Jeremy Jackson spent his teen years playing Hobie Buchannon on the Baywatch series from 1991 to 1999. The 43-year-old’s early contact with fame exposed him to a lot of vices, including drug addiction and an uncurbed sexual urge that led him to do the most bizarre thing behind the scenes.
The new Hulu documentary titled Baywatch: Moment In The Sun is fulfilling its aim of reuniting the cast and giving candid insight into each actor’s unique experience on set and beyond their Baywatch era. Jeremy opened up about how difficult it was going through puberty while filming the series amongst adults.
Jeremy Jackson’s weird secret habit on ‘Baywatch’ set
Jeremy admitted to having a crush on his female co-stars, who were often in body-hugging swimsuits that showed off their figures and toned legs. Being a much younger person, he was aware that he could not date any of his lady colleagues and resorted to searching through their belongings to sniff their dirty bathing suits.
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He also named Nicole Eggert his all-time favorite and would often single out her outfit for his pleasure. Jeremy was highly motivated to grow up so he could finally fulfill his anticipated wild way of living, which eventually caught up with him.
Jeremy claims puberty was painful
Jeremy went further to confess that it was torture being surrounded by hot women at least 25 years older than him— in his words, he was too young to hook up with them but old enough to want to. When asked about what Nicole thought of the weird confession from Jeremy, she replied that she was not surprised and appreciated his honesty.
The swimwear owned by Pamela Anderson, Carmen Electra, Yasmine Bleeth, and Donna D’Errico was not left out either, as Jeremy recalls relishing the smell of all his female co-stars. By the finale season, Jeremy was already addicted to crystal meth, which led to him spending 90 days in jail and then going to rehab.