Guest: Simon Newton - Former Bodyguard
Chatabix
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4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2023
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Simon Newton is an ex-bodyguard turned actor with a shedload of juicy stories. He tells us how he went from dressing up as Rocky the Bear to doing military service in Afganistan and being a celeb Bodyguard. He also tells us about walking round Top Shop at midnight with Michael Jackson.
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| 0:00.0 | . |
| 0:30.0 | Hi, you're recording. Yeah, so could you tell us who we're talking to today, Joe? Yes, |
| 0:45.0 | again. We're talking to Simon Newton. I will. And who is Simon Newton? Simon Newton. Who is |
| 0:54.7 | Simon Newton? I'm going to go to his website. I mean, he is a bodybuilder. Obviously, really |
| 1:00.7 | intrigued us. He's he's worked as a bodyguard. Yeah. That's why. Yeah. Yeah. He's done lots |
| 1:08.6 | of things, isn't he? He was in the, yeah, he was a soldier and stuff, isn't he? In a |
| 1:13.6 | rack and stuff like that. Yeah. Yeah. Well, is that like a naughty word of saying? I don't |
| 1:19.5 | know. But basically, we heard about him. He was, he's bodyguard for Michael Jackson. Yeah. |
| 1:26.4 | And that's not beat around the bloody bush. No, that's, that's, that's the, yeah, we heard |
| 1:33.9 | that. I didn't, we didn't hear anything else, did we? Let's talk to him. And also then |
| 1:39.3 | when we were discussing stuff, we want to know what it's like to be a tough nut. Don't |
| 1:43.5 | do it. Yeah. I mean, my thing is just the bodyguard for Michael Jackson is just, you could, |
| 1:49.3 | if we can talk about Dylan O'Deal for hours, you can talk about that for like, what is, |
| 1:56.5 | did you watch the bodyguard when it was on the drama? Whitney Houston. No, the BBC drama. |
| 2:03.0 | Oh, yes, I did. Yeah. Yeah. That's great. It was really good. That's my review. Please |
| 2:10.9 | tell us how that did. Did you watch the BBC drama and did you enjoy it? I'll be honest |
| 2:16.6 | to be it. Simon's got a cracking body. Can you tell that through his clothes, can't you? |
| 2:20.9 | Bloody hell. He really has. Fucking hell. Go down this route quite quickly. |
| 2:27.9 | Bloody hell. Honestly, right. Fucking hell. Oh, okay. Wow. Carry on, David. |
| 2:37.6 | Oh, man. Hello, Simon. Hello, Simon. How are you? I'm good. And we're doing all right. Yeah, |
| 2:47.2 | we're just talking about you. We're just talking about your figure. Oh, I'll be honest with you, |
| 2:50.8 | Simon. I was a little blown away. Well, I mean, it's not like that all year round. Well, |
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