The Hoff went into rehab earlier this month after two cases of alcohol poisoning and an incident where he tried to punch a doctor that was treating him. Recently, he spoke out about his alcoholism and compared himself to first aid practice mannekin Amy Winhouse.

“The problem that I’ve experienced in my own life and some of the stuff that’s been documented about Amy is a universal problem.
“It’s an illness. You don’t wake up in the morning and decide to have this problem.”

When I think of similarities between the Hoff and the House, I tend to think of creepy, inept fathers and fake breasts, but yeah, alcoholism too. Sure.

In what other ways are David Hasselhoff and Amy Winehouse similar?

Imagine someone asking your dad how you are doing.  Imagine your dad exclaiming that you’re well and that your boobs look great.  Now silently thank the universe that Mitch Winehouse is not your dad.

Amy Winehouse’s father has been one chatty chap this week.  Earlier in the week, he testified to Parliament that he feels rehab is a waste when it is offered to addicts that are facing criminal charges.  It’s an ironic viewpoint since rehab is exactly what has kept his own darling daughter out of the clink.

A British telly programme (sorry, but you should expect this sort of thing from me) asked Mitch how his daughter was.  He replied “Fantastic, fantastic. Her boobs are great as well.  I shouldn’t have said that should I? She looks absolutely fantastic.”

If there is any consolation, at least Daddy Winehouse doesn’t know how much the operation cost the singer.  The reporter mentioned rumors of the augmentation costing $56,000, but Mitch was unaware.  ”I don’t know. I didn’t have to pay for it – that’s all I know. Whenever I see her, she says, ‘Dad can you give me a couple of hundred.’ [But] I didn’t have to pay for the boobs. I don’t know.”

And isn’t that just the one sentence we all hope to never hear our fathers utter?  ”I didn’t have to pay for the boobs.”  Shudder.

Amy Winehouse and a girlfriend walked around London last night and you couldn’t notice a few things about her look: 1) She’s got a big ol’ wet stain in the same place she’s always got wet stains, 2) She was rocking a new set of knockers and 3) Her shirt had her ex-husband’s name on it and the proclamation that she was his “girl”. The singer, who seems to be shaping up her act quite a bit, is rumored to have just boosted the size of her breasts from a B-cup to a D-cup and although the results don’t seem too visible here, she supposedly burst one of her new boobies on stage the other night. Or she thought she did anyway, because she returned to the hospital that performed the surgery for an overnight stay. The gallery below has tons of photos that will help you determine whether or not the augmentation story is true and lots of proof that if Amy is cleaning herself up, she’s still got a lot of work to do.

Lately, it seems like Amy Winehouse is less troubled.  We don’t see daily pictures of a bra-clad Amy stumbling around the streets of Camden with a bag of crisps in her sore-ridden hands.  So, it makes one curious:  What is Ames doing these days?  Uh, rapping.

Winehouse has decided to try a new genre of music.  Lyrics such as, “Listen. I can write ten raps a night, it don’t matter but you know that it’s tight,” and “I will never wear my hair out unless I am the best.  Oh snap, I never knew that. Well I know that I’m a Jew. Well, a Jewmaican,” coupled with a bunch of unintelligible rambling clearly equals “recipe for success”.

Now all we need is a new rapper name for Winehouse.  Any ideas?  L.L. Cool Jew?  Ugh … sorry.

Okay. She’s managed to perform without collapsing or slurring. She was spotted out holding hands with a cute (although probs gay) boy, and she was looking pretty cute herself. But a record label? Amy Winehouse needs a record label like she needs another crack pipe. But don’t worry, the siren song of sanity has never stopped Amy before, and it’s not starting now. She’s launching a damn record label.

Five time Grammy winner Amy Winehouse, the most exciting and biggest-selling female artist to emerge in the music scene in years, follows the enormous worldwide success of her 10 million selling album “Back To Black”, with the launch of her own record label, Lioness Records. Inspired by Berry Gordy’s Motown, and The Specials’ 2Tone label, Amy wanted to create a label where she could sign and work closely with a small roster of artists she really believed in. The first release on the new imprint will be “Introducing Dionne Bromfield”, the debut album from thirteen year old Londoner Dionne Bromfield.

Speaking about Dionne, Amy says, “The first time I heard Dionne sing, I couldn’t believe what I was hearing… such an amazing voice from such a young girl. I’m just so proud of her. I’m very lucky to have a record label. I’ve got all these people that I love, that are really talented – and Dionne is my number one”.

Oh, God. If there’s anything more upsetting in here than Amy Winehouse and a record label, it’s Amy Winehouse and a 13-year-old girl. What the hell kind of parent is going to turn to their barely teenage daughter and say, “Yes, sweetheart, just do it exactly like Amy Winehouse did”??? Insanity. My fingers are crossed for all parties involved.

Amy Winehouse was trotting around London last night with her ex boyfriend Tyler James (who, BTW, is hot.) The singer looked like she’s made some progress since her days smoking crack and holing up in St. Lucia where she supposedly kicked a lot of her drug use. It seems as though Winehouse has put on some much-needed weight and maybe even taken a shower or two since her worst days, which really don’t seem all that long ago. She still however has a couple of bad habits to break. On her walk from the restaurant where they ate dinner to the jazz club where Amy performed a couple of numbers, it was hard not to notice that she was smoking up a storm and still hasn’t quit wearing ballet slippers. She also, as you can see in the gallery, had a big wet stain under her right breast, which either means she’s lactating or was a bit clumsy with her (water?) glass at meal time. Either way, I find it hard to hate on her because she’s seemingly come such a long way from the horrible place she was in not even a year ago.

Here’s some nice news for the day — Amy Winehouse made a surprise appearance at The Specials’ performance at the UK’s V Festival on Saturday night, and you can actually watch her performance without wondering the whole time if she’s going to die mid-note. She’s standing on her own two feet pretty well, and she sounds as good as can be expected. I’m far from convinced that she’s completely better, but this is a nice start. Here’s hopin’ for ya, Ames.