David Hassellhoff's daughter Hayley returns to the spotlight as she graces the red carpet at amFAR Gala in Cannes two months after beloved mother Pamela Bach's tragic suicide

Daily Mail​

23-05-2025

David Hassellhoff's daughter Hayley returned to the spotlight at the amFAR gala in Cannes on Thursday following her mother Pamela Bach's tragic suicide.
The model, 32, who reportedly found her mother's body, was the epitome of elegance as she graced the star-studded red carpet amid the city's annual film festival in a dramatic black gown.
Hayley's dress boasted a plunging bejewelled corset with satin princess skirt and she completed the look with sheer opera gloves and dazzling diamond cocktail rings.
The beauty styled her long blonde locks into wet look finger waves and accentuated her features with glamorous make-up.
Pamela, who starred on Baywatch with her then-husband David, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at her Hollywood Hills home on March 5 aged 61.
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David and Pamela were married in 1989 and welcomed two daughters - Taylor, 34, and Hayley- before they divorced in 2006.
The Baywatch actor, 72, was not in attendance at his ex-wife funeral which was held at the Bel Air Presbyterian Church according to TMZ.
About 150 people attended the funeral service as Pamela's two daughters with David spoke, DailyMail.com has reached out to representatives for Hasselhoff.
Taking to Instagram ahead of the funeral Hayley poured out her grief, writing, 'My heart is shattered, yet somehow feels whole knowing you will always be my best friend, my heart, and my whole world.'
Pamela's tragic suicide unfolded at her Hollywood Hills home, where a neighbor reportedly saw Hayley 'screaming and crying' upon discovering her mother's body.
In her tribute, Hayley reflected on cherished memories with her mother.
'Mornings are the hardest because I would run to my phone to dial you the second I'd wake up, no matter the time [or] no matter where I was in the world,' she added in her heartbreaking post. 'You were always there.'
She continued: 'Mom, last night was one of the hardest. I don't know if it's because it's been a week since your passing or the synchronization of the rain tonight, just like the night of,' Hayley continued.
'I pray that one day I can find comfort in the sound of rain again as it'll symbolize your spirit going to heaven. For now, all I hear is my heart aching for you.'
She added: 'You were my biggest support, as I was yours,' Hayley recalled on Thursday.
Hayley admitted that coping with her grief has been an immense challenge.
'This yearning for you is unlike anything I've ever known, but I need you to know that I will love you in every form,' she wrote.
'I'm choosing to be strong for you to make you proud. Taylor and I are staying strong, carrying the pride you instilled in us and protecting one another, knowing that the bond you taught us to cherish will always guide us. This unbreakable bond will stay with us forever.'
Pamela was found dead at her $2million Hollywood Hills home of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Wednesday night.
Neighbor Hiromi Osiecki, 65, said she saw paramedics arrive around 9pm and heard a young woman going in and out the house 'screaming and crying'.
'She was hysterical, yelling, screaming, crying on the street. She was crying, saying 'I just want to get my car',' Osiecki told DailyMail.com.
'A little later, she came out with police. I heard her crying and somebody was trying to comfort her.
'Police tried to bring her in the house and close the door, but the door got opened. She was in and out a few times.
'We couldn't see what was going on in the house, but when she came out she was crying like crazy.'
Hiromi and her husband John, who live across the street from Pamela, said they believed the woman was Hayley Hasselhoff.
The Osieckis said Hayley used to live in the house with Pamela, and they recognized her Mercedes in the driveway Wednesday night.
The neighbors said during the period the daughter lived with Pamela, about 10 years ago, paramedics and police would frequently be called to the home, though they did not know why.
Hiromi said she last saw Pamela on Monday from her backyard, taking out the trash.
'I felt she looked sad,' Osiecki said.
John Osiecki, 70, said he and his wife kept their distance from Pamela, due to the 'drama' she caused in the neighborhood.
'Our gardener said "don't ever tell her my phone number, she wants to hire me, but I don't want to work for her. She's crazy. She smokes too much marijuana",' said Hiromi.
'Then one time she saw my gardener was working in my yard, came into my yard and talked to him. It was trespassing. I was really uncomfortable.'
She said both Pamela's next-door neighbors got in arguments with her over things like trash cans and parking spaces, and added that Pamela 'got a really huge pit bull-type dog' which bit another neighbor's smaller dog, leading to a fight about veterinary bills.
'I noticed all day, all night, the dog would cry and bark. I don't know if she was there or not,' said Osiecki.
'I wanted to stay away from her. She told my husband she wanted to hire me as an assistant. I was like, no way. It was such an odd thing to say to my husband. I didn't want anything to do with her.'
'It's shocking,' said John. 'She was chatty. She would talk to a lot of people when she walked her dogs. She didn't seem like the type of person who would want to kill herself.'