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David Hasselhoff is at the centre of yet another  911 scandal, according to TMZ.

And it’s the same story as last time: he wasn’t drunk, he was sick. Hasselhoff’s people released a statement saying yesterday’s incident was because of an ear infection which he was treating with Antivert.

This medication clashed poorly with Antabuse, another tactlessly-named medication the Hoff is taking to keep him from drinking. The cocktail resulted in a loss of equilibrium, so when the paramedics arrived, Hasselhoff opted to go to the hospital for help.

His teenage daughter Hayley Hasselhoff alerted her mother Pamela Bach last night saying her dad was drunk. One of Bach’s friends dialed 911, who answered the call shortly after to escort Hasselhoff to hospital.

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It appears as if ‘The Hoff’ has fallen off the wagon – again. “Baywatch” legend and “America’s Got Talent” judge David Hasselhoff has struggled with addiction for years, and reports of his rehabilitation and recovery have kept fans hopeful but a report of his sudden hospitalization surfaced yesterday.

TMZ.com quoted his rep, Judy Katz, who confirmed the rumour. “David had a brief relapse and immediately recognized the importance of addressing it with the assistance of his doctors,” she said.

The 55-year-old father lost temporary custody of his children in May due to footage leaked onto the web that featured a drunk, and agitated Hasselhoff interacting with his daughter. Immediately afterwards, ‘The Hoff’ vowed to stay clean for the sake of his family, fans and health – until now.

The National Enquirer is reporting that David Hasselhoff was readmitted to a Los Angeles detox hospital yesterday after a severe alcohol relapse.

Hasselhoff was described as looking “weak,” “trembling” and “ashen.”

Hasselhoff’s alcoholism was smeared all over the internet earlier this year, when a videotape his daughter filmed of him drunk made its way online. The incident left him “humiliated,” but unable to completely kick his habit.

“He lives for his children and it killed him that they had to see him so drunk he didn’t know what he was doing,” a source told the Enquirer. “Most times he does remarkably well,…Then every once in a while he slips up and relapses. Then he has to start all over again.”

Despite the videotape controversy, Hasselhoff did win primary custody of his two children over his ex-wife, Pamela Bach. The 55-year-old was last seen as a judge on the television reality program, America’s Got Talent.

David Hasselhoff says if you want the world’s most beautiful women delivered to your hotel room go to Copenhagen.

The “Click” star has stayed in hotels all around the world but found the room service in the Danish capital to be the most satisfactory – because of the stunning staff.

He told Britain’s Loaded magazine: “Copenhagen has the prettiest girls. All I will say is go to Copenhagen and order room service. When I was there, we’d keep ringing back and ordering more room service, then we’d call them
back and say, ‘Hey, you forgot the cream!’ It seemed each time an even more gorgeous girl would walk in. Copenhagen has the most beautiful, tall girls.”

Despite his love of Danish girls, Hasselhoff recently confessed he is on the look out for an intelligent English girlfriend.

The former “Baywatch” actor wants to put his recent divorce from Pamela Bach, his wife of 16 years, behind him and find a “career-orientated chick” from the UK.

He said: “I want to find myself a beautiful English girlfriend. But I don’t want some dumb blonde. I’d like a woman who is really intelligent. A chick who is career-orientated.”

As the divorce is still in process, the latest court papers have surfaced and reveal a few settlements that have been made.

According to E! Online, who were able to obtain the most recent documents, David Hasselhoff, 53, and soon to be ex wife Pamela Bach, 42, both will receive $27,000 a month through their community property that still remains uncertain. However, that money will pay Bach and their daughters’ mortgage for their current place of living, security costs, $740 per month towards gardening expenses, $37,390 for private school tuition, veterinarian bills, $1,333.97 for car payments for Bach’s Mercedes-Benz, and $1,125.75 for the Cadillac Escalade and the Land Rover. Hasselhoff will also be given an extra $10,900 per month in order to pay rent for his current place, which he lives at.

In return for settling these daily expenses, Hasselhoff and Bach’s lawyers will each receive $50,000.

In May, their custody battle was settled concerning their two daughters, Taylor Ann, 16, and Hayley Amber, 12. The settlement consisted of Hasselhoff and Bach receiving joint custody, and alternating special occasions such as birthdays every year.

The divorce is set to become final on July 26, six months after they announced they were separating. During those months, both accused each other of wrongful doing. Hasselhoff claims Bach abused prescription and illegal drugs, while Bach claims Hasselhoff terrorized her and physically abused her. The result of these claims has Hasselhoff slapped with a restraining order. He is to stay 100 yards away from Bach except for court-approved visitations.

David Hasselhoff and his wife of 16 years are divorced.

E! Online is reporting that Hasselhoff and wife Pamela Bach are officially divorced. The couple separated in January.

“I’ve always loved him and always will, and have love and compassion for him. It’s a very, very sad day, but a day to move on,” Bach said to the Associated Press on Wednesday.

Hasselhoff cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split. Meanwhile, Bach accused the former Baywatch star of verbally and physically assaulting her, and got a restraining order put against the actor in March of this year.

Hasselhoff hasn’t commented on the divorce yet.

Former Baywatch star and current America’s Got Talent judge David Hasselhoff underwent surgery on Thursday for a severed tendon in his right arm.

According to his publicist, Judy Katz, the 53-year-old actor was shaving at a gym in London, UK’s Sanderson Hotel when he hit his head on a chandelier, sending shards of glass across his arm.

Hasselhoff spent one night at St. Thomas’ Hospital in London after doctors repaired the injury.

“He’s fine,” Katz told the Associated Press. “He’s out of the hospital and will resume filming tomorrow.”

Hasselhoff is in London working on an ad campaign for Pipex, a British internet company.

Former Baywatch star David Hasselhoff has cancelled his debut pantomime stage role to appear in a new reality series created by Simon Cowell, reports the BBC.

Hasselhoff was scheduled to play Captain Hook in a production of Peter Pan in London, UK.

However, the stage show clashes with Cowell’s new TV series, American’s Got Talent. Hasselhoff has signed on with the show to judge aspiring performers.

The 53-year-old has previously appeared onstage as “Billy Flynn” in a 2004 production of Chicago.

On America’s Got Talent, he’ll join fellow judges Piers Morgan, a British journalist, and R&B singer Brandy.

Contestants on the show, which debuts this week on NBC, will be competing for a $1 million US prize.