If You Need A Distraction From, Well, Everything, This British Star Is Going Viral After He Shared A Photo With His Surprisingly Tall Son — And It’s Reminding People Of The “Golden Age” Of Twitter

It’s fair to say that reactions to the presidential election are dominating our social media feeds at the moment. However, amid all of the politics, another story has been breaking through on X, formerly known as Twitter, and it’s much more lighthearted — to say the least.

In the photo, Dan has his arm around his dad — who is barely as tall as his shoulder. Gary’s wife, Dawn Andrews, and their youngest daughter Emily, 15, are also in the family picture and drastically shorter than Dan.

Before long, the conversation surrounding Gary’s tall son had taken on a life of its own on X, with many other users sharing photos of Gary in good-humored relation to his son’s height.

Another shows a photo of Gary in front of some green foliage, with the caption reading: “gary barlow on the way to visit his son, who lives at the top of a beanstalk.”

And in a photo of Gary with his hand in the air, somebody wrote: “Gary Barlow holding his son’s hand to cross the road.”

While a picture of Gary partially concealed by a black window as he gets into a car is captioned with: “Gary Barlow behind his sons sunglasses.”

“It’s been nearly a full day and I haven’t seen a single one of you doing it so I’ll do it my fucking self,” another user wrote. “Gary Barlow and Gary Barhigh.”

“You think you’re gonna give up with Twitter because it’s all got a bit shouty & then suddenly Gary Barlow’s son bursts onto the scene & you think this might be the very pinnacle of human existence,” somebody else wrote.

Another tweeted: “The reason I still love Twitter is because it can still give you times like this evening with this Gary Barlow’s son stuff. It’s glorious.”

While one more quipped: “Thank you Gary Barlow’s massive son for making Twitter feel like home again.”

And it seems as though Gary is in on the joke, with he himself making light of the height difference between him and Dan in the past.

But perhaps the biggest plot twist of all is the fact that Dan isn’t actually as exceptionally tall as he may look, with the difference in size only being exemplified by Gary’s shorter stature.