Whitney Houston’s former bodyguard — on whom the 1992 cult traditional movie, “The Bodyguard” was loosely primarily based —is spilling the tea about his time with the late singer and the movie…and what he mentioned simply would possibly shock you.
Talking in a brand new interview over the weekend with the Day by day Mail to advertise his forthcoming memoir “Defending Whitney,” former British policeman David Roberts revealed that the romantic storyline within the film was drawn from his real-life conflicting emotions for the “I Will All the time Love You” singer.
He went on to share that he struggled most with whether or not or to not act on his emotions when Houston as soon as laid her head on his shoulder to relaxation. Explaining how that second tempted him to need to “surrender all the pieces” and go for her and the parallels within the movie, Roberts mentioned:
In the event you cross that line, you lose your objectivity, and that makes it harmful for the individual you’re defending. That was why Frank Farmer [Kevin Costner’s character in ‘The Bodyguard’] 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.
“A lot of what was contained within the movie, she and I really lived by means of. Little particulars corresponding to Rachel holding onto the again of his shirt to flee crowds of followers. That was how we did it,” he continued.
Regardless of these non permanent emotions, Roberts maintained that he at all times took his job critically and shared how most of the threats Houston confronted early on in her profession largely got here from “males who felt let down, embittered and cheated.”
“I put myself between her and people threats. ‘You need to get to Whitney? Go forward and take a look at, see what occurs,’” he mentioned.
In an interview with The Guardian again in 2017, Roberts additionally opened up about working with Houston and shared that he initially didn’t need to tackle the job resulting from his preconceived notions of the trade and stars like her. However fortunately, resulting from her “heat and humorous” character, he quickly modified his tune.
“I used to be singularly impressed by her. The stereotypical attitudes I had of that trade had been utterly dissipated by this refined younger woman,” he mentioned.