David Hasselhoff’s life just became a lot more complicated. According to MSNBC, his wife claims that the marriage break-up should be blamed on Hasselhoff being an alcoholic, and on him being abusive after he has had a bit of drink.

These allegations, combined with the video clip that came out yesterday on The Insider, are going to make a divorce battle hard going for the Hoff.

LOS ANGELES – An already ugly Hollywood split has officially gone nuclear as Pamela Bach, David Hasselhoff’s ex-wife reveals explosive new allegations about her former husband.

And as “Access Hollywood’s” Shaun Robinson found out when she sat down with Pamela, it all boils down to two things — claims of abuse and alcohol.

“The disease of alcoholism that David is… it’s a disease that you can put a halt to I believe,” Pamela told Shaun.

“You’re saying he’s an alcoholic?” Shaun asked.

“Oh, I know it. Yes,” Pamela revealed. “And I thought if he just wouldn’t drink everything is going to be okay. Life is good. We’ve got two beautiful girls. You know, amazing. If you just put down the drink everyday, everything will be okay.”

“When David was drinking, did he ever physically abuse you?” Shaun asked Pamela.

“Yes, that’s not something I really wanted out,” she said with deep breath as she began to cry. “It’s embarrassing and you think what did you do but you come to the point you didn’t do anything. You don’t deserve it.”

“What did he do?” Shaun followed up. “Did he hit you?”

“It just… they become so different,” an emotional Pamela explained. “It’s like a Jekyll and Hyde.”

“Were there ever any bruises? Broken bones? Anything that you covered up?” Shaun asked.

“That’s what I did,” she revealed.

“You covered it up,” Shaun noted.

Ever since their divorce became final last August, David and Pamela have been locked in a dispute over spousal support and custody of their two daughters, Hayley and Taylor Ann.

In a statement to Access Hollywood, David said “I have the respect of my children and my fans, but most importantly I have 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.”

Bach has hired Debra Opri (Larry Birkhead’s ex-lawyer) to represent her in divorce proceedings. In the Access Hollywood interview, Debra Opri chimed in to say that Hasselhoff’s allegations of Bach’s cocaine abuse during their marriage were completely false, and that she belives the Hoff is capable of abusing his girls while intoxicated. (Am I the only one who doesn’t get a good vibe from Opri?)

It is very sad that Hoff’s divorce proceedings have taken such an ugly turn. Why does Bach feel the need to make such details public? It didn’t help Heather Mills gain any public sympathy when she told of her alleged abuse at the hands of Paul McCartney, and it didn’t help Kim Basinger when Baldwingate was leaked a couple of weeks ago. If these women have grievances with their husbands, they shouldn’t take it to the media. It hurts the children involved and just makes them seem vindictive for having to air such dirty laundry in the public domain.

Here’s the clip that was aired on The Insider last night.

According to a source, Hasselhoff’s daughter filmed this clip with his permission so “that if he ever fell off the wagon, they should tape him so that he’ll know what kind of condition he’s in and learn something from it.”

Hasselhoff himself has released the following statement regarding the clip:

“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, I did have a brief relapse, but part of recovery is relapse. Because of my honest and positive relationship with my children, who were concerned for my well-being, there was a tape made when I had a relapse 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 children.”

It’s just sad all around in my view, really. I love the cheesy Hoff and was the only girl I knew who owned a KITT car off his show, Knight Rider. I hope his family get through this ugly episode soon.