A video has been released on the internet showing drunken footage
of former Baywatch star David Hasselhoff.
The video, which was filmed by his children, shows the "Hoff" clad
only in blue jeans, lying on the floor of a room and clumsily
eating a hamburger while one of his daughters remonstrates with him
about his drinking.
The tape was reported to have been made about three months ago by
Hasselhoff's 16-year-old daughter, Taylor-Ann, in his home in Las
Vegas.
On the tape, a girl's voice is heard saying: "Dad, you need to
promise me you're not gonna get alcohol tonight, OK? If you get
alcohol tonight you're fired from your show tomorrow.
"And a doctor's coming over here in the morning to check your
alcohol level and if there's any alcohol in your system you're
gonna be fired from the show. Tomorrow. You hear me? No
alcohol."
"OK," Hasselhoff replies in a slurred voice.
In a statement the star admitted a relapse in his recovery from
alcoholism and he said he'd learnt from his mistake.
He added:"I am a recovering alcoholic. Despite that I have been
going through a painful divorce and I have recently been separated
from my children due to my work, I have been successfully dealing
with my issue. Unfortunately, one evening I did have a brief
relapse, but part of recovery is relapse.
"Because of my honest and positive relationship with my daughters,
who were concerned for my well-being, there was a tape made that
night to show me what I was like. I have seen the tape. I have
learned from it and I am back on my game."