Lilly Singh says what we're all thinking about the curse of high heels

"Cool cool cool yeah, now take the pain you're feeling and then put it at a 45 degree angle for three hours."
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Lilly Singh says what we're all thinking about the curse of high heels
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Hands up if you hate high heels. *Shoots both hands up in the air as high as I can reach.*

Sorry, but high heels are the absolute worst. They make your feet ache for hours on end. They leave blisters and cuts. They can even make your feet bleed. All power to you if you like wearing them, though.

Lilly Singh feels the same way about heels. "If I'm not wearing sneakers, you'll probably catch me wearing slippers," the A Little Late host said in a high-heel-themed monologue. "That's how I know I'd never play Cinderella. If a prince ever showed up like, 'oh you lost your heel,' I'd be like, 'I left it there on purpose.'"

"One of the most annoying things I've had to deal with is men complaining to me that their dress shoes hurt. I'm like, 'cool cool cool yeah, now take the pain you're feeling and then put it at a 45 degree angle for three hours,'" Singh added. "And then try walking in the grass in your stilettos. And then go to a beach wedding. And then would you look at that, the elevator's broken, guess you gotta take the stairs."

She's not wrong.

Rachel Thompson, sits wearing a dress with yellow florals and black background.
Rachel Thompson
Features Editor

Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.

A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.

Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.


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