A 6ft 7in man has shed light on what life is like as a tall person and how strangers who stare make him feel like a "freak show".

Stephen Brown, a 43-year-old from Basildon reached his current height of 6ft 7in aged just 17 – meaning he has had decades of comments.

He says he can't leave the house without strangers asking “how the weather is up there” or telling him to mind his head.

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The dad-of-three struggles to buy clothes off the rack and is hemmed in on plane seats if he doesn’t pay for extra leg room.

Stephen even goes as far to admit that if there was an operation to make himself shorter, he would have it.

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The professional singer from Basildon said: “Sometimes I feel like I'm in a freak show.

“I went to get my shopping the other day and a woman behind the counter said, 'oh my god, you are tall'.

“She got up from behind the counter to tell everyone to look.

“People ask me for photos and say, 'watch your head mate'.

“Someone called me tree man the other day and I said to him, ‘I will give you that one on originality'.

“I have a sense of humour about it.”

Stephen doesn't blame people for noticing his height but adds how he can't stand some of the unwarranted remarks from strangers.

He said: “I can't do anything about being 6ft 7in.

“People aren't always unkind, but I don't expect strangers to make comments.

“When I interact with people and they don't say anything it makes me warm to them, I think what a great bloke or a great woman.”

Stephen married 5ft 6ins Melanie, 42, in January 2013.

They now have three daughters aged eight, six and four.

However, there were times when he was single, he felt self-conscious of his height.

He said: “When I was single and wanted to chat to a girl, they would say I was too tall.

“If I walk into a pub, I want to just get my drink and sit down like everyone else without being commented on.”

Stephen retains a sense of humour with his mates and finds having to duck under every door frame in his house amusing.

He said: “I am so happy with my life I can look beyond these things.

“I would say I have a great life but if I was 6ft 4in it would be perfect.

“If there was an operation you could have to make you three inches smaller, I would have it.”