Hasselhoff's daughter videoed drunken star

Former Baywatch star David Hasselhoff admitted today that a video made by his daughters showed the recovering alcoholic falling off the wagon - but the actor said that he was doing much better since then.

The video, shown on TV tabloid shows, depicts an apparently inebriated Hasselhoff, 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.

“I am a recovering alcoholic,” Hasselhoff said in a statement. “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.”

The tape’s existence was first reported by TV’s The Insider, Entertainment Tonight and Extra, which quickly posted stills and clips on their websites.

The TV shows said the tape was made about three months ago by Hasselhoff’s 16-year-old daughter, Taylor-Ann, in his home in Las Vegas, where he has been appearing in a stage version of The Producers.

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.

Extra said the tape also included the girl repeatedly asking Hasselhoff why he continued to “do this” to himself.

“Cause I’m lonely. I have trouble in my life,” he replies.

Hasselhoff, 54, filed for divorce from Pamela Bach last year after 16 years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences.

Bach, 43, filed her own divorce papers, also citing irreconcilable differences.

In addition to Taylor-Ann, the couple have a 14-year-old daughter, Hayley.