What’s That I Hear? Trouble Knocking Once Again?

It wasn’t too long ago, that we reported that David Hasselhoff aka The Hoff  had once again fell off the wagon.

Who can forget Hoff in a drunken stupor laying on the floor eating a hamburger and his daughter Taylor filming the whole thing. In the  sad video, you can hear his daughter pleading with him and asking him to promise her that he will stop drinking.

Well I guess her wishes are trashed once again. As Hoff got totally trashed at Simon Cowell’s b-day bash recently.
He was SO trashed, that Hoff tried to punch his assistant because his assistant called for help. Hoff missed the assistant, and punched a doctor by mistake. He was then locked up in the hotel basement until the ambulance arrived.
Bravo Hoff! Way to go!

So I guess when he means don’t hassle the Hoff, you best not hassle the Hoff!

Eonline reported:

America’s Got Talent judge David Hasselhoff clearly has a talent…for bad publicity, if nothing else. According to reports, the Baywatch bruiser and popular-in-Germany crooner had too much to drink and slugged the doctor at his London hotel after returning from Simon Cowell’s birthday bash.

The semi reliable New York Post and the oft-dubious U.K. Sun report that Hasselhoff was actually trying to slug his assistant for calling the doctor. According to a source close to the actor, “David was furious and lashed out at him—but he mistakenly hit the doctor.”

The source added that, “David is very hard to handle when he drinks, often very emotional and aggressive. On this occasion he…was becoming a real pain to the staff.”

Hasselhoff reportedly had to be locked in the hotel basement until an ambulance arrived, according to the Sun. He was later taken to London’s Capio Nightingale Hospital, where he reportedly spent two nights in a private room before being released yesterday.
Stay tuned.

“Stay tuned” for what?
There have been SO many reports of Hoff crawling back into that bottle. He was denied boarding a plane at London’s Heathrow airport a while back because he was so lit. Of course his reps denied he was drunk.

He was recently hospitalized because he was found dizzy and unstable. His reps again denied he was drinking and said that the rumors were “complete fabrications” and that Hoff was taking anti nausea drugs for recovering alcoholics.
Uh… sorry, I am not buying it.

To continually hear that Hoff is not getting any better is just sad. Hoff has a huge following, especially in Germany and I am sure his fans are rooting for him to kick that bottle to the curb.

There are also many Knight Rider fans out there. Too bad Kitt wasn’t around to tell Hoff to knock it off. Maybe he would listen to Kitt. Nothing else has worked.

I always thought Hoff was a big goofball, but of course I still wish him the best. He has two beautiful daughters who need him to be a responsible father. Or at least awake at the very least.
But so far, he continues to jump off the wagon.

So back to his recent escapade…

The superficial, another source wrote:

The bender began at the weekend when the US actor joined about 400 A-listers at X Factor supremo Simon Cowell’s posh birthday party. He got smashed and was escorted out of a side door and back to the hotel.
A source close to the star said: “David is very hard to handle when he drinks, often very emotional and aggressive. On this occasion he became so drunk he wet his hotel bed – ruining two mattresses – and was becoming a real pain for staff. His assistant Joe Townley was so concerned he called out a doctor. David was furious and lashed out at him – but mistakenly hit the doctor.
“They decided they had no option but to lock him in the basement until an ambulance arrived.”

Well Hoff is definitely off my holiday party guest list this year. *snicker*

But seriously, Hoff’s reps can’t keep lying for him. It becomes more than obvious that he has not stopped drinking. You can only cry wolf so many times.

Hey Hoff, once again….
Please get your sh*t together. Climb back on that wagon, there is plenty of room.
If not for yourself, then at least do it for your two beautiful daughters.

The Hoff Struts His Stuff

David Hasselhoff, now 56, is best known for his 80’s roles on TV action show, “Baywatch” (or Babewatch as it’s affectionately known) and “Knight Rider.” David, back in his heyday could be seen  strutting his stuff on the beach with bikini-clad bimbos like Pamela Anderson, or chatting with his futuristic car KITT, who helped him fight crime and solve mysteries These days though, life’s handed “the Hoff” some rotten lemons and the Hoffster’s not making lemonade.

First a little background on Hoff. (And since he has done just about everything but run for president, I can’t possibly do the man’s career justice with this tiny article).

He starred on the daytime soap,” The Young and The Restless,” and even had some top ten songs. One did particularly well in Germany in 1989 and it was called “Looking for Freedom”, which coincided with the fall of the Berlin Wall. 

The Hollywood Walk of Fame bares his star and in 2006, he was a celebrity judge on “America’s Got Talent.” Hasselhoff also wrote a book called  Making Waves, which was released in the UK and has starred in a myriad of films, TV shows, plays and the list goes on and on. In fact, check out his IMDB listing for all the details on his career. Essentially, it is safe to say that Hoff has done just about everything and he has millions of devoted fans to show for it.

Also on the credit side for “The Hoff” are his two beautiful daughters, Taylor-Ann, 19 as of today (happy b-day Taylor) and 16-year old Hayley. In 2006, he filed for divorce due to “irreconcilable differences” and now he shares joint custody of his kids with his ex-wife, Pamela Bach.  That seems to be where the trouble started and Hoff really started “Making Waves” in the news over the past couple of years with his ongoing love affair with the “sauce”. 

Based on news reports and tabloid coverage, David’s life began to unravel publicly after he was allegedly kicked out of the All England Club at Wimbledon and later was again allegedly denied boarding on British Airways at Heathrow, because he was too intoxicated. I use the word allegedly so often, because his spokespeople have denied ALL these allegations, including David himself claiming he “doesn’t drink anymore.”

Unfortunately for David, far more evidence has shown him to be climbing in and out of the bottle enough times to make us question the veracity of that statement, including a damaging (and pitiful) video taken by his own children in an effort to help him get the treatment he obviously needs.

The latest bad PR to hit Hasselhoff had him “allegedly” hospitalized with alcohol poisoning on May 3rd. This out-of-control drinking binge (which supposedly had him registered with a blood alcohol content of .39) merely supports the infamous drunken video filmed by daughter Taylor-Ann which hit YouTube at breakneck speed in 2007. The fallout from this video caused a major media blitz and visitation woes for the Hoff with his daughters. I will get to the video later…

Daily News’ Issie Lapowsky writes:

David Hasselhoff’s hospitalization after a night of drinking has descended into an (alleged) he said-she said battle.

Early reports stated that the former “Baywatch” hunk, who has suffered from alcohol abuse, was found unconscious on Saturday night with a .39 blood alcohol level. The Hoff was foaming at the mouth – a sign of alcohol poisoning – when his daughter Hayley discovered him and rushed him to the hospital, according to RadarOnline.com.

But the actor’s lawyers tells TMZ the story has been exaggerated, blaming Hasselhoff’s ex-wife Pamela Bach for the drama which, he says, is “in violation of the court’s order precluding contacting the media regarding her ex husband.”

Hasselhoff’s rep says the star had been drinking when he got in an argument with Hayley. He had also been feeling ill, his flack says, and reportedly walked himself to his car and was driven to the hospital.

Hasselhoff was released from the hospital on Monday, and, according to his spokeswoman, is “fine and well and happy.” His lawyers later released a statement to “Extra,” saying the actor was “disturbed and saddened by the fact that a certain individual is disseminating grossly inaccurate stories about him to the press for ulterior motives.”

Hasselhoff raised eyebrows in 2007 when a video of the actor drunkenly eating a cheeseburger leaked online. The video was shot by his daughter, who begged him off-camera to stop drinking.

Hasselhoff’s lawyer has reportedly vowed to take Bach to court over the story.

Too bad Hoff didn’t have his side kick car KITT with him. I am sure the soothing voice of William Daniels (the voice behind KITT which is now available on GPS, seriously) would have made sure that Hoff tossed his keys and put down the booze.

On a more serious note….. let’s talk about that infamous and wholly unflattering video which I have watched for myself.

The entire scene was beyond repulsive. Witnessing a once dignified “Hoff” eating a cheeseburger off the floor in his Vegas hotel room, in a state of undress and utterly incoherent is sad enough (I don’t think I can look at a burger from Wendy’s ever again) but even more disturbing is the fact that his daughter Taylor-Ann was playing nurse maid while filming her father in state no child should ever witness their parents in.  Taylor, forced to take on the role of parent is telling her father:
“Dad you need to promise me your not going to get alcohol tonight.” She continued to warn him that he will lose his job (he was playing the part of Roger De Bristo in the Vegas production of The Producers) if the doctor finds any alcohol in his system the next morning.  She goes on to say that if he continued to drink, she would not talk to him anymore and she would disown him, because it wasn’t fair to her or the family. Out of the mouths of babes!

Even stranger (and perhaps sadder) is Taylor filmed her dad supposedly because he asked her to. He wanted to see what he looked like when he falls off the wagon, and what a fall it was. But I guess either the video didn’t have enough impact on the Hoff, or he is not having luck with fighting his demons.

Children of alcoholics endure so much pain and suffering. It’s a tragedy when children switch roles and play the parent to their alcoholic parents.  It makes them grow up too quickly in an ugly unstable environment while robbing them of their childhood. The scars never go away, and can manifest years later.

Back in 2006, Hayley was involved in a tabloid story of her own when news leaked out that her father David had called 911 to report a suicide attempt by his daughter. Conflicting reports later followed stating this was all a big misunderstanding and Hayley has merely been scratched by a cat, with her dad overreacting.

Former Baywatch star Hasselhoff, 54, made a frantic call to police saying his daughter had “cut herself”, it was reported.

A spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department said yesterday that officers had been called to an attempted suicide involving Hayley.

She said the case was being handled by the mental evaluation unit, as is common in suicide attempts. But last night a spokeswoman for Hasselhoff denied it was a suicide attempt, insisting Hayley was scratched by a cat at her mother’s home.

She said Hasselhoff had contacted the police after his other daughter, Taylor-Ann, 16, called him on his mobile, as he was boarding a flight, to say Hayley was bleeding.

The spokeswoman said the wound was superficial and Hayley was now back at the home of her mother, Pamela Bach, in San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles.

Unfortunately, with so much drama surrounding this family, the truth is hard to discern, but forgive us for being skeptical and thinking this may have been a cry for help considering what these kids have been through already in their young lives.

For years, I always thought of Hasselhoff as kind of an icky “dude“, a sort of Wayne Newton kind of icky. But now he has turned into a different kind of icky, it is now a sad, pathetic icky.  Sorry Hoff fans, just being honest.

It’s a pity that David continues down this path of despair. Alcoholism is a sickness and a daily battle for certain. After a divorce, a career spiral from mega stardom, his private “unpretty” life broadcast on YouTube, followed up by a brutal custody battle, numerous rehab visits and your eldest child attempting to commit suicide, it is obvious that Hoff has seen much better days. I certainly hope he finally gets the help he needs. I am sure his family and fans are rooting for him.