It's been a weird week around old London town for the man the Guinness Book of World Records calls "The Most Watched TV Star in the World." In town to shoot a commercial for British Internet company Pipex, last Thursday David Hasselhoff, 53, pumped a little iron in the gym at the Sanderson Hotel in London's West End then headed to the washroom for a shave.
The Baywatch icon and Continental singing star worked himself up into such a lather shaving that he managed to smash his head on a low-hanging chandelier. How low WAS this chandelier? Hasselhoff is tall at 6'4", but he isn't Shaq or anything. Maybe this is what they mean by "mini-gym."
Anyway, the notoriously oversized Hasselhoff head struck the fixture with such manly force that shards of glass rained down upon the star, lodging in his exposed right arm and severing a tendon. That is a massive amount of self-inflicted violence.
Hasselhoff spent a night at St. Thomas' Hospital in central London after doctors operated to repair the damage.
So that was pretty strange. But then yesterday, some of the press reported a "drunken" Hasselhoff — who underwent alcohol treatment in 2002 and 2004 — had been booted from the lustrous lawns of Wimbledon for "trying to barge into the tennis players' private bar after an all day drinking session," and that he was "ejected from the ground and told not to bother coming back" for being "absolutely steaming drunk and ... very abusive."
Today all fronts denied the reports. The All England Club, which runs the hallowed tennis event, said no flipping way, stating that "security guards knew nothing of the claims," and that Hasselhoff "wasn't ejected."
He apparently DID try to enter the press area while searching for Court 13, but was "not correctly accredited," according to the All England spokeswoman.
Article comments
— go to most recent comments1 - Dawn
Now that WAS strange.
Fun story!!!
2 - Mark Saleski
no kiddin'! i read this in the paper this weekend and have to say it made as much sense then as now...shaving....smashed chandelier...severed tendon.
wtf! it's like...was mowing the lawn...hungry...made a pb&j sandwich....severely burned hand in rotisserie oven.
3 - Dawn
I like your version better, Mark!
4 - Mark Saleski
it almost makes more sense.
5 - Eric Olsen
that last Dawn message was from me, actually!
6 - Scott Butki
Oh, identity theft from within the same family!
For shame!
I'm sure he was "not ejected" but "asked to leave"
What I want to know is how they figure he is the
most watched tv actor? If they mean because of
the popularity of Baywatch I have to point out that the one person I'm least likely to watch
on the show is Hasselhoff.
7 - Gordon Hauptfleisch
I don't find it so strange that Hasselhoff is involved in a pantomime performance--with the TV volume turned down, that's kind of how I viewed "Baywatch."
8 - Victor Plenty
There were male actors on Baywatch? Odd that I never noticed them.
9 - Eric Olsen
they claim a billion people a week or day or minute or something see him on either Baywatch or Knight Rider, both of which are outstandingly popular in syndication outside of the U.S.
Hasselhoff also was exec producer of Baywatch, so he did quite well for himself.
I honestly don't remember ever seeing an actual episode of either Baywatch or Knight Rider
10 - Aaron Fleming
Haha, that's hilarious. Hopefully he'll come to his senses now and make that Nick Fury sequel we all want, a smack in the cranium is often known to result in such beneficial consequences, just look at Doc Brown and the flux capacitor.
11 - Eric Olsen
superb observation Aaron - thanks!
12 - Thom Nolan
Man, Hasselhoff and that video Hooked on a Feeling is just way strange. Bizarre would be good word for it. And that other one which I think is Get In My Car. Wow, who thinks up that stuff?
Thom Nolan
Summerville, SC
13 - adam
lol he looks like an evil version of regis in that bottom left pic.
14 - Eric Olsen
he looks pretty great for 53, but he is certainly odd
15 - Eric Olsen
that's one I have to see: I see all movies in which Hasselhoff appears but does not star
16 - Loofa
He looks like an angry heatmiser from that Christmas show!!!!!!!!!!!!! He looks really adorable!!!!!!
17 - Eric Olsen
same big head
18 - Mark Saleski
like james vanderbeek.
19 - Eric Olsen
and Jimmy Neutron
20 - Mark Saleski
and phyllis diller
21 - Eric Olsen
and Mr. Potatohead
22 - Gordon Hauptfleisch
and all three of the Pep Boys together.
23 - Eric Olsen
Manny Moe and Jack - they know what you're after
24 - Rebecca
I know it's scary, but he must be doing something right. I read a little over a year ago that his net worth is a bit over the $100 million mark because he owns a hefty portion of the "Baywatch" rights and he's one of the biggest pop stars in German history. (Now that is scary, because I remember being absolutely petrified at the sight of him singing, "Do You Love Me" on Solid Gold in the 1980's). My appologies to the Contours!
25 - Eric Olsen
yes, he was exec producer of Baywatch and owns a big chunk of it - that was a very smart business move