David Duchovny in Rehab for Sex Addiction

[aquamis]

How have we not discussed this as yet?

"In a strange bit of irony, David Duchovny has entered a rehabilitation facility for sex addiction. Duchovny recently starred in The X-Files: I Want to Believe, but his regular paycheck comes from playing a sex-obsessed character on the Showtime series "Californication," which earned the actor a Golden Globe Award in 2008. The show's second season begins September 28. Via his publicist Duchovny released a statement saying, "I ask for respect and privacy for my wife and children as we deal with this situation as a family." The statement made by his lawyer, Stanton "Larry" Stein, to People said, "I have voluntarily entered a facility for the treatment of sex addiction." Duchovny is married to Tea Leoni who stars in the upcoming flick Ghost Town, but there wasn't any elaboration on the report, which is to say there was no talk of adultry. Leoni and Duchovny have two children."
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I think my long standing crush on Agent Mulder is officially ruined

 

[Couture_Whore]

hmmmm...so does this mean he was constantly cheating on his wife or he was just obsessed with doing it with her 24/7?! lol...wierd...

 

[Jenna16]

I guess he is the opposite of Agent Mulder. Mulder and Scully avoided hooking up for way too long.

 

[humor]

Ohhhhh, so that´s why Tea Leoni is in excellent shape....

 

[TanyaKiller]

OH MY GOD! This is hilarious.... But I don't think I should be laughing, right?

 

[bluedolphin]

i think he's wife is lucky!! i love sex, more sexy xoxo~~ hehe

 

[LetThemEatCake]

not a bad addiction, unless you're spreading disease, i suppose, or you're married. heh. he's sexy! Who will remember, "Dear Red Shoes..." The Red Shoe Diaries Showtime series he was on in early 90's? He was smokin hot.

 

[Les_Sucettes]

Oh yes, I do, I thought at the time that he was so so hot, but now i do not find him attractive.

Funny but this "sex addictions" usually involve cheating on the wife, that's why they are so problematic...doctors are still debating if this can be can be considered a "real" addiction, I certainly would buy that as an explanation from my husband.

 

[nangnangnj]

Funny but this "sex addictions" usually involve cheating on the wife, that's why they are so problematic...doctors are still debating if this can be can be considered a "real" addiction, I certainly would buy that as an explanation from my husband.

You would buy it or you wouldn't? I don't know if I'd be so understanding...

 

[Les_Sucettes]

You would buy it or you wouldn't? I don't know if I'd be so understanding...

No i wouldn't, the editing ate my NOT. Of course not, I think that's a pretty good excuse for sleeping around with lots of different women, they usually give this wonderful excuse when they do not have one specific mistress. It's all very convenient in my view.

 

[LagerfeldBoy]

OH MY GOD! This is hilarious.... But I don't think I should be laughing, right?

don't worry same with me lol but yes hope he gets the help he needs

 

[LUXXX]

Didn't he play a character with a sex addiction...I think the movie had Julianna Moore and Billy Crudup in it. I just saw it on HBO...

Anyway two things: First, why would anyone publicly admit something as humiliating as this? He could've went anywhere and no one would've cared! It's not like he is followed by the tabs or paps.

Second, this is very humiliating for his wife. Apparently he has cheated on her for years but still...

 

[TanyaKiller]

ALL his characters have some kind of sex addiction if you notice! Mulder, the teacher in Californication and the character from the romantic comedy with Julianne Moore.

 

[nangnangnj]

I don't know if I'd be so understanding...

Actually I change my mind a bit, I think it would be easier to understand if I were with someone and they cheated with lots of people instead of just one. Just one would drive me nuts...

 

[brokenenglish]

I heard on the radio this morning that it was more of a p*rn addiction.....
that he was spending hours and hours on the internet.
Anyone else hear this?

Though I have heard for years he is a cheater.
He is said to have had an affair with his tennis instructor for one.

But there are also rumors that Tea, his wife, is having a relationship with her costar Billy Bob Thorton.
She has been spotted with him and his band at alot of shows around the US.
Maybe she is just a groupie though.

 

[The_Ida]

WSell...isn't that what groupies do?

 

[aquamis]

I heard on the radio this morning that it was more of a p*rn addiction.....
that he was spending hours and hours on the internet.
Anyone else hear this?

Though I have heard for years he is a cheater.
He is said to have had an affair with his tennis instructor for one.

Yep I call bullsh*t on the internet thing, it's such a predictable PR move, have a unnamed source or friend give a more palatable version of events after you break the story. And as I think Lainey mentioned (at laineygossip), no one ever admits to something like that just cause it's the right thing to do, just the right thing to do for their career cause something was about to come out that would be a bigger embarrassment.

 

[Mary-Anne]

^^ true.

I find this disturbing, but from what I have heard it's a type of compulsive behaviour. I'm not sure if it's ''addiction'' as much as an OCD.

I can't imagine how you can be married to someone with this problem? I can't wrap my head around it... so he is constantly sleeping with many different women?

If this is a serious problem, it sure is a convenient one I know I shouldn't laugh, but it's strange... I can imagine how things like this ruin families and relationships though. They have been married for ages... I just wonder how that worked... and he has two children who have to hear this on the news!. Oh God....

 

[microfizz]

The fact that he is sex obsessed does not necessarily mean he has been cheating. Perhaps he is addicted to onanism. Ugh.

 

[dead dancefloor]

Is it horrible that the first thought I had was "I wonder if this is a promotional stunt for the new season of Californication?"

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