A light-hearted swipe on a dating app has turned into viral internet fodder after a woman claimed she once matched with Zohran Mamdani — now the newly elected Mayor of New York City — on the app Hinge, but rejected him because of his listed height.

In a post on her TikTok account (later shared on X with the caption “Fumble of the century"), the woman wrote: “Randomly remembered the time I matched with Zohran Mamdani on NYC Hinge a few years ago, but didn’t reply to him because his height was listed as either 5’11 or 5’10 and younger me knew that meant he was most likely 5’9. Present me appreciates that he was more honest than most guys on there."

The post quickly gained traction online, with users reacting to the revelation that someone passed up a future major-city mayor over a height l

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