14 Celebrity Bodyguards Stories Secrets
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Reddit user seemeatthezoo asked the community, "As a bodyguard, who was your best and/or worst person you had to protect?" Here's what they had to say:
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Disclaimer: We can't confirm 100% of these stories, but some of these people are supposedly speaking from their own experiences as bodyguards for famous people.
1.
John Cena
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"When I was younger, I worked security, and I had to escort John Cena somewhere. I was told not to let any fans near him. A fan saw him and asked for an autograph, prompting more fans to approach him. He said it was fine to let them near him and signed an autograph for every single fan. He apologized for making me wait and gave me a Snickers chocolate bar when we got to his dressing room. This was when he was new on the scene and not very popular, but I will always remember that about him. When people say he's a nice guy, they are not exaggerating."
—u/SayAllenthing
2.
Eminem
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"I was a bodyguard for Eminem from spring 2000 (right before The Marshall Mathers LP was released) until about the fall of 2004 (right around the release of Encore). I can write a book about it. You would never have guessed that Eminem was a celebrity. He was exceedingly humble, somewhat awkward, and rarely a jerk to people. He treated all of his staff, ranging from sound engineers to those who prepared food at the studio, very kindly and well. He never used his celebrity status to bully or throw contempt towards others, and actually shied away from it. Eminem's younger half-brother, Nate, though, was a different story and used his relationship with Eminem to get him passes everywhere and into a different woman's pants every night."
"I do want to say, it is extremely important to never judge celebrities or make assumptions about them or what they do because they totally can (and many totally do) lose their minds with the exorbitant amount of fame and excess they are exposed to."
—u/asaph23
3.
Mark Wahlberg
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"I helped protect Marky Mark (Mark Wahlberg) and the Funky Bunch from fans during a show. We basically had to hold the line and take passed-out girls over to the EMTs. I really had no business being out there, since I was pretty scrawny and only 15, but my friend's dad was running the party. I got to meet Marky Mark (who was super friendly), and he threw a mean handshake where all I could do was stay loose and go with it. Then, we ate some fried chicken with the group backstage. The end."
—u/pj2d2
4.
Ludacris
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"I worked at a concert venue when I was in college, and had to guard the dressing rooms and escort the acts to the stage. I never had a bad experience. One time, Ludacris smoked out his entire room, and the only time I have ever been high was from the contact high from standing next to the door."
—u/GolfFan
5.
Frankie Muniz
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"I was volunteering at my friend's college. They do this concert event every year. I had nothing better to do, so I helped set up and got front-row seats for the comedians. Most of the talent wasn't very famous, but Frankie Muniz's band, Kingsfoil, was playing there that night. These college girls were really excited to see Frankie. I'm a lesbian, but I guess I could say he is attractive. And he is famous, so there's that. I don't know where the guys in our volunteer group went, but when it came time for the autographs/pictures, they were long gone. I'm a very tall lady, and I've been told I'm intimidating, so when our leader saw the guys were gone, I was told to guard both Kingsfoils..."
"You'd think it wouldn't be that big of a deal, but I had never done anything like that before. I actually had to shove girls out of the way, which I felt conflicted about doing. It was really hectic. They were probably drunk, I don't know. But yeah, I didn't get to personally meet Frankie, but from what I could tell, he was a really cool guy."
—u/[deleted]
6.
Bruce Willis
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"When a certain Die Hard star was filming in our city (with his Demi-star wife), they stayed at the hotel where I worked. Their armed guards (plural) stood at the door to their suite until the end of their shift, at which time they came down to have a drink at the bar across the street, where the hotel employees all 'refreshed' after work. They were very entertaining and generous guys who knew what they did was 'silly,' but they managed to stay respectful of their 'bosses.' They laughed at the fact that a turkey sandwich from room service was the biggest threat they had ever faced."
—u/SulliedVoice
7.
KISS (band)
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"I worked for KISS backstage by the dressing rooms. These four random bros came through the stair doors with backstage passes, and they asked to go into the dressing roo