Whitney Houston might have nearly discovered herself in a real-life romance mirroring that of the characters within the iconic 1992 movie “The Bodyguard,” by which she starred reverse Kevin Costner.
Forward of the discharge of his memoir, “Defending Whitney,” (Chicago Evaluation Press) in January 2025, David Roberts, a former bodyguard for Houston, is revealing a time he thought of risking “all the pieces” to be along with her.
Talking to the Day by day Mail, Roberts recalled a time when the legendary songstress rested her head on his shoulder, and he was “tempted to surrender all the pieces” in hopes of adjusting their relationship from skilled to romantic.
In the long run, he didn’t make a transfer as a result of he was “clear-eyed” sufficient to know the boundaries of his obligation.
“Should you cross that line, you lose your objectivity, and that makes it harmful for the individual you’re defending,” he instructed the publication.
He continued, “That was why Frank Farmer [Kevin Costner’s character] and Rachel Marron [Houston’s character] couldn’t be collectively — he crossed the road and that was the tip of him within the capability of what he was employed to do.”
Roberts served as Houston’s bodyguard from 1988 to 1995, Individuals journal reported. Throughout his tenure, he instructed the Day by day Mail, “A lot of what was contained within the movie, she and I truly lived by.”
He continued, “Particulars resembling Rachel holding onto the again of his shirt to flee crowds of followers. That was how we did it.”
In accordance with Roberts, Houston skilled lots of real-life safety threats he needed to navigate.
“They had been principally [from] males who felt let down, embittered, and cheated,” he instructed the outlet. “It was an ongoing program of continually checking the place these lunatics with delusions and poisoned minds is likely to be. I needed to get it proper 100% of the time — some fool decided to pay money for her solely needs to be profitable as soon as.”
“I put myself between her and people threats. ‘You wish to get to Whitney? Go forward and check out, see what occurs,’” he stated.
Roberts defined that there’s a “skinny line” between a innocent fan and a harmful individual with a “crazed” obsession.
He added, “Should you let any fan, nonetheless seemingly harmless, get by your guard, they might transform a killer. The golden rule is rarely lose sight of your principal and by no means let anybody get near her.”
Based mostly on the writer’s synopsis, “Defending Whitney” delves deeper into Roberts’ expertise as a bodyguard for one of many world’s most well-known ladies. Taking readers by what he witnessed, Roberts revisits the highs, like main profession accomplishments and the beginning of Houston’s solely youngster, Bobbi Kristina Brown, to the lows, just like the megastar’s substance abuse. He grapples along with her demise in 2012 on the age of 48, attributable to a drug overdose and unintentional drowning, finally sharing the story of why it was “simple” to wish to put his life on the road for Houston time after time.
