Robert De Niro was ‘smitten’ with Whitney Houston, but told to ‘stop making a fool’ of himself: author

Whitney Houston's former bodyguard David Roberts claimed in his memoir "Protecting Whitney" that Robert De Niro was smitten the singer. However, Houston's mother, Cissy Houston, quickly intervened.

Roberts was hired in 1988 for the superstar’s UK portion of the "Moment of Truth" world tour. He told Fox News Digital that Houston had one famous fan who made his adoration well known – Robert De Niro. "Mr. De Niro was smitten with Ms. Houston. He kept sending her flowers. I don’t mean a bunch of flowers … it was a room full of flowers. And that was for a few months." Stephanie Nolasco covers entertainment at Foxnews.com.

"Mr. De Niro was smitten with Ms. Houston," he recalled. "He kept sending her flowers. I don’t mean a bunch of flowers . . . it was a room full of flowers. And that was for a few months."