nicole eggert says the pressure to stay thin and beautiful was immense. >> i was 19, 20 years old.younger than the rest of the cast. when you're 19, 20 years old. like i didn't have to try. i didn't work out. you kno, it just was, like, natural. and i show up on set and they've got this red bathing suit and i've never worked out a day in my life. and i panicked. i couldn't believe that that's what i was going to be doing, you know? it made me so insecure and just so uncomfortable. i was considered curvy back then and there wasn't anything i could do about it. i just had a behind on me and everybody else was these like teeny tiny, skinny things. there was a clause of couldn't gain, couldn't lose 5 pounds. you had to stay within your weight. >> you know, we had to stay fit. we couldn't really get cellulite because it's going to show on camera. so it's a lot of pressure. it was a lot of pressure. >> the men on the show under the same spotlight. >> i figured out early on in the show, like, wow, the more fit you are, the more episodes they're going to write for you. the more fans you ha

today we are with our friend former "baywatch" star nicole eggert.each of the famous iconic show pop culture phenomenon. so nice to see you. >> thank you. it's so nice to be here. >> lara: so great to see you. we're very excited for this for us who watched the show. you know, it made us happy. it is iconic. it's part of our childhood, our teen years, or our adult years. [ laughter ] but more importantly, i know that you're in the midst of a battle against breast cancer. you've said that making this "after baywatch" was very cathartic for you. >> it was. in a lot of ways. i have a love/hate relationship with the show to begin with. to be at a place in my life where i have love and adoration for it, and be able to go back and do something that i'm really enjoying doing, kind of full circle. >> lara: take your mind off -- >> we started way before my diagnosis and before the pandemic. we've been doing it 4 1/2 years, i believe. yeah. so it's been a labor of love, no doubt. yeah, i didn't want to stop. i just wanted to keep living and keep doing anything

add to that our exclusive with baywatch star nicole eggert. her bombshell revelations about her time on the show, as she shares where she's at in her courageous cancer journey. i don't want my last days to be sad. such an emotional interview with nicole. we're going to have all that and so much more just moments away on access hollywood. back to you. mario. thank you. here's what's coming up in prime time here on nbc at 8:00. america's got talent, then at nine. look at this. country music stars share a special two hour tribute to toby keith. that's followed by our late news, live and local at 11:00 here from our nbc bay area studios. that's going to do it for us here at 7:00, for everyone here at nbc bay area. thanks for joining us. we hope you enjoy >>> a brad angelina face-off in venice. "access hollywood" starts right now.

also, the right stuff has even more back to school essentials and nicole eggert joining us for take a take behind the scenes of baywatch. yes, she's live here in times square so you don't want to miss it. >> yeah. we did a little preview of that yesterday and saw nicole. it was neat to see some of these stars that we remember from years ago. but who else was on there? oh, carmen electra. she's going to. she's she's carmen electra. and we talked about oh, jason momoa i love that they say oh yeah, jason momoa, which i did not remember until i saw that this doc was coming out. >> i think a lot of us didn't realize because, like, he he was little parts for so long. and then it was like, bam, i'm aquaman. yeah. >> it's true. >> he also, i mean, it was a young jason momoa, so he looked amazing as he always does. but he i don't think most people would recognize that that was him because he had shorter hair. >> right now you just see the hair, right? >> and he's a lot bigger now. like, that was like surfer momoa. now it's like bodybuilder momoa, king of the sea. if you will. yeah, i'm looking

. >> nicole eggert, who's also a producer here, talks about her breast cancer journey. >> this is mywho i am. this is me. this is what i look like right now and this is who i am right now. >> their truths are on the table in a variety of ways. what the heck am i in for? tracy, let's start with you. you. >> oh, you are in for a whirlwind. this is going to be amazing. i just knew i wanted to show that not just white women can look hot and sexy. and i think when you see the show, you're going to say, wow, i didn't know that. or oh my gosh, that's really cool. and it's even fun to look back at it. >> and it felt like that moment to really tell your story of being on this iconic worldwide phenomenon type show. baywatch never ends. it's forever. >> i think what sets this apart from other sort of behind the scenes things is that we get pretty, pretty real, pretty gritty. >> the water is freezing. it's not the cleanest. you know, sharks, you know, there's all kinds of things. there's like feces and hypodermic needles and you're like, i'm jumping in that. >> we were part of lightning in a bot