No “sauce” for der Herr Hasselhoff

By M&C News Jul 24, 2006, 23:59 GMT

06/20/2006 - © Janet Mayer / Photorazzi

Recently actor David Hasselhoff, 54, had a run in with a bathroom fixture in London. "I guess the hotel was built for short people," he says. "I lifted my head, and broke the lamp. One piece sliced my hand like beef. So I went into Mitch Buchannon rescue mode, `What's the number for 911 in London?'" Hasselhoff reported in an interview in Newsweek.

Earlier this month, there were press reports that alleged Hasselhoff had to be removed from the All England Club at Wimbledon because he was inebriated.

"The tabloids make so much stuff up," he says. "I was at Wimbledon, and they said I was escorted out drunk…Absolutely not. I don't drink anymore."

Hasselhoff now sits on panel on NBC's "America's Got Talent," produced by Brit Simon Cowell.

"This is not my cup of tea. I signed on for one season, and Simon Cowell conned me into it: `Here's a lot of money,' and it's like "The Gong Show."' Said Hasselhoff to Newsweek.

Hasselhoff is also penning his memoirs.  "It's about growing up since I was 7 and realizing a dream," he tells the magazine. "But when I was out trying to save the world, I forgot to save myself."