David Duchovny, 48 but looking 10 years younger and acting 20 years younger, has entered rehab for sex addiction. The X-Files actor has been the rumored subject of several blind items this summer, and has apparently been cheating on his wife of 11 years, Tea Leoni. The couple has two children, Madelaine, 9, and Kyd, 6.
David Duchovny has entered a rehabilitation center for sex addiction, his lawyer, Stanton “Larry” Stein, tells PEOPLE exclusively.
“I have voluntarily entered a facility for the treatment of sex addiction,” the actor says in an exclusive statement. “I ask for respect and privacy for my wife and children as we deal with this situation as a family.”
[From People.com]
Is sex rehab what some couples do instead of breaking up or going to counseling? There are a lot of examples of people being addicted to sex to the degree that it interferes with their ability to function, and particularly with their long term relationships. On one side I hope he gets help and is able to work out whatever issues he has with Leoni. On the other I want to tell Tea to kick his cheating ass out and take half his assets.
Here are two blind items that came out recently that may point to Duchovny:
Which married TV star whose big summer movie just bombed is sleeping with his tennis instructor on the side? His wife has no idea her hubby is scoring on and off the court.
[Star Magazine, print edition, August 18, 2008 via Jezebel]
Which star of an upcoming blockbuster flick is a huge cad despite his image as a family man? Word is the actor is getting a little too touchy-feely with the ladies.
[NY Daily News, May 14, 2008]
Duchovny also gave an interview to Best Life, published in May, 2008 in which he briefly talked about infidelity and about his past inability to stay in a committed relationship:
“Men are so scared and ashamed of the feelings they have sometimes,” says Duchovny. “The worst thing a man can admit is ‘I’m not 100 percent fulfilled by my family.’ But it doesn’t mean he doesn’t love his family. I love my family, but I still want to work, I still want challenges. It took me a while to fall in love with the responsibility of family life, and it was a deep thing when I did. But I also want to run back to the cave sometimes. Forever…
“Twelve years ago, I would have been hard-pressed to understand why I’d want to be involved sexually with one person this long,” he says, cracking off a piece of carob-pecan cookie. “Before Téa, the longest my intense sexual interest would last would be maybe two years. But the thing men don’t realize is, that initial rush you get from sex gives way to something else. A lot of guys run with fear when that intensity starts to fade, but the real rewards of a relationship come after you’ve been together a while. That’s where Téa and I are lucky. It keeps getting deeper. It’s kind of exciting. I’m as surprised as anybody.”
A sudden hush seems to fall over the restaurant, as if everyone is straining to hear the follow-up to this sex talk. I quietly ask him the famous Jimmy Carter question about whether he lusts in his heart for other women. “I’m not running for president, so I don’t have to answer that question, but there’s nothing wrong with acknowledging the panoply of life’s rich experience,” he says. “And if my wife were sitting here, she’d say the same thing. The only thing that matters is your word and whether you live up to it or not. You can’t control your mind. Why would you want to? You can’t feel guilty about being alive, about being a man, about feeling attracted. You can only control your actions.”
Duchovny sits in silence. He never knows when he’s said too much. There was the time he confessed to a reporter about his fascination with hotel porn (”I like to watch other people f–k” was the exact quote) and rumors swirled that he was a sex addict. He’s not. Then he said something about “400 inches of rain a day” in Vancouver, where The X-Files was shooting at the time, and half of Canada wanted him deported.
[From BestLifeOnline via orlybb on ONTD]
Duchovny also said in that same interview that Tea was planning a move for the family from LA to NY in September of this year. I wonder if that’s still happening now that her husband is in rehab right around the time they were supposed to move.
The second season of Duchovny’s Showtime series, ironically titled Californication, premieres on September 26.
Here are David Duchovny and Tea Leoni out to dinner on 9/28/07. They are seen charging their electric car! That’s cool. Credit: Fame Pictures. Duchovny is also shown at the X-Files premiere in London on 7/30/08. Credit: WENN, and the premiere in LA on 7/23/08, credit: Fame
The UK's Daily Mail has issued a retraction and an apology for a story that implied David Duchovny was getting more than just lessons from his tennis instructor.
David sued and so Monday the paper published this:
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David Duchovny's been released from rehab after two months.
His attorney tells 
Whoa! Who knew that Special Agent Mulder loved Californicating so much!
Duchovny, married to a hot piece of ass called Tea Leoni, released a statement through his attorney today (does his lawyer really need to know about his penile activities??!!), saying:
Here's David Duchovny, sporting a Puma shirt while leaving a bakery in Santa Monica yesterday.
Sooo... anyone out there excited for the X-Files sequel coming out this summer?
Didn't think so!
They haven't been spotted together since the sexy X-Files star made Garry Shandling (as Larry Sanders) question his sexuality, but it seems as if now the man crush is back on!
Or maybe they're just discussing Garry's returning the favor on David's show, Californication?
Would YOU go gay for David?
We love David Duchovny - did you catch The TV Set? It's actually funny! - but another X-Files movie?
Move on, already!
Here's the sexy Californicator in Brentwood the other day after filming his "the truth is out there" flick. Think it'll be any good?
It better be - we don't wanna not like Duchovny!
The date: November 19th
We mean the to-go box we spotted in David Duchovney's hands, of course - though David's nothing to sneeze at either!
This, by the way, would be the "comin' through" part
By the way, what do y'all think of Californication so far? Between it and Weeds, Showtime's starting to take aim at HBO's crown as king of the cable series - although with so many of HBO's a-list programs coming to an end, they've had a little help!
