We’re always sent down a bit of a rabbit hole when it comes to celebrity dating histories. Seriously, it’s sometimes shocking to discover which famous star dated another well-known celeb, or which of Hollywood’s biggest names are seemingly able to keep their relationships as private as possible — so much so that we’re truly dumbfounded when we learn which stars have been linked to each other. Most recently, we genuinely can’t get over Bradley Cooper’s dating history. Then, there’s another type of celebrity relationship, and it involves dating people they’ve worked with.
There are quite a few high-profile celebs who’ve dated or been linked to their bodyguards. We were genuinely surprised by some of the names on this list, as we’re sure you will be too. Take for instance Pamela Anderson’s most recent marriage to Dan Hayhurst. The couple married in 2020, only to announce their divorce in early 2022. How did they meet? Hayhurst was Anderson’s bodyguard.
Of course, Anderson isn’t the only person to date their bodyguard. A few celebs even made the relationship last for quite some time. Following her divorce from Seal, Heidi Klum dated her bodyguard, and they were together for well over a year. Interested in finding out which other celebrities dated or were linked to their bodyguards? Take a look at our round-up!
Kim Kardashian
Long before Kanye West and Pete Davidson, Kim Kardashian’s love featured an unexpected chapter. The Kardashians star had a brief fling with her bodyguard, Shengo Deane, and cameras were rolling to capture the pair’s dinner date back in 2011.
Jennifer Lopez
Not long after Jennifer Lopez’s star rose in Hollywood’s firmament, the multi-hyphenate married Ojani Noa. While the couple was together, Noa served as Lopez’s trainer and bodyguard. They divorced in 1998 after roughly one year of marriage.
Heidi Klum
Following her 2012 divorce from Seal, Heidi Klum started dating her bodyguard Martin Kristen. The couple stayed together for more than a year before they split in 2014.
Scarlett Johansson
For a brief moment in 2012, Scarlett Johansson was linked to one of her bodyguards when they were spotted sunning together on a yacht in the Mediterranean. That same year, however, the actress started dating Romain Dauriac, whom she married in 2014. The couple share a daughter, Rose Dorothy. After their divorce in 2017, Johansson began dating and later married Saturday Night Live‘s Colin Jost, with whom she shares a son.
Kate Gosselin
Kate Gosselin was in a rumored relationship with her bodyguard Steve Neild following her 2009 divorce from husband Jon Gosselin. The details on Kate’s relationship with Neild are pretty murky, though we can’t help but wonder if there was any truth to the persistent tabloid coverage on Kate’s love life.
Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson not only dated but was married to her bodyguard Dan Hayhurst. The two tied the knot in December 2020. But by January 2022, the couple called it quits.
Britney Spears
Britney Spears was rumoredly linked to two of her bodyguards — one in 2008 and one in 2010. Her 2008 romance was allegedly with a former Israeli soldier named Lee. These days, Spears is enjoying newlywed bliss with husband Sam Asghari!
Amy Winehouse
It’s been reported that back in 2009, after her divorce, Amy Winehouse was dating her bodyguard, Neville. Outlets even claimed that Amy told her friends, “He makes me feel safe as he’s big and strong.” Not much else is known, but we do know that if this was true, their relationship did end after a few months, per Little Things.
Princess Stephanie of Monaco
The youngest daughter of Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace Kelly of Monaco, the Princess Stephanie of Monaco, went on to marry her former bodyguard, Daniel Ducruet. They started dating in 1992 before welcoming two children, and marrying on July 1995 at Monaco town hall. Sadly, they divorced a little over a year later.
Princess Diana
So, while this was never explicitly confirmed, it is heavily believed that Princess Diana had an affair with her bodyguard named Barry Mannakee.
In fact, in 1992, Diana said that from 1985 to 1986, she had been “deeply in love with someone who worked in this environment.” She also said, “I was only happy when he was around,” and tragically, that his death was “the biggest blow of my life,” per BBC.
Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor’s final and eighth marriage was to construction-worker-turned-bodyguard, Larry Fortensky. They met when she went to rehab at Betty Ford Clinic in 1988. They instantly fell for one another despite their 20-year age difference and wed at Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch in 1991; and during all of that, eh was her bodyguard.
They were together until 1996, with a few things eroding their marriage. One thing was that the spotlight was too much for him, him telling People, “Those cameras everywhere… Elizabeth was used to it. I never got used to it.” Along with that, Taylor said he stopped working. She told People, “He stopped working. You can’t have love without respect.”
However, they stayed friends until her death in 2011.
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