David Hasselhoff still in the game as his concert kicks off Hong Kong Sevens

David Hasselhoff loves to play the game.

That’s something evident in his latest television series, Hoff The Record, which has just been picked up by the AXS cable network in the United States and made its premiere there last week after two seasons (and counting) in Britain.

And it’s something highlighted by the commotion still simmering on websites this past week, fuelled by what the man gave of himself across a marathon bout of interviews in the US to promote the show that lasted around three days, but felt to Hasselhoff “more like 10”.

The American actor did what C-list celebs are supposed to do – he tried hard to entertain, primarily with a weird story about how he could never watch his Baywatch co-star Pamela Anderson’s sex tape with rocker Tommy Lee because it would have felt like watching his sister. He also gave anecdotes about how he has been able to stay in shape at the age of 63; headline writers and entertainment magazines lapped it up.

From there, Hasselhoff boarded a flight from New York and made his way to Hong Kong where, you guessed it, more mass-media attention has greeted the star once dubbed the most-watched man on TV by the people at Guinness World Records. The entertainer is in Hong Kong as a guest ambassador for the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens – his duties include hosting the HKSevens Kick-off Concert on Wednesday – and once the rugby action starts he says he will get out and meet as many fans as possible.

Give the public what it wants is his mantra. The rest, he believes, will take care of itself.