DAVID HASSELHOFF DRESSES IN 'DRAG'

Drag Star David Hasselhoff

David Hasselhoff has started dressing in drag.The former 'Baywatch' actor is starring as cross-dressing director Roger DeBris in the Las Vegas production of hit Broadway musical 'The Producers' and is struggling with the costume. Hasselhoff said: "Now I know why women can't wait to get out of heels."I'll only wear the two inch pumps, if I wore the three inch I'd fall over like a giraffe."The actor also has to wear a 35lb beaded-gown for the part, along with a red wig. He added: "I look like Dennis Rodman on acid."Hasselhoff, 54, admits he was initially unsure about accepting the cross-dressing role. After deciding to play a transvestite, the actor realised most of his roles have been strange. He said: "I never thought I'd be talking to a car in 'Knight Rider' , or achieve syndication history with a crazy show like 'Baywatch'."Hasselhoff has decorated his dressing room backstage with life-size cut-outs and posters of himself in 'Baywatch' and 'Knight Rider'. He said: "I must be the most self-indulgent person to have this stuff. But I've got to market 'The Hoff'."

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DAVID HASSELHOFF SEARCHES FOR HIMSELF

David Hasselhoff has admitted he searches for himself on the internet.The former 'Baywatch' actor - who is the most searched for person on the internet - is fully aware of his cult status and loves looking at websites that ridicule him as well as ones that pay homage to his career. He told Britain's Nuts magazine: "I spend a lot of time surfing the net looking at people having fun with me."Have you seen 'Wax on Wax Hoff'? Go to www.waxhoff.com and you can actually wax my chest hair. It's had six million hits. It's hysterical."Hasselhoff - who according to the 'Guinness Book of Records' is also the most-watched person on television - insists his fame is an "honor", even if people do poke fun at him. He added: "Anyone who complains about being a celebrity I laugh at. A real hero faces his problems and conquers them. It's an honor to have this level of credibility."Whether people make fun of it is not important. I have the respect of myself, my children and my parents. If you can say that then you should be a happy person."