transcription made by Zsuzsi@Zsofi from "OK!" magazine, January 29, 1999 (English magazine)
David, Pamela and their two daughters Taylor Ann and Hayley now have plenty of space, but that wasn't always the case. Their last home was bursting at the seams: 'If we'd bought so much as another magazine, I don't think there'd have been a place to put it,' says Pamela
As it happens, and it is typical of the man, he put that three-month sabbatical to good use - or 'turned my lemon into lemonade,' as he rather more colourfully puts it. Keen to pursue his singing career, he set about finding the right material to capitalise on his success, particularly in Europe. Some 35 gold and platinum records later, he is a Top Ten regular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Indeed, it was David Hasselhoff, the singer, who was invited by Earl Spencer to perform at the Althorp concert to commemorate the life of Diana, Princess of Wales. In 1994, along with his actress wife, Pamela Bach, David had been a guest at a function arranged by Diana's favourite charity, WellBeing, of which she was patron.
The two got along famously. 'The very first thing she said to me was that she thought I looked good with my clothes on. So I said, "And so do you." She had a mischievous sense of humour. I gave her a couple of baseball caps for William and Harry.'
Three years later, like the rest of the world, David found it hard to believe that Diana's life had been cut short in such a tragic way. 'I didn't hesitate when Charles Spencer asked me to perform at the concert. I liked him enormously. I found him very caring, very warm - a very gentle human being.'
Nor will David easly forget the concert itself or the impromptu jam session that took place afterwards inside the Spencer stately pile. Chris De Burgh sang Danny Boy with David , Duran Duran, Jimmy Ruffin and the ninth Earl Spencer himself on hand to add a slightly unconventional chorus. 'It was such a joyous occasion,' remembers David.
The next day, the Hasselhoffs were up and flying back to California. But then David thinks nothing, he says, of finishing work on a Friday, flying to Germany to promote a record and being back in America in time to start work again on Monday morning. His energy is legendary. As he points out, 'Life is short. Diana's death showed that.'
Here is a man who never seems content to rest on his laurels. 'I woke up one day last year and I suddenly thought, "Oh my God, I've never jumped out of an aeroplane".' Which is precisely why he found himself, on his 46th birthday, poised high above terra firma preparing himself for a spot of sky-diving.
Was he nervous? No, he says, he'd psyched himself into imagining he was on a dangerous mission over enemy territory. 'And that's when I threw myself into 65 seconds of free fall.' His favourite quote of all time, he says, recorded that moment in a local paper. 'When the moment of truth came,' it read, 'David Hasselhoff did not hesitate.'
The new home is full of ornaments, many of them antiques - much to Pamela's surprise. 'I was always fighting with my mother not to have antiques in my room,' she says. 'I hated them - but as soon as we got this house I started trying to get hold of every antique I could'