Whenever celebrity security detail goes sideways, fortunately Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) pioneer Ken Shamrock is waiting in the wings to provide his expert analysis. Indeed, Shamrock, 52, has transitioned from washed up mixed martial arts (MMA) legend to mercenary to the stars, having once provided extra muscle for "high-end" clients such as 50 Cent and, uh, 50 Cent.
So it's no surprise that when Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint this past weekend inside her room at Hotel de Pourtales in Paris, France, by two unidentified jackals who were disguised as police officers, pulling off an estimated $10 million jewelry heist, Shamrock's insight was in deep demand.
The self-proclaimed "World's Most Dangerous Man" breaks it down to TMZ.com:
"I think that there were a lot of mistakes made. When you have that many people that are very popular, and they are traveling — and they only have one guy that they brought with them, to stay with them for 24 hours and then they split up — well, someone is going to have to be left alone. In that situation I think it's a huge mistake. You have to look at the whole picture, too, how much was this an error by security or the celebrities themselves? I don't think that you can blame anybody, I just think that mistakes were made. I wouldn't say, ‘yes,' right away [if Kim Kardashian asked for his help]. I have to make sure I get to know who I am working with and that we have an understanding. They have to be able to work with me — they can't tell me how to work something when I'm on the job. That's why I won't do a whole lot of personal security because I can't get the job done unless they allow me to do it. But, if I was there, I would not have left the hotel — I would have been in the lobby or somewhere in the hallway. And if the confrontation ever happened, they would have never gotten in the room."
Shamrock, of course, never went into detail about how he would have disarmed the two robbers. Or, how he would have also handled additional security for Kardashian's two sisters, who were out on the town with the very large and capable German man who was supposed to protect them all that night, Pascal Duvier.
For what it's worth, no arrests have yet been made in connection with the Kardashian robbery. She was physically unharmed in the incident, but is emotionally "shaken," according to numerous media reports. Meanwhile, Shamrock's condition remains an eternal MMA mystery.
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