Protecting Whitney
The Memoir of Her Bodyguard
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4.7 • 6 Ratings
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Publisher Description
David Roberts was Whitney Houston's bodyguard, the real one.
Roberts was hired in 1988 for Houston's UK portion of the Moment of Truth world tour. Accustomed to working for diplomats and Fortune 500 clients, Roberts had reservations about working with a pop star. But Houston's heart of gold won him over from the moment they met at Heathrow Airport.
There's a high bar for those who work in this business: you must be willing to die for your boss. Houston made that easy. Roberts got to travel the globe with one of the most fun-loving and generous souls he'd ever met. His memoir reveals heartwarming anecdotes of life with one of the world's most recognizable stars, including privately shared moments such as the birth of Bobbi Kristina.
But there are also shocking and heartbreaking revelations. Roberts was present for some of Houston's most challenging ordeals. And he was helpless as he watched those who claimed to love and support her look the other way because they saw her voice box as a cash machine.
His heart was ultimately shattered as he witnessed her succumb to the one threat he could not protect her from: herself.
Customer Reviews
Painstakingly Productive
This had to be a painstaking production, opening wounds that should not have been inflicted. A lackluster husband who treated his wife with the disdain of trash heaped into a pile of nothingness. Family members who were more concerned with pay days instead of pray days. Music executives whose brains functioned in dollars without any sense. A mother and father who were concerned with a princess’s worth to the throne instead of the worth of her heart. The crumbling of a heart that gave until it was crushed by the dreams of others instead of the love of self. Protecting Whitney written by a White guy who loved his Black queen by trying to save her life.
Thank you for an excellent conversation making us privy to a life that was doomed from the first note sang. Rest well Queen Whitney and daughter. Hopefully in death your souls will find the love you both deserved.