David Hasselhoff was spotted in recent days hiking in Calabasas, Calif., gripping two trekking poles as he made his way along the trail. The 73-year-old former Baywatch star and Knight Rider hero was walking with his wife, Hayley Roberts, 46, who was seen steadying him by holding his arm.
The sighting comes months after Hasselhoff underwent replacement surgery on his hip and knee, a pair of operations that appear to have changed the way he moves through daily life. His representative said he is doing well and focusing on recovery, but a source said the reality is harsher: he eats clean and avoids alcohol now, yet still has pain-filled days and is not nearly as mobile or sprightly as he would like to be.
That gap between improvement and recovery is the story around Hasselhoff now. An insider said his hips and knees are better after the operations, but he has also lost a lot of weight and is visibly frail, with Roberts helping him through exercises and taking him to appointments. The same source said his wife “dotes on him 24/7,” keeping his spirits up while he works through the aftermath of years of strain on his body.
Hasselhoff’s health concerns are being viewed through the lens of a hard-partying past that included major drink and drug problems, which insiders say took a terrible toll on him. One source said he has been a reformed character in recent years and understands that his body paid the price for choices made long ago. Another put it more bluntly, saying he is “living on borrowed time.”
For now, the image is of a man still getting outside, still moving, but doing it with help. Hasselhoff’s recovery is not finished, and the hiking footage shows both how far he has come and how far he still has to go.
