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Topics: TV And Film, Celebrity
Jess Hardiman
Topics: TV And Film, Celebrity
Baywatch star Jeremy Jackson has made a shocking admission about a disturbing act he used to do on set of the hit lifeguard drama, with one of his co-stars admitting that she did not feel ‘surprised’ at all by the revelation.
Jackson, 43, is best known for his role as Hobie Buchannon on the series, which he starred in from 1991 to 1999 – becoming the longest-running actor on the show, besides on-screen dad David Hasselhoff.
During a 2006 episode of E!’s Child Star Confidential, Jackson opened up about how his time on the programme led to a ‘downward spiral’ as he grew older, including a well-reported drug addiction.
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“I probably made over $2 to $3 million from Baywatch,” he said.
“I had the means to destroy myself: I had a lot of money, and I had a lot of people around me that weren't really my friends but I thought they were, and I totally got sucked into a downward spiral of a lifestyle.”
Jackson was later sentenced to 270 days in jail and five years’ probation, going on to become a personal trainer.
He is now speaking out about his time on the US series as part of new Hulu documentary Baywatch: Moment in the Sun, which takes viewers behind-the-scenes two decades years after cameras stopped rolling.
Hasselhoff, who also produced the show, said he was doing the documentary because ‘Baywatch is the gift that keeps on giving’, adding: “It's given me an incredible life.”
Jackson, meanwhile, reflected on his time on set alongside co-stars including Pamela Anderson, Carmen Electra and Nicole Eggert.
He admitted there was something he would often do in his female colleagues’ trailers that many of them may have never known about.
“They would definitely tease me, like give me a little boobie shot, or whatever,” he began.
“But I was too young to really hook up with any of them, and like I said I just wanted to be grown up. I was just like, ‘Hang in there!’”
Jackson continued: “I would usually sneak into [the women’s] trailers after they were done and grab their dirty bathing suits.
“Let’s just say I smelled every p***y on Baywatch. And Nicole [Eggert] was the big one, for sure. We had a very intimate moment, her and I, that she never knew about.”
Eggert – who was diagnosed with breast cancer in December 2023 – was told about the bombshell by producers on the documentary.
"I knew Jeremy very well, this surprises me not at all,” the 52-year-old said.