EXCLUSIVE: Reality Tidbit catches up with Kendall Jenner’s former bodyguard this fall. Simon Newton worked with the model in her early days of fame. She is now recognized as the highest paid model in the world. When Simon worked with her, she was a teenager and attending London Fashion Week, sitting next to Anna Wintour.
As Kendall Jenner’s modeling career has gone from strength to strength, her increased fame comes with more safety risks, naturally. That’s where security professionals like Simon Newton come in. He tells Reality Tidbit what it was like working with The Kardashians star and what the protocol was when she arrived in London as his client.
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Kendall Jenner faced many ‘safety threats’ as a celebrity
As Kendall’s former security guard chats with Reality Tidbit this fall, he explains how things may have changed for her now that she’s in her 20s.
When Simon worked with Kendall, he details that “crowd gathering” is one of the biggest threats to her safety.
“Nothing violent,” she adds, but explains that there were many fans who wanted to take photos or meet Kendall when they saw her in public.
Speaking of potential “risks” to the Hulu star’s safety, Simon says they may be “higher today” given how famous she is.
He faced “the same threats as any celebrity,” Simon says, but “nothing direct.”
The eager fans and paparazzi were among some of the biggest challenges in working with Kenny, he explains.
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Bodyguard explains security protocol for the model
Security guard and ex-soldier Simon explains how he worked with Kendall during two London Fashion Weeks.
Speaking about how things work when protecting a megastar like Kendall, he tells us that he picks her up at the airport “the minute she walks by,” adding, “We grab them from there right away.”
Security guards generally “try to use private terminals just for convenience,” Simon explains.
He adds that celebrities often have a “handler” who works for the airline to “escort them from the plane to their seat after passing through security.”
After serving four years as a soldier in the British Army, Simon never planned to work in celebrity security.
But his career has seen him protect the security of big names such as Kendall, Bella Hadid and Michael Jackson.
He currently works in a different field and runs Simon Newton London, a fashion brand.
He has also just finished filming a movie called Rise Of the Footsoldier Ibiza.
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