David Hasselhoff Is Still Big In Germany 30 Years After His Berlin Wall Show
The Hoff recently sat down with NPR in Berlin and told the story of how he became a rock star there.
Among pop culture's great mysteries: How exactly did David Hasselhoff become a rock 'n' roll God in Germany?
The 67-year-old star of decades-old television series Knight Rider and Baywatch doesn't skip a beat when asked the question.
"It all started with a girl named Nikki," Hasselhoff said during a recent interview with NPR in Berlin, where he was on a concert tour of Germany.
It was 1985. Hasselhoff's agent told him that Nikki had won a contest in a magazine and her prize was lunch with Hasselhoff at his home in Southern California. He was canceled; I lost my marriage. I'm sitting here staring out the window going, 'What am I going to do next?' " he said.
