Baywatch star Nicole Eggert says the television show hurt her dating life

Life wasn’t always sunshine and rainbows when Nicole Eggert joined “Baywatch” as Roberta “Summer” Quinn in 1992. On the most recent episode of the “Still Here Hollywood” podcast, Eggert opened up about her experience on the hit show. Eggert joined “Baywatch” for season 3, but she was originally meant to appear in a spin-off of the show that had a “90210-esque” feel at the beach.The spin-off was meant to be “a high school at the beach training to be lifeguards,” but “Baywatch” became so popular, the second series was never created, Eggert revealed.“And they were like, ‘Spin-off nothing.This is what’s working, and we want it to stay like this,” she said.Eggert “politely bowed out” of “Baywatch” after two seasons because it wasn’t what she signed up for.“I had some crazy idea in my head that if I left the show, I would be able to detach myself from the stigma that the show had given all of us as actors, which is not a thing,” Eggert said.The “Baywatch” stigma translated into her dating life, too.“People have an idea of who you are, and that could be a number of things.

And I think it’s harder for people to get to know you without this preconceived notion that they have going in,” Eggert said. Nicole said she’s “not like anyone” she’s played onscreen, which has thrown people off in her dating life.Steve Kmetko, the host of the “Still Here Hollywood” podcast, asked Eggert what it was like being on the biggest television show in the world.“Weird,” Eggert simply admitted.“We were being ripped apart in the press.” Due to the negative press, “the casting doors were not opening anymore,” according to the actress.“And then all of a sudden it was like we were called ‘Baywatch bimbos’ and these dumb bimbos on the beach, and it’s T&A.“And then on the other hand, you have this No.

1 hit on your hand, and it’s like what a kerfuffle.What a mess,” Eggert admitted.After Egg...