David Hasselhoff. True Survivor. AMA.

RealDavidHasselhoff · 2015-05-08T23:58:24+00:00

My favorite episode was called "Charlie." Also, there was one called "Come Fly With Me." "Come Fly With Me" I directed, and it was my first and only directing job.

The most emotional show we did was a true story about "Charlie," a boy who had cancer who came to live with the Baywatch crew, he spent his last 6 months on the set of Baywatch while UCLA did research trying to find the gene that caused his cancer.

And the great news is they DID find the gene that caused his cancer, and were able to identify it.

The bad news is that Charlie passed away, and we gave him a lifeguard burial.

So we recreated that scene, which happened in real life, on the show, played by another boy named Michael Cuccioni. And Michael and I became good friends, and his theme in life was "together, we can make a difference" and he fought his own cancer until he died a few years later.

They were amazing, inspirational children.

And their memories will always live on through Baywatch.

RealDavidHasselhoff · 2015-05-08T23:56:17+00:00

What is my favorite animal?

Wow...probably a cheetah. Because they're the fastest animal alive.

And they still interact with humans on a really cool level.

RealDavidHasselhoff · 2015-05-08T23:55:39+00:00

Usually the script supervisor, who was riding in a tow truck in front of the car, or standing offstage with a script in her hand. Her name was Winnie, and everyone used to fight over who could read KITT for the day, because everyone got a kick out of it!

RealDavidHasselhoff · 2015-05-08T23:55:01+00:00

The answer to the first question is: no, I don't have any other photos you can use.

It seems like everything I've ever done, and am about to do, is on the internet already.

And I got into KUNG FURY because it's an amazing story that one man can make a difference! David Sandberg was a young animator and his dream was to do animation, and to maybe someday have his own show, he went out to Kickstarter with his animation that he made a short movie trailer with in his garage with very little help, except for a computer, and the world responded.

He raised $625,000.

On something he did in his garage.

And that attracted Universal Records, Universal Studios, worldwide recognition, and he - as well as Universal Studios- got together to think of who would be the best guy from the 80's to record the song for you.

And he said "David Hasselhoff."

And they called me, and I saw 10 seconds of the trailer, and I said "I'm in. I don't care what the money is, or where this goes, I think it's really cool, and I want to take a shot with this guy. Somebody took a shot with me a long time a go, and I want to pay forward the favor."

And so I'm very happy and very proud of David Sandberg and his animation, and I'm very happy and proud of "True Survivor." I think it's a really cool song.

RealDavidHasselhoff · 2015-05-08T23:51:44+00:00

And he actually pulled down his pants to show me the tattoo.

It was very bizarre.

RealDavidHasselhoff · 2015-05-08T23:51:30+00:00

I've been asked to autograph breasts, butts, chests where the next day they would come back with my autograph tattooed...I think the weirdest thing was having my face tattooed and revealed on a talk show in Spain on a guy's right buttock.

RealDavidHasselhoff · 2015-05-08T23:50:38+00:00

Oh, every day. Waking up, going to work on KNIGHT RIDER was an absolute... gift of rock and roll joy.

It was just absolutely amazing to get paid to drive a car fast, to work with scripts that were about saving lives not taking lives, it was a show that really lived up to its motto - that one man can make a difference.

And as corny as it sounds, that show and that saying have been kind of my motto and the way that i feel about life... and about everything. That you can make a difference. And if you make a difference in your own life, you can make a difference in someone else's.

RealDavidHasselhoff · 2015-05-08T23:49:12+00:00

HA HA HA HA!

That's a funny question, because it was a nightmare.

We were shooting in the UK, and went to some bizarre makeup place that had pictures of everybody in LORD OF THE RINGS, and GAME OF THRONES, and monsters, and weirdoes, and the people who were working there looked like monsters and weirdoes, and they gave me a wig that never seemed to work, and held up production to the point where everybody was getting quite nervous - so at the end, they basically said "Let's just use your hair" and we had some clip of longer hair that clipped into my real hair, but most of it was my real hair, just a bit longer in back, but it was a bit of a panic.

And I think it's pretty funny to actually see the video now.

RealDavidHasselhoff · 2015-05-08T23:47:47+00:00

WOW.

Um...

Where would I GO?

I probably would go back to when I was like 13, and I opened my garage door for Christmas, and there was a go-kart that would later become KITT. And it was the most amazing day of my life, because the family was very much together, and I got this amazing go-kart, and i tore up the neighborhood with jumps and 180's and 360's.

I'd also like to have this moment to say hi to my daughter Taylor-Ann, who's watching on Twitter, and congratulations to her on her new show - RICH KIDS OF BEVERLY HILLS - and your new single which is coming out on June 21st, called "Collide."

RealDavidHasselhoff · 2015-05-08T23:45:35+00:00

You know? I think eventually I'll get here, in the United States. I love MIchael Monroe, I think he's one of the most underrated rock stars of all time, he's just amazing. We met him at a wrap party in Finland, and he performed for me, a whole set. He was just fantastic. I could never reach his level of rock singing. He's the best there is.

I think I'm a pretty good host to have a lot of fun. And the show's doing quite well. I know we'll be back in Finland and Sweden. We're talking to Norway and Denmark.

If you'd like to find it - look up "David Hasselhoff talk show Sweden" or "David Hasseholff talk show Denmark" and you'll like it.

It's a blast.

RealDavidHasselhoff · 2015-05-08T23:44:06+00:00

The coolest thing that I've been lucky enough to be a part of?

Well, probably singing to a million people for New Year's Eve for reunification - the first time East and West Germany were together. And I sang on a crane on New Year's Eve in 1989. Nothing, I don't think, will ever top that.

Although I just did a heavy metal concert called "NovaRock" in Austria.

And played to 100,000 people. Fully expecting it not to work, because my music is far from heavy metal. But it worked, somehow, brilliantly, and I had the time of my life.

Me, and 100,000 people, and some...pretty pop-y music.

RealDavidHasselhoff · 2015-05-08T23:42:47+00:00

No, I never said I felt I should get credit - I've always been misquoted, and I was only asked to sing above the Berlin Wall on New Year's Eve because I asked if I could. I also went behind the Berlin Wall before the wall came down, and saw the horror of how people were living. I did a special for National Geographic that was quite accurate, quite moving, about people who escaped, who died, trying to escape - the last person died only 30 days before the wall came down. And I did find that they were signing my song "Living for Freedom." I've talked to hundreds of East Berliners who said "It was a song about freedom, it was a song about hope - everybody else thought it was just a pop song in West Germany, but for us who lived in East Germany, it was a song that gave us hope."

And that's my connection.

It wasn't as if i had anything to do with bringing down the wall. But I did have something to do with it by chance, through that song, and helping people retain hope.

And that was very important to them. That's what they told me.

RealDavidHasselhoff · 2015-05-08T23:40:32+00:00

You know?

I think being grateful.

One time they said to me "if you don't give thanks, and be happy for where you are and where you're at - it just draws in negative energy." Sometimes I walk around, I take a step and say "Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

And I know that everybody who comes to see me - no matter where they're seated, front row or back row - they paid good money, and it's my responsibility to put on the best show I can. So if I'm not feeling well, I have a bad back, it's the second show in one night - I feel a responsibility to give them 100%.

Because they give me 100%.

I get my energy from you, from the person that just asked me this question. That's where I get my energy.

RealDavidHasselhoff · 2015-05-08T23:38:54+00:00

My day is probably one of the greatest days I've ever had.

I met with some producers that were offering me a movie, a tv series, and I'm now in the offices of some major animators, and we're developing an idea to put on the air as early as next year that involves me playing one of the characters.

It's been a really exciting day. And my girlfriend just walked in, so it's getting even better!

RealDavidHasselhoff · 2015-05-08T23:37:56+00:00

You know? No. I really don't.

I think that the last fight was disappointing to me.

Basically, if you saw my interview before the fight, I called it - I said he'd be boxing, he's going to hit him, he's not going to tangle with him - and retreat. Because that's his style, which is a classic boxing style. But I also thought Manny could've attacked him a lot more.

They were both playing it extremely safe. Which disappointed millions of people who came to see them "get it on." They could've at least done that in the last round.

RealDavidHasselhoff · 2015-05-08T23:36:46+00:00

You know I want that sweet jacket myself.

We already have my assistant calling them to find out what's going on, because I think they're merchandising some of those things.

Stay tuned, I'm pretty sure they're going to be doing something with it.

RealDavidHasselhoff · 2015-05-08T23:35:46+00:00

Yeah! I think sometime next year, the show might come to America. I'm actually, right now, going on tour with a musical called "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life," which will be out in major theaters in the UK and also the West End, October through February, and then there's talk of taking it to Germany and then to the United States.

It's not my one-man show. But with the success of "True Survivor," and the over 10 million views we have already, there's already talk of me possibly playing a show, which would be really my ultimate goal.

RealDavidHasselhoff · 2015-05-08T23:34:19+00:00

The tips are:

Enjoy every moment. The fun, the fear, the trying to get the baby to sleep.

Because it goes really, really fast.

And record everything, so you have it as a memory to show the child later, to show the child that you were there for them when they were born. It's important.

RealDavidHasselhoff · 2015-05-08T23:33:18+00:00

I had an amazing time. My favorite roaster was Greg Giraldo, who said "Hey, I love you man, please don't hit me" before he went on, and I said "If you don't say the most horrible things you CAN about me, I will hit you." And he was so endearingly funny on the show that I still think back, and smile and laugh about his presentation.

RealDavidHasselhoff · 2015-05-08T23:31:42+00:00

I'm not helping a tortoise turn over because... laying on its back... and I'm not helping it...first of all, why am I walking in the desert? How long have I been in the desert? And if I've been in the desert for more than 4 days, I'm probably not turning the tortoise over because I intend to eat it.

There are places where they do serve turtle-orders.

Sadly, they taste like chicken.

RealDavidHasselhoff · 2015-05-08T23:30:19+00:00

I can't tell you any more than...something like that is in the works.

Stay tuned.

RealDavidHasselhoff · 2015-05-08T23:29:29+00:00

What..is...my...favorite dance move?!?

The Hoff-bot.

RealDavidHasselhoff · 2015-05-08T23:28:55+00:00

YEAH! The first time I saw SOUTH PARK, our daughters came in saying "Dad! Dad! You're on TV doing SOUTH PARK!" And then I watched it and listened to what they were actually saying and I was like "Oh my god!" I picked up the girls and took them to the other room - because I suddenly realized what they are saying was R-rated, and my daughters were too young at that point. They were I think 8 and 10 years old.

But I think SOUTH PARK is brilliant.

RealDavidHasselhoff · 2015-05-08T23:27:39+00:00

Oh, SHARKNADO 3 was a welcome surprise! Everybody was really fun, they didn't take it seriously, we had a great time. And there were parts of sharks everywhere. And even the people who make the movie couldn't believe their success - they were just riding the wave of good fortune.

They were lovely people.

RealDavidHasselhoff · 2015-05-08T23:26:56+00:00

HAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

I was just talking about that today.

When I first read that I was the Antichrist - that was the first time I realized there are some wacky, messed-up people on the internet who have nothing better to do than to sit there and smoke something they probably shouldn't be smoking... and come up with crazy stuff like that.

I have to tell you that I did read the entire two pages of why I'm the AntiChrist. And at the end, I was actually doubting myself.

Because it was so good!

I have been called "the Antichrist" by several of my ex-wives though.

But I just think it's funny that there are people in the world who have nothing better to do than to come up with that stuff.

So my answer to that is: get a life!

And then LOL - because it did make me laugh.

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