Bet You Didn’t Know: Secrets Behind The Making Of “The Bodyguard”

Art imitating life

Unfortunately, Whitney Houston could relate to her character a little too well. In an interview in 1992, she said that her life had also been threatened.

“That’s something that you have bodyguards to take care of. You try not to become involved in that because it can prevent you from doing what you do best. If you told me that somebody just sent me a letter ‘Whitney, they’re going to kill you before you step out on that stage, I’d have to think a couple of times about that and say ‘Whitney do you really want to do this show.’ I’ve had that happen to me. I’ve had someone write me a letter, somehow it got to me. It said that they were going to kill me in the last couple seconds of my show. And they weren’t going to miss. To me, I don’t know. If you want me, you’re gonna get me. If you want to kill me, you’re gonna kill me. You don’t have to threaten me to tell me you’re going to kill me. If somebody wants you they’re going to get you. They might not get you but they’re going to come after you. Nobody’s going to tell you I’m going to kill you, they’re going to kill you. You have bodyguards who are able to sense that. It’s something that it’s not really my job to do that.”