WATCHING OUT FOR THE BEACH BUMS
What a difference a Bay makes. Check out what the stars of Baywatch are up to 30 years on
1 THE stars of Baywatch appeared on ITV running in slow motion in 1989, but have things gone swimmingly since then? Knight Rider’s David Hasselhoff played Mitch Buchannon and stayed until the penultimate series of the lifeguard drama. Career problems led to treatment for alcoholism in 2007 but he was a judge on BGT in 2011 and later had his own show, Hoff The Record. The 67-yearold, who is married to 37-yearold Welsh sales assistant, Hayley Roberts, appeared in the recent Baywatch big screen reboot. 2 PAMELA ANDERSON, below, burst onto the second season of Baywatch as blonde bombshell CJ and retired her buoyancy aid in 1997. She went on to make a series of flop movies, including Barb Wire and Scary Movie 3, but her honeymoon sex tape with rocker ex-husband Tommy Lee made headlines worldwide. The 52-year-old is now an animal rights activist and strict vegan. 3 MILLIONS knew AJ Langer as Baywatch’s sexy Caroline Larkin. The Ohio-born actress is now the Duchess of Devon after marrying Charles Courtenay, son of the 18th Earl of Devon in 2004. The couple moved to the family seat at Powderham Castle in May 2015 and have two children. 4 GENA LEE NOLIN joined Baywatch in 1995 playing Neely Chapshaw. She quit in 1998 to star in her own TV show and the Playboy pin-up played herself in the 2017 comedyaction turkey Killing Hasselhoff. The 47-year-old was diagnosed with autoimmune disease Hashimoto’s thyroiditis after having her third child in 2008. 5 JEREMY JACKSON, below, played Mitch’s son, Hobie, in Baywatch from age 10. He left years later after battling steroid addiction. After a sex tape scandal with porn star Sky Lopez, he tried a TV comeback but was axed from Celebrity Big Brother in 2015 when he opened glamour model Chloe Goodman’s dressing gown. Things got worse and, in 2017, he was jailed for nine months after stabbing a woman while trying to steal a car. 6 LINGERIE model-turned actress Traci Bingham left in 1998 after playing Jordan Tate for two seasons. The 51-yearold animal rights activist has since carved out a lucrative career in reality TV. She won American TV’s The Surreal Life and competed in Gimme My Reality Show, Fear Factor and Celebrity Big Brother. 7 ALEXANDRA PAUL starred in five seasons as Stephanie Holden until her character was eventually killed off in 1997 after being struck by lightning. The 56-year-old has gone on to have numerous bit-parts in movies and TV shows, including Mad Men. She is married to a vegan triathlon coach and is an endurance athlete. Alexandra is also a political activist and passionate about tackling global over-population. 8 EX-PLAYBOY playmate Erika Eleniak, below, was in the show until season three and went on to appear in films like the remake of The Beverly Hillbillies. The 50-year-old went on Celebrity Fit Club in 2006 after putting on weight. She now lives in Calgary, Canada, with her husband, Roch Daigle and 13-yearold daughter. 9 RELUCTANT actor Kelly Slater has told how he was forced into Baywatch by his mother... when all he wanted to do was surf. He quit after 27 episodes and took to the water. Today, the 46-year-old, father-of-one is regarded as the greatest pro surfer of all-time, having won 11 world championships. 10 CARMEN ELECTRA has gone on to appear in films like Scary Movie, Meet The Spartans and
Date Movie after playing lifeguard
Lani McKenzie in Baywatch and she has also worked with the Pussycat Dolls.
The 47-year-old appeared on the cover of Playboy in 2003 and was a guest judge on Britain’s Got Talent in 2012.