David Hasselhoff has revealed he delayed proposing to his now-wife Hayley because he was concerned about their 27-year age gap.
The 66-year-old Baywatch star wed Hayley Roberts in an intimate ceremony in Italy last month, and the actor admits he was worried he was too old for his 38-year-old wife.
Speaking to OK! magazine, 'The Hoff' said: ''For the longest time I didn't think it was right to marry Hayley as I was so much older and I didn't want to take away the fun and the youth and the excitement of growing old together and having children.
''We've been together for about seven years and we've had such a great time. I've realised how much I love Hayley and how much we've become part of each other's life.''
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Hayley also admits she has concerns about their age gap and thought about it a lot when they first start dating.
''At the very start I thought the age difference was a lot and I was nervous about it but it doesn't bother me now. David acts so much younger, he doesn't see his age. I'm probably older than my years. I don't feel like he's that much older than me," she said.
The couple first met back in 2011 when Roberts, a model from Wales, approached Hasselhoff to ask him for an autograph at an event that took place while he was a judge on Britain's Got Talent.
The 66-year-old ex-Knight Rider star requested her phone number and five years later he popped the question during a beach picnic in Malibu.
"We were both in tears," 38-year-old Roberts told Hello! Magazine in 2016 of his romantic proposal. "I genuinely had no idea he was going to do that, I’m still overwhelmed."
This is Hasselhoff's third marriage. He was previously married to actress Catherine Hickland for five years from 1984 to 1989.
He wed actress Pamela Bach in December 1989 and they have two daughters, Taylor Ann and Hayley.
Their divorce, after 16 years of marriage, was finalized in August 2006.
