Runners-Up: Actor Hasselhoff and Heiress Hilton
In pictures reminiscent of the mug shot of actor Nick Nolte, a video of actor David Hasselhoff taken by his 17-year-old daughter Taylor was, according to Hasselhoff, “maliciously” released by “individuals who are not worthy of mentioning… for their own self purpose.” Hasselhoff lies on a floor shirtless, attempting to eat a hamburger while obviously stinking drunk. His daughter, off-screen, begs her father to stop drinking and asks, “Why do you like doing this to yourself?” “‘Cause I’m lonely,” Hasselhoff responds. “I don’t have any children in my life.” Videos are an excellent tool not only for interventions, but also as reminders. While the tape was never intended to become public, perhaps it will serve to remind Mr. Hasselhoff what may happen the next time he begins to take a sip. It may even serve as a tool for other codependents, who can tell their addicts, “That’s what you looked like when….”
Heiress Paris Hilton, who was sentenced to 45 days in jail for violating the terms of her probation for an alcohol-related reckless driving conviction in January 2007 resulting from an arrest the previous September. She was pulled over January 15 and informed she was driving on a suspended license and again February 27 for speeding and driving without her headlights on (an excellent indicator of DUI, but there is no report she was tested), at which time she was charged with violating her probation. She reportedly has had “numerous” mishaps behind the wheel of very expensive vehicles and was recently fired from her duties at Club Paris, which she doesn’t own but to which she rents her name, thanks to her skipping promotional appearances. Los Angeles City prosecutors want her to wear a monitoring device to keep her alcohol-abstinent after she is released. The fly in the ointment is, despite all the evidence and a family history of alcoholism, she didn’t argue with the officer when she was arrested for DUI at a .09 per cent BAL. On the other hand, among other tirades, she was kicked out of a Beverly Hills supermarket after (allegedly) ramming her shopping cart into an old lady’s and screaming, “That’s what you get for being rude and blocking the aisle!”