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."
