American Inventor - Peter Jones needs armed bodyguards
Wednesday, 27 February 2008
Peter Jones has to be protected 24 hours a day while filming the 'American Inventor.'
He is also a judge on BBC's 'Dragons' Den.'
Peter told The Sun: "I've been branded the British Mr Nasty. It's quite difficult when you get typecast. I think Simon Cowell has found it hard.
"The Americans think the British are really evil. It hit home when out of the four judges on American Inventor, I was the only one given an armed guard. I had two round the clock and when we were travelling from city to city doing the first round of auditions, they were outside my hotel room every night."
Peter also told The Sun about a stalker: "He came to the hotel and tried to get my room number and was caught down in reception. It didn't scare me, because although you need to be cautious I knew I had a guard with a gun outside my door. I didn't even think I was being that insulting to people.
"Simon has had a stalker and similar problems to me. It goes with the territory."
