Whitney Houston’s real-life bodyguard sets record straight on romance after inspiring film The real-life former bodyguard of Whitney Houston has publicly addressed the nature of his relationship with the late singer.
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Warner Br/Everett/Shutterstock (1604865a) Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston 'The Bodyguard' Film - 1992] However, he confirms there was no romantic element to their relationship in the end, unlike in the movie.
Roberts, who has written a memoir – Protecting Whitney: The Memoir of Her Bodyguard – revealed that there was a time he was tempted to ‘give up everything’ and cross the line from professional to personal relationship, if he had had the chance, when the How Will I Know singer ‘affectionately’ laid her head on his shoulder.
Their bond in part inspired her huge 1992 movie The Bodyguard, in which Kevin Costner played bodyguard Frank Farmer to Houston’s musical chart-topper Rachel Marron.
Former policeman David Roberts, a 73-year-old Welshman, worked as a close protection officer for Houston from 1988 until 1995, when she was one of the biggest stars on the planet.
