Nicole Eggert Says 'baywatch' Hurt Her Dating Life

Life wasn't ever sunshine and rainbows erstwhile Nicole Eggert joined "Baywatch" arsenic Roberta "Summer" Quinn successful 1992. 

On nan astir caller section of nan "Still Here Hollywood" podcast, Eggert opened up astir her acquisition connected nan deed show. 

Eggert joined "Baywatch" for play 3, but she was primitively meant to look successful a spin-off of nan show that had a "'90210'-esque consciousness astatine nan beach.

Nicole Eggert was pegged arsenic a "Baywatch bimbo" aft appearing connected nan deed show. (Getty Images)

The spin-off was meant to beryllium "a precocious schoolhouse astatine nan formation training to beryllium lifeguards," but "Baywatch" became truthful popular, nan 2nd bid was ne'er created, Eggert revealed.

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"And they were like, ‘Spin-off nothing. This is what's working, and we want it to enactment for illustration this,'" she said.

Eggert "politely bowed out" of "Baywatch" aft 2 seasons because it wasn't what she signed up for.

"I had immoderate crazy thought successful my caput that if I near nan show, I would beryllium capable to detach myself from nan stigma that nan show had fixed each of america arsenic actors, which is not a thing."

"I had immoderate crazy thought successful my caput that if I near nan show, I would beryllium capable to detach myself from nan stigma that nan show had fixed each of america arsenic actors, which is not a thing," Eggert said.

The "Baywatch" stigma translated into her making love life, too.

Nicole Eggert, David Hasselhoff, Alexandra Paul, David Charvet and Pamela Anderson connected nan formation successful play 3 of "Baywatch." (Everett Collection)

"People person an thought of who you are, and that could beryllium a number of things. And I deliberation it's harder for group to get to cognize you without this preconceived conception that they person going in," Eggert said. 

Nicole said she's "not for illustration anyone" she's played onscreen, which has thrown group disconnected successful her making love life.

Steve Kmetko, nan big of nan "Still Here Hollywood" podcast, asked Eggert what it was for illustration being connected nan biggest tv show successful nan world.

Eggert starred arsenic Summer Quinn successful 2 seasons of "Baywatch." Pamela Anderson famously played C.J. Parker for 5 seasons. (Getty Images)

"Weird," Eggert simply admitted. "We were being ripped isolated successful nan press." Due to nan antagonistic press, "the casting doors were not opening anymore," according to nan actress.

"And past each of a abrupt it was for illustration we were called ‘Baywatch bimbos’ and these dumb bimbos connected nan beach, and it's T&A.

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"And past connected nan different hand, you person this No. 1 deed connected your hand, and it's for illustration what a kerfuffle. What a mess," Eggert admitted.

Nicole Eggert faced stereotypes moreover aft leaving nan "Baywatch" universe. (Olivia Wong/WireImage/Getty Images)

After Eggert stepped distant from nan deed series, she returned to nan "Baywatch" beingness successful 2003 for "Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding."

Eggert told People magazine successful 2024 that she didn't cognize what she was signing up for erstwhile agreeing to subordinate nan "Baywatch" world.

"Oh my God, we’re going to beryllium successful a bathing suit each time each day?" she remembered reasoning connected time 1.

"All nan girls worked retired and were ace mini and fit, and I was like, ‘Whoops.’ And nan one-piece bathing suits were not flattering. I didn’t want to deterioration it astatine all," she said of nan iconic reddish swimsuit. "It conscionable wasn’t what I signed up for. It was a wholly different show and ballgame and not wherever I wanted to be."

"Baywatch" stars Nicole Eggert, Alexandra Paul, David Charvet, Pamela Anderson, Jeremy Jackson and David Hasselhoff successful 1993. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)

While connected break from shooting "Baywatch," Eggert, past 18, decided to spell nether nan knife. "I regret it now, of course," she explained of getting bosom implants. 

"I look astatine each these younger girls doing it and think, ‘God, time off your bodies alone!’ But erstwhile you person to put connected that one-piece, and it's for illustration you're truthful level that it's for illustration pleating, you sewage pleats crossed nan beforehand ... you're like, ‘What is this?’ Nothing you tin do. You can't worldly it pinch anything. You can't do anything."

With time, Eggert started to mobility why she'd really gone done pinch nan procedure. "It was a stupid 18-year-old decision," she admitted to People.

Since getting nan first implants, Eggert has had respective bosom augmentation surgeries. In 2015, she appeared connected an section of "Botched," wanting a bosom reduction.

Nicole Eggert revealed her bosom crab test successful 2024. (Leon Bennett/Getty Images)

In January 2024, nan character announced she'd been diagnosed pinch bosom cancer.

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Eggert first felt symptom successful her bosom and gained 25 pounds wrong 3 months. Believing them to beryllium symptoms of menopause, she was amazed to find a lump during a self-exam successful October 2023. 

"It really was throbbing and hurting," she antecedently told People. "I instantly went to my wide practitioner, and she told maine I had to instantly spell get it looked at. But nan problem was, I conscionable couldn't get an appointment. Everything was booked. So I had to hold until nan extremity of November to get it done."

Eggert was diagnosed pinch shape 2 cribriform carcinoma bosom cancer. (Getty Images)

Results later showed that she had shape 2 cribriform carcinoma breast cancer. Both of Eggert's parents had cancer. 

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