second tallest woman in American history and the 11th tallest woman ever recorded yet she's nowhere to

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The family then made a dedicated Instagram called Team Tamara before Marie, Shane, and even the mother began doing paid content, with Marie stating in a WFAN interview that she made more than six figures in her very first month.

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when called out for the light in a comment reading bro you are not seven foot you are six foot two Marie responded by pulling out a tape measure to some arbitrary length before holding it up against her shoulder and claiming

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This was then followed by a New York Post article two months later reading, "Tamara says she now rakes in an average of $189,000 per month and once banked $295,000 in a single 30-day period."

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who simply wrote I'm 6'2 and have no problem doing it the only evidence Marie had to prove that she was actually seven foot was that she stood about a head taller than her dad however even this was a lie as Marie had sent simply

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This gave the family a very strong incentive to not only keep going but to perhaps embellish their height even further.

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it's obvious Marie is wearing heels and is possibly even standing on something when your ankles are mid-calf on the person next to you hmm the only time a race showed herself standing on flat ground was in the videos where her

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Although since they'd already posted multiple videos each claiming that Marie was the shortest at six foot two and Troy was the tallest at six foot ten, it felt as though the truth had finally been established.

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video Marie claimed that she couldn't fit inside a shower yet her ankles are almost as high as the on off Tab while in this video it's obvious that she's simply standing on the edge of the bath and she's not the only person in the

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Until all of a sudden, Marie had grown another inch and was now six foot three.

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pinned post Shane has his basketball stats list tested in which it confirms that he's 2 meters and six centimeters or six foot nine inches and he's not the only person in the family to have their sporting records online Troy apparently

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Dude, I swear, I can't with this stuff. At first, you're 6-1, then 6-2, and now you're six three? Come on now. One, two, six two a couple of weeks ago. Can we get a six foot three measurement to prove?

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seven foot ten but rather as six foot eight while other basketball websites list his height at six foot nine meaning that he's not only the same height as the other brother but he's at least one foot one in shorter than what's being

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Although the family was offering no such video, instead Marie continued to claim that she was now six foot three, with the trend so far already hinting at what was about to happen.

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Maria The Mastermind of the whole operation whose social media presence is so untruthful she even lies about what kind of men she's into just to make more money stating that she's attracted to five foot nine short Kings while

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Instead, Marie skips seven whole inches to make the claim that she was now six foot ten, at which point the audience simply didn't know what was true: six two or six three or six ten? What? Six ten? Six three? What's the real height?

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three or even six foot two she's rather six feet and one inch tall as was stated in her first few videos the only person whose height hasn't been lied about at any point is the dads at six foot three

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OMG, bro, you change your height in every video. First six three, then six two, now six ten.

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claim that they're a group of seven foot tall Giants earning millions of views and dollars by doing so while irritating the entire world in the process

Topics:Marie TamaraTikTok familyheight liessocial media fraudTikTok controversyheight exaggerationTeam TamaraChristine TamaraTikTok incomebasketball records

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