Hoff Hassles Some Publicity

For one day, the peculiar "celebrity" known as David Hasselhoff told the world he'd be "the artist formerly known as David Hasselhoff."

He was calling himself DAVID HOFF.

The next day, it was revealed that this was "a joke."

A dumb publicity move.

What next David, showing off a "baby bump?" Or maybe "rocking a gown" like Caitlyn?

Well, we should've expected poor judgment from a guy whose eaten cheeseburgers off the floor in a drunken stupor, and spent years boiling over like a pot of beans on "America's Got Talent."

Isn't this also the guy who had a show where nobody watched him and only tuned in to stare at silicone? Or a talking car? I didn't watch either of those but dummies did; the ones who fell for his less than amusing hoax. Or was it a spoof.

Check your e-mails for Hasselhoff asking you to send all your money to Nigeria.

His gag made as much sense as the times on "America's Got Talent" when he'd see somebody juggle chainsaws and bawl, "This is what the show's all about!"

No wonder he got into some verbal fights with Piers Morgan. In fact it was pretty much David's bonehead opinions that encouraged Morgan to be coldly contrary. At some points it seemed like staged pro wrestling, with Hasselhoff getting red in the face and leaving the judges table in a rage.

David knew all along that his fame is now so limited, that any marquee showing "David Hoff" on it, would likely get a wrecking ball hitting it.

Maybe they laughed in Germany. "Germans love David Hasselhoff" Norm MacDonald loved to say.

He probably did contemplate just calling himself DAVID, like one-word stars Cher and Prince. Except the one word most associated with him now is "Who?"

One day he might throw a massive temper tantrum and be billed simply as "ID."