David Roberts, former bodyguard and inspiration for Kevin Costner's character in 'The Bodyguard', shares his heartfelt memories of Whitney Houston and his struggle to balance professionalism with his feelings for her.
The words were carefully composed, as if signifying how deeply meant they were: 'I will love you always.' They were written by none other than Whitney Houston – whose most famous song, of course, carried virtually exactly the same title.
And the recipient of this heartfelt note? The man speaking to me today, former police officer David Roberts, who first became her bodyguard – and then The Bodyguard, the real-life inspiration for Kevin Costner's character in the movie for which Houston is most famous. The softly spoken Welshman, it's clear, still has strong feelings for the late Houston, who died aged just 48 from an overdose in 2012. He was her main source of protection through what was the most high-profile period of her life, 1988-1995. While there was no real-life romance between Roberts and Houston he is honest enough to confess in his memoir, Protecting Whitney, which is published next month, that one evening, when she affectionately laid her head on his shoulder, he would have been tempted to 'give up everything' to change the role from professional to personal, if he had had the chance. Yet, as he tells me in this exclusive interview, he was also clear-eyed enough to know the boundaries. 'As a close protection officer, I was absolutely focused on keeping her safe. If you cross that line, you lose your objectivity and that makes it dangerous for the person you're protecting. 'That was why Frank Farmer and Rachel Marron couldn't be together – he crossed the line and that was the end of him in the capacity of what he was employed to do
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