Reddit person seemeatthezoo requested the neighborhood, “As a bodyguard, who was your best and/or worst person you needed to shield?” Here is what they needed to say:
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“Once I was youthful, I labored safety, and I needed to ****** John Cena someplace. I used to be instructed to not let any followers close to him. A fan noticed him and requested for an autograph, prompting extra followers to strategy him. He mentioned it was fantastic to allow them to close to him and signed an autograph for each single fan. He apologized for making me wait and gave me a Snickers chocolate bar once we received to his dressing room. This was when he was new on the scene and never very talked-about, however I’ll all the time do not forget that about him. When folks say he is a pleasant man, they don’t seem to be exaggerating.”
2. Eminem
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“I used to be a bodyguard for Eminem from spring 2000 (proper earlier than The Marshall Mathers LP was launched) till in regards to the fall of 2004 (proper across the launch of Encore). I can write a guide about it. You’d by no means have guessed that Eminem was a star. He was exceedingly humble, considerably awkward, and barely a jerk to folks. He handled all of his workers, starting from sound engineers to those that ready meals on the studio, very kindly and properly. He by no means used his movie star standing to bully or throw contempt in direction of others, and truly shied away from it. Eminem’s youthful half-brother, Nate, although, was a special story and used his relationship with Eminem to get him passes in all places and into a special lady’s pants each evening.”
“I do need to say, this can be very essential to by no means decide celebrities or make assumptions about them or what they do as a result of they completely can (and lots of completely do) lose their minds with the exorbitant quantity of fame and extra they’re uncovered to.”
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“I helped shield Marky Mark (Mark Wahlberg) and the Funky Bunch from followers throughout a present. We mainly needed to maintain the road and take passed-out women over to the EMTs. I actually had no enterprise being on the market, since I used to be fairly scrawny and solely 15, however my good friend’s dad was working the occasion. I received to fulfill Marky Mark (who was tremendous pleasant), and he threw a imply handshake the place all I may do was keep unfastened and go along with it. Then, we ate some fried rooster with the group backstage. The tip.”
4. Ludacris
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“I labored at a live performance venue once I was in faculty, and needed to guard the dressing rooms and ****** the acts to the stage. I by no means had a nasty expertise. One time, Ludacris smoked out his whole room, and the one time I’ve ever been excessive was from the contact excessive from standing subsequent to the door.”
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“I used to be volunteering at my good friend’s faculty. They do that live performance occasion yearly. I had nothing higher to do, so I helped arrange and received front-row seats for the comedians. Many of the expertise wasn’t very well-known, however Frankie Muniz’s band, Kingsfoil, was taking part in there that evening. These faculty women have been actually excited to see Frankie. I am a lesbian, however I assume I may say he’s engaging. And he’s well-known, so there’s that. I do not know the place the fellows in our volunteer group went, however when it got here time for the autographs/footage, they have been lengthy gone. I am a really tall woman, and I have been instructed I am intimidating, so when our chief noticed the fellows have been gone, I used to be instructed to protect each Kingsfoils…”
“You’d assume it would not be that massive of a deal, however I had by no means completed something like that earlier than. I truly needed to shove women out of the way in which, which I felt conflicted about doing. It was actually hectic. They have been most likely drunk, I do not know. However yeah, I did not get to personally meet Frankie, however from what I may inform, he was a very cool man.”
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6. Bruce Willis
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“When a sure Die Onerous star was filming in our metropolis (along with his Demi-star spouse), they stayed on the resort the place I labored. Their armed guards (plural) stood on the door to their suite till the tip of their shift, at which era they got here all the way down to have a drink on the bar throughout the road, the place the resort workers all ‘refreshed’ after work. They have been very entertaining and beneficiant guys who knew what they did was ‘foolish,’ however they managed to remain respectful of their ‘bosses.’ They laughed at the truth that a turkey sandwich from room service was the largest risk they’d ever confronted.”
7. KISS (band)
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“I labored for KISS backstage by the dressing rooms. These 4 random bros got here via the stair doorways with backstage passes, and so they requested to enter the dressing room (assuring me they’ve completed it earlier than at a KISS live performance). Effectively, the VIP passes for the crew had little stickers we needed to verify for, and as I used to be checking, two of the fellows simply went into the dressing room Gene Simmons was in.”
“I went to get them, however the stage supervisor was already shoving them out, after which proceeded to scream at me. I attempted to clarify that I used to be checking the passes, however they only barged in, and he saved berating me.
Gene Simmons got here to the door and mentioned, ‘It is okay, don’t fret.’ The fellows have been lengthy gone, however the SM despatched me to a special put up exterior Paul Stanley’s room as an alternative. He was an superior dude. We chatted for a few minutes a few fantasy novel I used to be studying. So, the band was superior (the SM not a lot).”
8. Shaq
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“My most humorous bodyguard job was for Shaq. He got here into my membership, and I used to be assigned to him. I used to be 6’5, 230 lbs on the time, and he made me look so brief. It was simply humorous that he made me appear to be a baby, nevertheless it was my job to ‘shield’ him. Nothing wild occurred — I simply needed to hold folks from attempting to stroll up and take footage/harass him all evening.”
9. David Arquette
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“I did safety for the MTV seashore home in summer season 2002, and years later, I met David Arquette at Reggae on the River. He took some footage with us, served some beer, after which determined to climb on high of the empty kegs. I yelled at him to get down as a result of the pyramid of empty kegs was NOT sturdy.”
10. Robert Duvall
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“Robert Duvall was a wonderful, glorious man. He saved a guide with him, and when he ate at eating places, he logged it so he knew the place to eat, the place to not eat, and what to order. Sooner or later, he had a pleasant lunch at a small joint and was nearly to get the verify when somebody lastly acknowledged him. There have been solely about 20 folks in there, and solely 10 needed an autograph (this was a time earlier than cellphone cameras). The others simply merely took a handshake.”
11. John McCain
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“Once I was in highschool, a state division safety guard got here and talked to my class. He offered safety every time members of Congress went abroad. Throughout the 2008 election, John McCain went to Iraq to go to the troops, and when planning the journey, McCain pointed to the map and mentioned, ‘What about right here? Can we go to this base?’ The safety guard responded, ‘No, that is exterior of the secure zone.’ McCain was like, ‘It is okay — I am prepared to threat myself for the troops since they accomplish that for us.'”
“The safety guard responded, ‘I am not risking MY guys simply so you may make a political grandstand for the election.’ We later requested him who the worst individual to take care of was. He appeared again at his PowerPoint image of McCain, smiled, and mentioned, ‘Oh, no person is admittedly that unhealthy…'”
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12. Dan Marino
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“There was a Tremendous Bowl occasion the place each NFL star ever confirmed up for a proper dinner. Dan Marino came upon that we had been instructed to not converse to the expertise except spoken to, and stayed behind to signal autographs for as many individuals as he may discover. He’d signal a soccer, then make you ‘exit for a go,’ and he’d throw it to you. It was the neatest transfer ever — it removed the followers.”
13. Peter Cullen
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“I had the pleasure of guarding Peter Cullen at a conference (he is the voice of Optimus Prime and Eeyore). Once I arrived on website, I had no concept who I used to be guarding or what the conference was. I walked in, and I spotted I used to be with my folks. After I came upon I used to be guarding Peter Cullen I used to be overvalued. He was one of many nicest guys I’ve ever met; he actually cared in regards to the followers. Individuals would inform him tales in regards to the impression he had on them as Optimus Prime and Eeyore, and he took it to coronary heart and gave out hugs when he noticed that they wanted it. He appeared over the presents that he acquired and truly appreciated them. Whereas within the again room, he requested for milk and Swiss Chalet…”
“The factor that caught me off guard was the truth that he didn’t like swearing. He was consistently making jokes from the again and requested me to take a seat within the inexperienced room and take a break. I ended up staying an additional hour on the conference simply to listen to him talk about his experiences and reply fan questions.”
14. And Pope John Paul II
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“The best individual I did safety for was Pope John Paul II. He was humorous as hell when he came upon I used to be an atheist. He laughed and mentioned, ‘How do you are feeling about defending me?’ and I replied, ‘Effectively, not less than I do know if I die defending you and I used to be improper about God, it could undoubtedly put an enormous notch within the good class.’ He laughed, provided to bless me, and I let him.”
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