Editing David Hasselhoff (section)

==Personal life==

Hasselhoff's autobiography ''Making Waves'' was released in the UK in September 2006. In an interview in April 2006, he said the book would present the "last chapter" regarding controversial elements of his personal life.<ref>{{cite web|first=Katherine|last=Rushton|url=http://www.thebookstandard.com/bookstandard/news/author/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002344802|title=Who Is the Hoff? Actor-Turned-Memoirist David Hasselhoff: "I AM SUPERMAN, and I can go ANYWHERE!"|website=The Book Standard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|date=April 15, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070525111255/http://www.thebookstandard.com/bookstandard/news/author/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002344802|archive-date=May 25, 2007}}</ref>

In November 2015, Hasselhoff posted a [[YouTube]] video in which he announced that he had changed his name to "David Hoff".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://people.com/celebrity/david-hasselhoff-changes-his-name-to-david-hoff/|first=Naja|last=Rayne|title=Hoff with the Hassel! David Hasselhoff Claims He Has Changed His Name to David Hoff|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref> It was then reported that he was not changing his name; that the video was an excerpt from an upcoming advertising campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/did-david-hasselhoff-really-change-his-name-to-david-hoff-20151211|title=Did David Hasselhoff Really Change His Name to David Hoff?!|date=November 13, 2015|work=[[Us Weekly]]}}</ref>

After touring [[Glasgow]] in late 2015, Hasselhoff stated that he supports [[Scottish Professional Football League|Scottish football]] team [[Partick Thistle F.C.]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35172868|title=The Hoff: American actor explains Partick Thistle support|date=December 23, 2015|work=BBC Sport|access-date=September 19, 2016}}</ref>

===Family===
[[File:David Hasselhoff With Hayley Roberts (59205654).jpeg|thumb|right|Hasselhoff with now-wife Hayley Roberts in 2014]]
Hasselhoff was married to actress [[Catherine Hickland]] from March 24, 1984, to March 1, 1989.<ref name="filmref" /> Their wedding was recreated in the [[Knight Rider season 4|''Knight Rider'' season 4]] episode "The Scent of Roses" which first aired on January 3, 1986.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}}

Hasselhoff married actress [[Pamela Bach]] in December 1989.<ref name=pamelabachdivorce>{{cite news| url= https://people.com/celebrity/david-hasselhoff-files-for-divorce/| work= [[People (magazine)|People]]| title=David Hasselhoff Files for Divorce|first=Stephen M. |last=Silverman|date= January 13, 2006| access-date= November 23, 2019}}</ref> The couple had two daughters: Taylor Ann Hasselhoff, born May 5, 1990,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/taylor_ann_hasselhoff_born_1990_19925424|title=The Birth of Taylor Hasselhoff|publisher= CaliforniaBirthIndex.org | access-date = July 16, 2015| archive-date= March 4, 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191302/http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/taylor_ann_hasselhoff_born_1990_19925424| url-status=live}}</ref> who attended the [[University of Arizona]] and was cast for the 2015 season of ''[[Rich Kids of Beverly Hills]]'', and actress [[Hayley Hasselhoff]], born August 26, 1992.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Birth of Hayley Hasselhoff | url= http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/hayley_amber_hasselhoff_born_1992_21443330|publisher=CaliforniaBirthIndex.org|access-date=April 15, 2014 | archive-date= March 4, 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074627/http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/hayley_amber_hasselhoff_born_1992_21443330 | url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2006, Hasselhoff announced he was filing for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences.<ref name=pamelabachdivorce /> Their divorce was finalized in August 2006.<ref name="ex-attorney" /> Bach was given custody of one daughter and Hasselhoff custody of the other,<ref>{{cite news| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4788500.stm | title= Hasselhoff 'violent' claims wife|work=[[BBC News]]|date= March 9, 2006|access-date=May 3, 2016|archive-date= March 23, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160323030650/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4788500.stm | url-status=live}}</ref> until Hasselhoff later obtained custody of both.<ref name="ex-attorney">{{cite news|title=Ex-Attorney Sues Pamela Bach |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/24/AR2007082400819.html |agency=Associated Press |date=August 24, 2007 |access-date=July 22, 2012 |quote=Bach replaced [attorney Debra A]. Opri with Mark Vincent Kaplan several days after losing custody of the couple's two teenage daughters. |archive-date=June 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605072153/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/24/AR2007082400819.html |url-status=live  }}</ref> {{As of|2010|12}} he resided in [[Southern California]] with his daughters.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hinckley|first1=David|title=The Hoff is no Knight Rider in A&E reality show|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/hoff-justifies-drunken-cheeseburger-rant-mentors-daughters-e-show-hasselhoffs-article-1.470986|newspaper=NY Daily News|date=December 2, 2010 |access-date=December 4, 2017}}</ref>{{update needed|date=December 2024}}

In late 2011, Hasselhoff began dating Hayley Roberts, from the town of [[Glynneath]] in [[Wales]]. As a new couple they attended [[Gordon Ramsay]]'s [[Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live|Christmas special of that year]]. In the 2012 sequel, when asked about [[engagement]] they related how they had discussed it. On July 31, 2018 they married in [[Apulia]], and in August they [[honeymoon]]ed in the [[Maldives]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/david-hasselhoff-details-upcoming-wedding-to-hayley-roberts-exclusive/ar-AAA8oQv|title=David Hasselhoff Details Upcoming Wedding to Hayley Roberts (Exclusive)|website=www.msn.com|language=en-US|access-date=July 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717154000/https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/david-hasselhoff-details-upcoming-wedding-to-hayley-roberts-exclusive/ar-AAA8oQv|archive-date=July 17, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/david-hasselhoff-66-and-model-hayley-roberts-38-get-married-in-italy/ar-BBLkzC9|title=David Hasselhoff, 66, and Model Hayley Roberts, 38, Get Married in Italy!|website=www.msn.com|language=en-US|access-date=August 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801155216/https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/david-hasselhoff-66-and-model-hayley-roberts-38-get-married-in-italy/ar-BBLkzC9|archive-date=August 1, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Hasselhoff is a fan of Welsh [[rugby union]], and the couple regularly attend matches in Wales.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-32451656|title=David Hasselhoff spotted in disguise at Wales rugby game|work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=November 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/david-hasselhoffs-welsh-girlfriend-hayley-9113223|title=David Hasselhoff's Welsh girlfriend Hayley Roberts on living and loving a legend|author=Kathryn Williams|date=April 24, 2015|work=walesonline}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/30159948|title=Autumn Internationals: David Hasselhoff's advice for Wales|work=BBC Sport|access-date=November 13, 2015}}</ref>

In May 2016, Hasselhoff said he could not afford [[alimony]] of $252,000 a year to Bach anymore, because he had less than $4,000 in cash to his name.<ref name="tmz-alimony">{{cite web |url=https://www.tmz.com/2016/05/20/david-hasselhoff-broke-pamela-bach-divorce/ |title=David Hsselhoff I'm Broke |website=TMZ |date=May 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227160744/https://www.tmz.com/2016/05/20/david-hasselhoff-broke-pamela-bach-divorce/ |archive-date=December 27, 2020}}</ref> He made $112,000 a month, but spent $66,000 and due to alimony, taxes and living expenses he had little left.<ref name="tmz-alimony"/> In September 2017, Hasselhoff filed formal requests to end alimony payments and cited his ex-wife's "failure to make any efforts to become self supporting, contribute to her own support, or even make any efforts to gain job skills."<ref name="ap-spousal">{{cite web |title=David Hasselhoff has spousal support payments reduced |website=Associated Press |date=November 21, 2017 |url=https://apnews.com/article/72f7aef33e5647e4836cb29f06f6706f |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110135249/https://apnews.com/article/72f7aef33e5647e4836cb29f06f6706f |archive-date=January 10, 2021}}</ref> Hasselhoff and Bach reached an agreement which reduced payments since December 1, 2017, from $10,000 to $5,000 per month.<ref name="ap-spousal"/> Bach was found dead of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound at her home on March 5, 2025.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pamela Bach, actor and ex-wife of David Hasselhoff, dies at 62 |url=https://apnews.com/article/pamela-hasselhoff-dies-4b7acf3578169fe7e9d9d65935eb7466 |access-date=6 March 2025 |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=6 March 2025 |archive-date=March 6, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250306181846/https://apnews.com/article/pamela-hasselhoff-dies-4b7acf3578169fe7e9d9d65935eb7466 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://wsyr.iheart.com/content/2025-03-06-david-hasselhoffs-ex-wife-pamela-bach-dead-at-61/ |title=David Hasselhoff's Ex-Wife Pamela Bach Dead At 61 |access-date=March 6, 2025 |archive-date=March 6, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250306164353/https://wsyr.iheart.com/content/2025-03-06-david-hasselhoffs-ex-wife-pamela-bach-dead-at-61/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Her death was ruled a suicide by the [[Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lenthang |first1=Marlene |title=Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff, 'Baywatch' actor and David Hasselhoff's ex-wife, dies at 62 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/pamela-bach-hasselhoff-baywatch-actor-david-hasselhoffs-ex-wife-dies-6-rcna195182 |access-date=6 March 2025 |work=[[NBC News]] |date=6 March 2025}}</ref>

=== Alcoholism ===
On May 3, 2007, a viral video surfaced online of Hasselhoff appearing to be severely [[alcohol intoxication|drunk]] inside his home. His daughter, Taylor Ann, who filmed the video, can be heard interrogating him and asking him to stop abusing alcohol. She also warns her father he could be jeopardizing his spot on the Las Vegas production of ''[[The Producers (musical)|The Producers]]'' he starred in at the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3139874|title="Drunk Tape Bad for Hasselhoff, but Is It Worse for His Daughter?" on ABC|publisher=Abcnews.go.com|date=May 4, 2007|access-date=May 22, 2011}}</ref> In the wake of the [[Internet leak|leaked]] clip, Hasselhoff issued a statement saying it was recorded by Taylor Ann so that he could see how he behaved while intoxicated and the footage was deliberately released.<ref>[http://www.inthenews.co.uk/printerfriendly.aspx?itemid=445970 "Hasselhoff 'too drunk' to board plane"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515162819/http://www.inthenews.co.uk/printerfriendly.aspx?itemid=445970 |date=May 15, 2009 }}, inthenews.co.uk, July 27, 2006.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/27/AR2006072700691_pf.html|title=Publicist: Hasselhoff Was Sick, Not Drunk|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=July 27, 2006|access-date=June 19, 2015}}</ref> As a result of the video, Hasselhoff's visitation rights with his two daughters were suspended on May 7, 2007, for two weeks until the video's authenticity and distributor were determined.<ref>[[Associated Press|AP]], [https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-05-03-hasselhoff-tape_N.htm "Hasselhoff's visitation rights suspended"], ''[[USA Today]]'', May 3, 2007; retrieved June 30, 2007.</ref> In May 2009, Hasselhoff's attorney, Mel Goldsman, described Hasselhoff as "a recovering alcoholic".<ref>{{cite web| url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Television/story?id=7501875&page=1|title=David Hasselhoff's Fall From A-List to Addiction| work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] | first= Luchina|last=Fisher| date=May 5, 2009|access-date=May 3, 2016| archive-date= May 3, 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160503171152/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Television/story?id=7501875&page=1| url-status=live}}</ref>