Dukes of Hazzard's Catherine Bach swaps her hotpants for comfy sweatpants



Her legs were once insured for $1million but 30 years on from her role in Dukes of Hazzard, Catherine Bach prefers to keep them covered.

The 55-year-old, who played Daisy Duke in the popular series, instead opts for more functional sweatpants to walk the dog in Los Angeles.

Bach became a pin-up after starring in the 1979 TV series Dukes Of Hazzard, thrilling a generation of male viewers with her denim hotpants and slender legs.

Opting for comfort: Catherine Bach, who starred as Daisy Duke in the Dukes of Hazzard in the Seventies, opts for comfy gear instead of her trademark hotpants



She left the show when it ended in 1985 and she went on to star in African Skies, a Canadian television series about post-Apartheid South Africa.

Bach, who married her second husband Peter Lopez in 1990, was out walking her dogs with her 11-year-old daughter Laura in her hometown.

Now a mother of two and approaching her 56th birthday, it is no wonder that she is opting for comfy clothes and has a curvier figure.

Last year she hit out gossip columns which poked fun at her replacement as Daisy Duke piling on the pounds.

Sweatpants: Catherine and her daughter Laura walk their dogs in Los Angeles



Jessica Simpson, 29, gained 10lb and hit headlines for becoming curvier.

Bach said: 'I think it's a shame that Jessica has been viciously attacked for superficial reasons.

'It sends a bad message to our young girls that in order to fit in, you have to be skinny and your outfits better make you look skinny, too.



'What I hope my daughters are learning from me is to respect themselves, honour their bodies, and show compassion and kindness towards others.'



