Throughout his lifetime, Simon Newton has had quite the career. From serving in the British Army to being a bodyguard for celebrities including Michael Jackson and Kendall Jenner, his career has gone from strength to strength.
Now an actor, Simon has opened up about his time working as a professional bodyguard and how a chance opportunity in 2003 saw his career take a very different turn. “I was out in Iraq in 2003 and I got offered a job for a private security company back in London, and I took it so I had to leave to take that job,” he tells OK!. “The first [celebrity he worked with] was [Michael] Jackson.
I was actually working in Afghanistan at the time, so I did Michael Jackson on one of my four weeks off. I was in between the hostile environment and working in the UK.” But despite working for some of the biggest celebrities on the planet, Simon has never been starstruck by any of his clients.
Given the importance of his role, it’s crucial that he remains professional at all times. “I've never been starstruck, to be honest, but it definitely made life a lot easier,” Simon says. “Even when I was younger I never really had a hero or anything like that, you know?
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