Evi Poumpouras, a Greek bodyguard of former US President Bush, father and son, Clinton and Obama, and TV star of the reality show Spy Games, spoke to SKAI and SK Parea about the dangerous profession she followed.
Born in Queens to Greek parents, she started at the New York Police Department and reached the White House as an agent. “I always wanted to serve, to offer something higher, to help. I speak five languages. Training is difficult if you could not be cutClarified the expatriate “iron lady” speaking in Greek.
“My parents instilled in me that I am Greek and what the Greeks have done, that I come from a strong people and from heroes,” he told Korina Georgiou.
“I was not afraid for myself, for my life, but for the lives of others, because I felt responsible,” he said.
“When President Bush’s father visited Greece with his grandchildren for the Olympics, I went a month ago. Real protection is not what you see, it is what you do not see,” he said.
“There was no fixed day… One day I did research, one day I was arrested, every day it changed (the task)” he noted.
Asked if a woman has the “luxury” of becoming a mother, her answer is disarming: “everything happens, maybe not at the same time. I believe when you want something and you love it, the point is to love it, and the people who get into this job love it, it’s something deep, it’s not a job, it’s your life. You find everything … “
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