INSIDE there are heels/insert lifts.
It is quite obvious when he walks. LOL That is quite a lot of lift too. He should just be himself. It is okay to be a short jackazz.
I have lifts in one of my pairs of boots because otherwise my outer-ankles are rubbed to oblivion. There are reasons to use them other than a desire for more height.
Granted, I’m 5’2” and 110#, but still.