David HasselhoffDavid Hasselhoff has downplayed reports of his hospitalisation at the weekend.

The former Baywatch star was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Saturday night after he was reportedly found unconscious on the floor at home by his 16 year old daughter Hayley.

A source close to the family revealed that Hayley called her mum, David’s ex-wife Pamela Bach, and the pair drove David to the hospital: “[Hayley kept] slapping her dad’s face. He was barely breathing when they got him at the hospital.

“He’s recovering. Pam was his bedside till 4am. This is about the seventh time he’s been taken to a hospital over the last few years with alcohol poisoning.”

However, according to his spokesperson David was discharged early on Sunday morning and is “fine, well and happy”.

David’s alcohol problems first came to light in early 2007 and later that year he checked into rehab.