Whitney Houston's bodyguard reveals he almost 'gave up everything' to be her lover Whitney Houston's former bodyguard was tempted to "give up everything" to become the singer's lover.
The troubled singer died of a drug overdose in 2012 at the age of 48 and her former minder David Roberts, 73, on whom the 1992 movie The Bodyguard is loosely based, has now opened up about how he grew so close to the star while protecting her he considered crossing the line from her protector to romantic partner.
Welsh-born David, who was Whitney's bodyguard from 1988 to 1995, opened up about being tempted to "give up everything" to change the nature of their relationship: "If you cross that line, you lose your objectivity, and that makes it dangerous for the person you're protecting.
He also revealed he still has a note that Houston wrote him more than 35 years ago, adding: "It was a Post-it note and she pushed it under the door of my room at the Regency Hotel in Hong Kong in 1988.
That was why Frank Farmer (Kevin Costner's character in The Bodyguard) and Rachel Marron (Whitney’s role in the film) couldn't be together.".
