LONDON - Former "Baywatch" star David Hasselhoff had surgery after severing a tendon in his right arm in an accident in a London gym bathroom, his spokeswoman said Friday.

The 53-year-old actor, who played lifeguard Mitch Buchannon on the TV beach drama for 11 years, was shaving at a gym in the Sanderson Hotel on Thursday when he hit his head on a chandelier, showering his arm with broken glass, his publicist, Judy Katz, said.

Doctors operated to repair the injury and Hasselhoff spent one night at St. Thomas' Hospital in central London, Katz said.

"He's fine," Katz said by phone from New York. "He's out of the hospital and will resume filming tomorrow."

Hasselhoff is working on an ad campaign for Pipex, a British internet company, she said.

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I ask you: how tall is this guy if he can hit his head on a chandelier? It all sounds a tad suspect.....

we have really low ceilings in England.

what kind of men's locker has a chandelier?

poor david hasselhoff

LleeLlee said:

Maybe the floors are just high?

http://video.google.com/v...hasselhoff

Literally hilarious.

JasmineFire said:

the kind that has lace curtains too?

2the9s said:

no, its definitely the ceilings.

LleeLlee said:

perhaps it also had a shag carpet...

JasmineFire said:

I think he was in the ladies locker room and this is why he hit his head as ladies are generally only 1 foot tall in Europe.

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[Edited 7/1/06 14:34pm]