Hoff banned from BA flight

Baywatch star David Hasselhoff was banned from a British Airways flight after turning up drunk, it was reported today

The TV legend was told he could not board a plane headed for Los Angeles, shortly after arriving at BA's first class lounge at Heathrow at around 7am yesterday morning.

The 53-year-old actor was seen staggering around, mumbling to people and even attempted to pick up a shop manageress, according to the Sun newspaper.

The report said Hasselhoff downed bottles of beer and shots of whisky as he waited for his flight and told BA staff he was upset about his divorce from wife Pamela after 16 years.

The actor also wandered around the lounge, propping himself up on a pillar, it was claimed.

A witness said: "A passenger asked if he was David Hasselhoff and he said, 'Not at all, you must be mistaken'.

"He wasn't aggressive, he just had problems standing."

BA staff told Hasselhoff he was unfit to board the plane, and he agreed with them.

He was told he could board a later flight.

He later climbed into a buggy to go to a plane after the captain and crew said they were happy to take him if he had no more to drink.

A BA spokeswoman said tonight: "A male passenger was refused boarding after he was deemed unfit to travel."

Three weeks ago Hasselhoff was accused of being "steaming drunk" and clashing with security staff at Wimbledon who said he did not have a valid ticket.

He was pictured being escorted through the tournament's grounds by guards, but the actor denied he was drunk or was booted out.

And last month, he was taken to hospital after a shaving accident at the Sanderson Hotel in London.

The former Knight Rider star was shaving after using the hotel's gym but bumped his head on the chandelier in the Philippe Starck-designed men's room.

The dark lighting had obscured his view and his right arm was cut by shards of glass from the chandelier, severing a tendon.