and had to meet david hasselhoff.ast take, i kind of -- right at the perfect moment, he was emerging from the water. he had just like shook hands with the rock. and he was just in this. they said "cut." and he looked over. like right into my eyes. super tan, super handsome. and just in all his david hasselhoff handsome glory like stood there and was like, "zac, how are you?" it was one of the coolest moments of my entire life. i literally was like, you are the epitome of cool. like he was tan, he had chest hair, he was still buff. like i was just -- i'll never forget that moment. like meeting a hero. it was just incredible. >> jimmy: you play a character, as i mentioned, who's like kind of a disgraced olympian. a swimmer. is this -- does ryan lochte know you're making a movie about his life? [ laughter ] >> okay, so -- actually, i want to clarify this. >> jimmy: okay. >> we came up with this character, the director and i both sat down, and we came up with this character entirely on our own. >> jimmy: so he stole this

he's that determined. >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> but jimmy, david hasselhoff, would you?: would it be wrong to say i have? >> oh! sweet! >> jimmy: this is "baywatch," you know. what do you do over the summer when you were a kid? what kind of summers did you have as a young man? >> i was a summer camp kid. >> jimmy: you were? >> yeah, i started out as a camper, went there for so long that i then became a counselor. >> jimmy: was it a good camp? >> it was wonderful. it was in yosemite. beautiful. bass lake. >> jimmy: how did they decide which of the kids going there for a long time get to be counselors? >> kind of the ones that just won't stop come. [ laughter ] it was interesting for me because -- you know, there's activities during the day, there's like someone who does the softball, someone who does archery, people do sailing. and i had no skill set. so they made up a job for me. i was campfire coordinator. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: what did that entail? what were your responsibilities? >> at the end of every day there's a campfire, whole camp comes together, you sing songs

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david hasselhoff gets in a situation like that where everything became don't hassle the hoff and thiss hof fuchlt l. you don't want your name to become one of those things like that. >> no, mine is like that. i said ball at the end. unbelieve-a-ball. >> jimmy: it is unbelievable you started your own shoe company instead of taking an enormous check from one of the other shoe companies. will you do this with a sports drink? will there be a ball juice in our future? [ laughter ] >> yes. [ applause ] get your ball juice and get your ball off. >> jimmy: i hope we can work on this together. i hope it's not just the family included in this empire. because listen, i need help over here. >> we're going to build this ball empire. >> jimmy: you know what? i hope it goes as perfectly as you want it to. i hope it goes as perfectly as you want it to. i hope you wind up a los angeles laker and you get to play here. [ applause ] lavar and lonzo ball. watch the nba draft on 227 on espn. and big baller brand shoes are available for preorder now. we'll be right back with phoenix! [ cheers and applause ]

it's like david hasselhoff telling people he's huge in germany, kind of that same thing. >> yeah, yeahgoes around just saying that? >> jimmy: i don't think he probably has ever said that in his life. i unfairly attributed that to him. >> i like to think he does. i'm huge in germany! oh, okay. >> jimmy: i think it's something we all know. by the

. >> jimmy: as far as i know, david hasselhoff never got his private parts caught in a beach chair. >uld have been confused. >> well, they're about to be really confused. >> jimmy: by the way, "the book of mormon" which was huge, still is a huge hit on broadway -- [ cheers and applause ] it's your big break, right? >> yeah. >> jimmy: replacing josh gad who really distinguished himself in that show. >> i know, i know. terrifying. yeah, yeah. but you played that role in the touring company? >> i played the role as a standby in the touring company. and then about five months in, the producers came to a couple of shows that i did and they sort of just plucked me up and put me on broadway. >> jimmy: wow. >> yeah. >> jimmy: and do you feel pressure to do it the way the josh did it? or did you do it differently? >> the most amount of pressure you could imagine, jimmy. >> jimmy: right, yeah. >> but you know, you end up finding your own thing and it turns out to be your own version pretty quick. >> jimmy: do you kind of get in there and you're extra nice to everyone because you want them to li

david hasselhoff gets in a situation like that where everything became don't hassle the hoff and thisike that. >> no, mine is like that. i said ball at the end. unbelieve-a-ball. >> jimmy: it is unbelievaball you started your own shoe company instead of taking an enormous check from one of the other shoe companies. will you do this with a sports drink? will there be a ball juice in our future? [ laughter ] >> yes. [ applause ] there's got to be. get your ball juice and get your ball off. >> jimmy: i hope we can work on this together. i hope it's not just the family included in this empire. because listen, i need help over here. >> we're going to build this ball empire. >> jimmy: you know what? i hope it goes as perfectly as you want it to. i hope it goes as perfectly as you want it to. i hope you wind up a los angeles laker and you get to play here. [ applause ] lavar and lonzo ball. watch the nba draft on june 22nd on espn. and big baller brand shoes are available for preorder now. we'll be right back with phoenix! [ cheers and applause ] >> dicky: the "jimmy kimmel live" concert ser

and then we ran into david hasselhoff. >> no connection >> well, yes, there is.me you look over your shoulder, it's going to be me. >> it's vaguely threatening. >> what's the back story? >> i asked carson and -- >> carson has no clue why? >> that makes it better. >> no clue? >> but clearly david has something going on. >> maybe some imagined slight? i don't know, he's the hoff. >> david has the clue. >> carson no clue. >> you know what makes it better? when you do something like that and tth clue. >> doesn't ge inside joke. >> that's awesome >> so i will be leaving you lovely ladies again after this show because if you saw our last half hour we had the ultimate dad cookoff. so i'll be traveling across the country doing backyard barbecues to get us ready for father's day so very excited. surprises. we'll be surprising people. >> i love that. and hopefully you don't smell the smoke. >> let's recap the weekend. >> first was last night's tony awards with bette midler, i didn't realize, she hasn't won an official tony. >> i didn't know that. >> an official. she's had

and then, we ran into david hasselhoff. >> no connection? >> well, yes, there is. but the hoff.ulder, it's going to be me. >> it's vaguely threatening. i'm not sure why. >> what's the back story? >> there isn't one. i asked carson. >> wait. timeout. carson has no clue why? >> no clue. we asked -- >> no clue. >> clearly, david has something going on. >> maybe some imagined slight. i don't know. >> david has a clue. >> carson, no clue. >> you know what makes it better? when you do something like that and the other person has no clue what you're talking about. >> doesn't get the inside joke. >> that's awesome. >> yeah. i will be leaving you ladies again after this show because -- i don't know if you saw our last half hour, we had the ultimate dad cookoff. i'm going to be traveling across the country, doing some backyard barbecues to get us ready for father's day. >> that's neat. >> they're going to love that. >> surprises. we're going to be surprising people. >> i love that. >> surprise. >> okay. >> hopefully don't smell the smoke. >>> huge weekend in the world of pop culture and s