Hasselhoff Deemed Unfit to Fly

The same day his divorce became final from Pamela Bach, David Hasselhoff was banned from boarding a British Airways flight after showing up to the gate intoxicated, according to The Sun newspaper.

After reportedly downing bottles of beer and shots of whiskey at a first class lounge at Heathrow, British Airways staff told Hasselhoff he was unfit to board the plane, which The Hoff agreed with.

The Sun also says Hasselhoff told the airline staff he was upset about his messy divorce from his wife after 16 years.

A British Airways spokesperson tells TMZ: "A male passenger was denied boarding flight BA279 as he was deemed to be unfit for travel. He was reassessed by British Airways staff and he was accepted for travel on flight BA283, which left two hours later."

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46. Funny they wouldn't let him on Board,but if he HAD made it on board,he could have gotten S***FACED on the flight anyhow.....another paradox of our society..

Posted at 4:40AM on Jul 28th 2006 by ROCKY

47. You know the only reason the press is making such a big deal about this is that he's famous. The germans can have him, we'll take him anytime!!!!

Posted at 4:45AM on Jul 28th 2006 by Dawny

48. Just to give you a guys a better understanding of what went on yesterday because i bought the Sun newspaper as im from the UK, what they have failed to mention to you guys in the US media was that when he arrived at Heathrow at around 10am he was already hammered, was downing Jack D's and beers til like noon, went on a little rampage in the duty free section picking up a petite shop assistant in the beauty section and dancing around with her and then to round it all up he had to be ferried to the boarding lounge on the baggage truck where you could see he had visibly wet himself! (oh yeah and there was no blame laid on medication here)

Still after reading all ya other comments i don't blame him !

Posted at 5:18AM on Jul 28th 2006 by Ben

49. I went to high school with the guy [LTHS]. He was class of 70 & I was class of 72. Never thought he had much class then, but I gotta go along with these people who say, "How many other celebs would just agree on a later flight?" Can you picture the scene if the airlines said that to any of these trust-fund babies? They'd scream & cry & raise all sorts of hell.
I never associated with the dude in HS, as he was into all that thespian crap, while the rest of us were getting high. Somewhat of a dork back then, he did write in the yearbook [The Tabulae] that he wanted to go to Hollywood & become famous. Not many other people can say they knew what they wanted to do with their lives at age 18.

Posted at 5:24AM on Jul 28th 2006 by Mike

50. For goodness sake...leave the man alone..let him live his life..don't you people have better things to do?

Posted at 5:38AM on Jul 28th 2006 by Savanna

51. You can see he's lovin' it bigtime. It just shows that the hoff is just like us, not like the rest of the boring Hollywood stars these days. Long live the Hoff-meister!

Posted at 9:16AM on Jul 28th 2006 by Paul

52. I know plenty of folks who tell me that they are nervous to fly, and have a few drinks before a flight. Perhaps he is one of them, and a divorce and a new prescription made his condition worse. He was only trying to be a passenger, not the pilot. At least he was not driving!

Posted at 6:06PM on Jul 28th 2006 by FiFi

53. Gee I remember he went to Betty Ford a few years ago and then split...ran away to a Hotel and drank the minibar,collapsed and ended up in the Hospital.
The guy is a drunk and everyone knows it.
Spin it all you like,this dude is going to crash soon.

Posted at 7:04PM on Jul 28th 2006 by Mom

54. The Hoff is drunk, look at him he gives some fan the finger.

Posted at 11:16PM on Jul 28th 2006 by Frank

55. Hoff is pretty pathetic these days, everyone knows that antibiotics don't make you seem drunk, not in the least. Also, your not supposed to drink ANY alcohol while on antibiotics or they won't work, but that's what drunks do, fool themselves. I drank for 20 yrs so I know. I hope he gets some help, this is a huge problem in our society. God help us all.

Posted at 2:45PM on Jul 29th 2006 by Theresa Whittemore

56. The guy's a sissie/dork.

Posted at 3:06PM on Jul 29th 2006 by Garrobo

57. I must be the only female in he USA who doesn't see the "yummy" in Hasselhoff. He did nothing for me in Bay Watch and does even less now. To me, he's an old has been! People are defending him for drinking (just a couple). Another said she hopes he doesn't fall off t he wagon............Helloooooooooooooo? If he is alcoholic and drank enough to be denied flight priviledge, I think he already fell off the wagon!

Posted at 3:08PM on Jul 29th 2006 by Eden

58. Good Golly! If you people had as much interest and respect for others you would not be so judgemental of people when they are down in life! Give a hand up not a obscene leer and quick to cut someone down!

Posted at 12:04AM on Jul 30th 2006 by Tom

59. Yes, he behaved respectful and did what he was told to do! His drinking problem is his afair not everybody elses!

Posted at 12:07AM on Jul 30th 2006 by Tom

60. Don't get me wrong, "the Hoof" is crazy enough without being under the influence of any mind altering substances. That aside, how the f*ck can someone actually BE "unfit" to fly? "Sir, we believe that in your current state, you may not be able to SIT IN A SEAT."

Posted at 3:51PM on Jul 30th 2006 by Art

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