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Troubled actor David Hasselhoff has indeed been hospitalized, as first reported by the National Enquirer, his representative confirms.

Judy Katz says the Hoff, a struggling alcoholic, had a relapse and is in the hospital, but fine.

In an exclusive statement, Katz told celebrity news site TMZ that: "David Hasselhoff had a brief relapse, and immediately recognized the importance of addressing it with the assistance of his doctors. He is fine and will be back home in the morning."

By our calculations, this is the 14th time he's been hospitalized for alcohol abuse.

But at least David Hasselhoff has the joyous news of his former Baywatch co-star Pamela Anderson's marriage to Rick Salomon to comfort him at this time.

As for how this will affect his custody case, that remains to be seen. Sources say his children had been in ex-wife Pamela Bach's care for the last six weeks as he's been out of the country in Romania shooting "Anaconda 3" - an instant classic.

A mediation is scheduled for Thursday. David Hasselhoff was last seen in public Thursday night, outside of Koi with one of his daughters.

Let this be a lesson to all of those celebrities who get out of rehab. Do not immediately begin drinking again. Especially wearing no pants.

It was a disturbing scene.

Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff was alone in her bedroom watching TV when she first saw the now-infamous video footage - shot by her eldest daughter, Taylor-Ann - of her ex-husband, David Hasselhoff, 54, on the floor.

Shirtless. Eating a hamburger.

Having been married to the recovering alcoholic for 16 years (they divorced in July 2006), the tape only added fuel to an already explosive custody battle - one that's only slightly less heated than the fight between Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger.

The 42-year-old actress reveals to Us Weekly how she and daughters, Hayley, 14, and Taylor-Ann, 17, have coped with the former Baywatch star and America's Got Talent host's woes.

What did you feel when you saw the tape?
"So many emotions. I'm thinking of protecting my family, and who released this?"

"And I'm thinking that Taylor-Ann is so calm, because she's been raised around it. And I thought, How come I didn't know he was drunk?"

THG NOTE: Hasselhoff says he asked to be filmed while drunk so he could experience the intensity of his problems and get help.

When was the first time you saw him drunk?
"The first time I saw [David Hasselhoff] wasted was our second date at his house. I thought, wow, he drank a little bit too much and too fast. He was my best friend, and I was lucky to marry the love of my life. But over time, the disease eroded the relationship."

THG NOTE: Britney Spears knows all about what it's like to drink a little too much and too fast. And what it feels like to go bald.

Do they still want to see their father?
"Absolutely. They absolutely love their father. They just want him to get better. He's been through three rehabs - in 2001, 2002, and 2004. He has been to the emergency room at least 12 to 13 times at Cedars-Sinai - under aliases - for alcohol poisoning. ["Not true," Melvin Goldsman, Hasselhoff's attorney says.] His disease is very extreme."

David Hasselhoff asked to be videotaped while intoxicated so he could see what he's like when he's drunk, according to Extra.

The show obtained footage of Hasselhoff, 54, sitting shirtless on the floor of a Las Vegas hotel room (see below). Off-camera, Extra says, a family member pleads with him to stop drinking and says:

"The doctor is coming over here in the morning to check your alcohol level. If you have any alcohol in your system, you are going to be fired from [The Producers]."

Hasselhoff's lawyers said he requested that the video be taken. Pamela Anderson's former Baywatch co-star tells People in a statement that he needed to see himself at his worst:

"I am a recovering alcoholic."

"Despite [the fact] that I have been going through a painful divorce and have recently been separated from my children due to my work, I have been successfully dealing with my issues. 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. I thank God for the love and concern from my daughters. The tape was never meant to become public, but appears to have been obtained and released by my ex-wife. I hope that someone else will learn from the tape, as I have."

A rep for Debra Opri, the lawyer representing Hasselhoff's ex-wife, Pamela Bach, said in a statement Thursday:

"Pamela Bach and her attorney Debra Opri were not the ones who disseminated the tape [to the media]. Both Pamela and her attorney have not seen the tape, and Pam has no desire to."

In the video, Extra reports, Hasselhoff is asked why he continues to imbibe harder than Tara Conner, and he says: "Cause I'm lonely. I have trouble in my life." The family member responds, "You have me." Hasselhoff replies:

"I don't have you in my life. Bulls----. I don't have you." Says the family member: "You are throwing your life away. It is stupid."

Hasselhoff filed for divorce from Bach in January 2006:

Bach filed her own divorce paperwork the following day, which included claims of domestic violence. The two have been locked in an acrimonious battle over finances and custody of their two daughters, Taylor-Ann, 16, and Hayley, 13, one of whom reportedly attempted suicide in September.

In an episode of Access Hollywood airing Thursday, Bach, 44, tells the show that she doesn't trust the troubled star with their daughters, saying: "I don't trust that he can hold his disease at bay to not take that drink."

Someone ought to film Britney Spears the next time she gets faded.

David Hasselhoff, for his part, said to Access Hollywood:

"I have respect of my children and my fans, but most importantly my self respect. I will continue to keep my personal life private for the sake of moving on and living a happy life with my daughters."

A rep for Hasselhoff, who's been letting himself go for the better part of a year, did not immediately return calls for comment; his attorneys had no comment.

No, it's not a battle of which washed up star looks better in black. Although that would be an understandable interpretation.

Instead, the photo seen here depicts WWE star, Hulk Hogan, facing off with Baywatch hunk and occasional nut job, David Hasselhoff.

The Hoff somehow won Comeback of the Year at the VH-1 Big in '06 Awards, while the Hulkster was showing support for daughter Brooke Hogan. The cheap, bad singer performed at the event.

The Hollywood Gossip would've given the Big Comeback award to Shar Jackson - come on, who could've predicted she'd find her way back into the news?

But we'll have to wait until we have a TV network before we can hand out any hardware.

David Hasselhoff has pulled out of co-presenting the MTV European Video Music Awards after claiming the show's producers had no taste.

This from a man who used to talk to his car.

The 1980s style icon was due to present the awards with Justin Timberlake on November 2nd in Copenhagen, but the Sunday Mirror claims the Hoff balked once he saw the night's script.

Apparently the 54-year-old, who recently climbed the UK chart with "Jump in My Car," was not prepared to deliver such set-pieces as ripping off his co-presenters shirt and remarking "you need to get some more chest hairs like me."

Another planned scene involved the girlfriend of Cameroz Diaz wondering where Hasselhoff had gone, only for the camera to pan out to a Jacuzzi offstage where the Baywatch actor was entertaining some ladies with champagne.

"It was all tongue-in-cheek stuff, but Mr Hasselhoff didn't find it funny," an MTV source said. "He told them he's a massive star in Europe - and doesn't want to be made fun of. MTV had spent a month on the scripts and are gutted the Hoff pulled out at the last minute."

So are we. But we can at least take solace in these Kristin Cavallari pictures.

We never thought we'd say this, but: it's not a great time to be David Hasselhoff.

First, reports surfaced that the former Knight Rider and Baywatch star made up his daughter's suicide attempt. Now, it's becoming apparent that he may have imagined the crush Princess Di had on him years ago.

The butler for the late Princess of Wales seems to think so.

A couple weeks ago, Hasselhoff said in London that Diana "was smitten with me since I was so tall ... I probably would have gone after her if circumstances had been different."

Like, if she hadn't been a princess and you hadn't been a washed up 1980s TV star?

According to Paul Burrell, Di's former butler, however, Hasselhoff's talking complete and utter rubbish. Just like Nicole Richie every time she says she's healthy.

"There was never ever any hint of any date or romance between the two of them," said Burrell. "Such a suggestion is as far-fetched as a talking car called K.I.T.T."

Wow. Who knew butler's could be so witty?

Burrell stated that the young princes, William and Harry, were fans of Baywatch and that the Hoff sent them some autographed stuff from the show â€" including a picture of him in all his hairy-chested glory.

When Diana saw the photo, said Burrell, "I remember the princess laughing hysterically at the photo and turning her nose up."

Sorry, Hoff. If it makes you feel any better, we have the same reaction every time we look at a Kevin Federline picture.

David Hasselhoff recently divorced his wife - but now the former couple has a far larger problem to deal with.

Law enforcement sources told TMZ that one of Hasselhoff's daughters tried to commit suicide Sunday night.

The incident took place in the San Fernando Valley, a suburb of Los Angeles, at around 6:30 p.m. Sources reported that Hasselhoff called 911 from his home and reported that his 14-year-old daughter had "cut herself."'

He and ex-wife, Pamela Bach, have been going through a bitter custody fight. Hasselhoff had been accused of brutalizing Pam and restraining orders were issued - but many of the issues seem to have been resolved.

The actor has denied all allegations and is now just focused on the recovery of his daughter.

It's a bittersweet week for David Hasselhoff. First, the former lifeguard rewarded an 11-year old with $1 million for winning America's Got Talent.

Then, however, the annoucement was made that the Hoff and his wife of 17 years, Pamela Bach, are officially divorced. The couple has two daughters, Taylor-Ann, 16, and Hayley, 13.

TMZ reports the duo will use the family piggy bank to cover a wealth of expenses, from vet bills to paying their well-compensated gardener.

Also being paid for out of the community pot: the bachelor pad Hasselhoff is renting for $10,900 a month, Bach's mortgage, the gardener's fee of $740 a month, security and pet expenses, their daughters' tuition payment of $24,590, as well as the $1,333.97 monthly payments that go towards Bach's Mercedes.

It's nice to see these kids getting along well, despite their marital differences. Perhaps Paul McCartney and Heather Mills should be taking notes.

Love Simon Cowell or hate him, you've gotta admit this: people love his shows.

We're not even talking about American Idol, although a few million fans seem to enjoy that program, too. It's Cowell's latest brain child, America's Got Talent, that has the nation buzzing. The cantakerous Brit has even been shocked by such success.

"To be honest, we were not expecting it to do as well as it did," he told the New York Post.

Some of the show's popularity may be due to German favorite and ex-Baywatch star, David Hasselhoff. Simon hopes he can convince Kit's former owner to return as a judge, despite the fact that the Hoff has said he was only going to do the gig for one season.

"I like this panel, I think they're going to get more interesting," Simon said of Hasselhoff, Brandy, and Piers Morgan.

Of course, being an Idol judge himself, Cowel admits he's seen some acts on his own show that make him wish he were the one passing his own brand of bombastic judgment.

"It's been very tempting," says Cowell. "There have been times when I've watched the show and thought to myself, 'God I wish I was judging this.'"

America's Got Talent ends tomorrow with the crowning of a $1 million winner - but expect it to return in the future.

He's the man behind the world's most successful TV show, as well as the owner of six platinum albums (!?) and is worth tens of millions.

But David Hasselhoff is tanking big time these days, hitting a new low this week when he was told he was too drunk to fly after staggering around a VIP lounge at London's Heathrow Airport. Scotland's Daily Record says the former Baywatch star was spotted drinking at 8 a.m. and babbling incoherently before ultimately being denied permission to board the plane.

A spokeswoman for Hasselhoff said he was not drunk, but suffering from the effects of antibiotics. He caught a later flight, but the episode made a mockery of his claims that he had beaten the battle with the bottle. He attended the Betty Ford Clinic for alcoholism treatment in 2002, but was convicted of drunken driving in 2004.

Friends are blaming his fall from grace on the bitter divorce he is going through with actress Pamela Bach, which became official yesterday. The 16-year marriage crumbled in January, with divorce proceedings taking a nasty turn when Bach accused the Hoff of breaking her nose and screaming at her in front of their two teenage daughters.

"The only person who broke my wife's nose was a plastic surgeon," David hostilely shot back, also accusing his wife of drug abuse and filing for sole custody of their children.

She denied his claims and won a restraining order against him.

But the divorce isn't the only part of Hasselhoff's life to take a nose dive. Despite a vast personal fortune, his career seems to be spiraling downward as he lurches from one debacle to the next. They include being booted out of Wimbledon after trying to barge his way into the players' lounge demanding beer. Man, even Pamela Anderson hasn't let herself go this bad.

"All I want is a drink. Do you know who I am?" witnesses say the actor yelled.

That came only a few days after a bizarre accident in a London hotel, in which the star says he hit his head on a lamp, causing a shard of glass to sever four tendons in his hand. A member of staff nearly fainted when The Hoff emerged naked from the bathroom looking for help as blood poured from his dome.

Hasselhoff made a fortune by buying the rights to Baywatch from NBC and turning into the world's most-watched TV series. But since the days of Mitch Buchanan, the Hoff has lost his golden touch. He was offered the chance recently to be a judge on America's Got Talent, the new series created by Simon Cowell of American Idol fame.

But now he's got other ideas.

"It's not my cup of tea. Simon Cowell conned me into it. I'm trying to get a sitcom, or maybe even my own show, Travels With The Hoff," he said.

He's even planning to follow up his recent appearance in Chicago on the West End stage with a musical of his own life. Hasselhoff: The Musical is set to open later this year in Australia. His latest single, "Get Outta My Car," is also being released down under. The incredibly campy video sees Hasselhoff shamelessly sending himself up as he cruises around in KITT with a chick half his age.

This endless material for parody has seen him become a favorite on the Internet. In a recent poll, he was named as the celebrity most likely to be mentioned in an email, ahead of stars such as Brad Pitt and Britney Spears.

That's just as well because, if his current career path continues, self-mockery will be the only way he'll be in the public eye.