Ex-Baywatch star Jeremy Jackson has revealed that he was forced to choose between his crystal methamphetamine addiction and his role on the show.

Jackson played the son of David Hasselhoff's character, Hobie Buchannon, but revealed that filming the show was a trying time in his life, where he became addicted to the "satanic drug" meth.

He was 17 when he began filming and revealed how he was sucked into the world of crystal meth: "I met this girl and I fell in love with this girl... and she had just started using meth and that's how it started right there.

"It really affected me in a phenomenal way. I had all the answers, I had never been so focused or confident in my life. It was miraculous. I felt like I could tackle any project.

"That great feeling doesn't last very long... not even a month after that you're not really able to get out of the house, you're putting off interviews and meetings and big offers.

"I'm supposed to be going to Baywatch first thing in the morning... I'm this surfer kid, fresh out of the ocean and I haven't slept at all for a couple of days and I'm showing up to the set like that... I would be up for a week at a time sometimes."

Jackson struggled with his double life for two years until he had to choose between the meth and the show. He added: "I was 130 pounds, my face is bleeding; I have scabs and scars all over my face from this obsessive picking that you have no control of stopping.

"I looked horrible. All I wanted was a lot of meth. I quit. I had the world at my fingertips at 19 and I said, 'Screw it all, I wanna get high.'"