Nicole Eggert (52) regrets the breast operation she had because of her role in the hit series “Baywatch”. “It was a stupid decision at 18,” the actress told US magazine People. She felt uncomfortable in her body – and the iconic red swimsuit couldn’t be stuffed.
When Nicole Eggert joined “Baywatch” as Summer Quinn in season 3 in 1992, she felt uncomfortable in her body. Among other things, because of the swimsuit: “When you have to put on this one-piece and it’s so flat that it wrinkles, then you ask yourself, ‘What is that?’.” Stuffing was out of the question in the skimpy red swimsuit.
And although “Baywatch” had already been running for two years before Eggert joined, the actress said she didn’t know what she was getting into. She assumed she had signed on for a series about high school kids in Malibu. But then she realized she would have to walk around in the iconic red swimsuit all day. “It just wasn’t what I signed up for. It was a completely different show and not where I wanted to be,” she told People magazine.
“Leave your bodies alone”
Because she allegedly didn’t feel comfortable in direct comparison with her colleagues like Pamela Anderson (56), Nicole Eggert had cosmetic surgery. Further breast enlargements followed later. In 2015 she had her breasts reduced again in the TV show “Botched”. Nicole Eggert now has a message for young women: “God, leave your bodies alone,” she appeals in “People.”
Documentary about “Baywatch”: Nicole Eggert unpacks
Nicole Eggert left “Baywatch” after just two seasons, allegedly after a dispute with the producer and star of the series David Hasselhoff (71). But she’s not done with the series of successes yet. In the documentary she produced, “Baywatch: The American Dream,” she will talk to other former stars about the 90s phenomenon and its dark sides.
It was only at the beginning of January that Nicole Eggert made it public that she had breast cancer. She received the diagnosis in December 2023. The Californian has two daughters aged 25 and 12. She takes care of the younger child alone. Giving up is not an option for her: “This is something I have to get through. This is something I have to conquer,” she recently told People.