David Hasselhoff says he's changed his name to David Hoff

The Baywatch star filmed the news and tweeted it out to his fans

New identity: David Hasselhoff says he's changed his name

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Emma Powell

13 November 2015

David Hasselhoff has incorporated his nickname ‘The Hoff’ to change his name to David Hoff.

The 63-year-old claimed to have dropped the ‘Hassel’ and changed his name – which he described as a “massive relief”.

He broke the news to fans in a YouTube video titled Goodbye to David Hasselhoff.

Holding up a Certificate of Name Change, he said: “I’ve been wanting to drop the Hassel from my name for years. Now I’ve made it official. Davd Hoff.”

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Big news today and a massive relief for me. I hope everyone can understand… it feels great! <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://t.co/X48SQzovEi" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3114216-https://t.co/X48SQzovEi" data-vars-event-id="c23">https://t.co/X48SQzovEi</a> — David Hoff (@DavidHasselhoff) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/DavidHasselhoff/status/664896781080227840" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3114216-https://twitter.com/DavidHasselhoff/status/664896781080227840" data-vars-event-id="c23">November 12, 2015</a>

He later followed it up with a tweet, writing: “Big news today and a massive relief for me. I hope everyone can understand… it feels great!”

But fans shouldn't be quick to mourn the changing moniker.

A rep for the Sharknado 3 and Ted 2 actor told US Weekly that it is a joke for an advertising campaign.

"It's an excerpt from an ad campaign that launches in Australia this weekend," the rep said. "David is just having some fun and more will be revealed in the next 24 hours."

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