The Hoff has opened up about the drunken burger-eating video seen ’round the world. The video showed the Hoff shoveling food into his mouth while lying down, and was leaked by one of his daughters in an effort to help him get sober. At first it was thought that it would hurt his chances of receiving custody of his two daughters in his divorce battle with his estranged wife, but The Hoff handled everything well and eventually won full custody.

Now he’s talking about the infamous video and thinks that everything happens for a reason:

Despite the furore over the video, Hasselhoff decided to take time out of work to devote himself to his two daughters Taylor Ann and Hayley Amber, and was thrilled when a judge awarded him full legal custody of the girls during his court battle with ex-wife Pamela Bach.

He says: “I guess that is a good word for it (the response to the video) - nonsense.

“It was really nonsensical and none of that needed to happen. But in the end, you know, I tried to find a reason for it all and I found that reason. And that reason was that everything had to come to some sort of closure to move on. That has helped.

“It hasn’t been easy for me or my children, or my ex, but it was life is about.” [sic]

[From Ireland Online via Socialite's Life]

What a great philosophy The Hoff has. You have to admire the guy for conquering his well-publicized demons. Plus it’s not like he was committing a crime. It must be painful for his family to see him go through that and I’m not dismissing alcoholism, but he wasn’t drinking and driving or beating the crap out of anyone.

Crazy Days and Nights has a great pictorial of the evolution of David Hasselhoff. They say he “is having a rebirth by playing the stereotype he had become” and that “He’s this generation’s William Shatner.” He doesn’t have any acting gigs coming up according to IMDB, but maybe that will change soon. He’s still an attractive guy, I mean you can tell he had work done but it’s not that obvious, and he’s fit. There’s got to be a ongoing TV role out there for him.