Showtime Responds to Rehab Claim
David Duchovny has checked into rehab to undergo treatment for sex addiction, E! News has confirmed.
“I have voluntarily entered a facility for the treatment of sex addiction,” Duchovny said in a statement released Thursday by his attorney, Stanton “Larry” Stein. “I ask for respect and privacy for my wife and children as we deal with this situation as a family.”
The 48-year-old X-Files star—who, ironically, won a Golden Globe this year for playing an over-sexed struggling writer on Showtime’s Californication—has been married to Téa Leoni since May 1997. They have two children together, daughter Madelaine West, 9, and son Kyd Miller, 6.
“All of us at Showtime wish David and his family the best during this very private time,” Richard Licata, the network’s executive VP of Corporate Communications, said in a statement to E! News.
The second season of Californication, premiering Sept. 28, finished shooting late last month and 12 episodes are ready to go.
Though it may have been awhile, this isn’t the first time Duchovny’s sex life has turned into a talking point.
“I’m not a sex addict,” he said in an interview with Playgirl in 1997. “I have never been to those meetings. It’s hurtful to my family and if I was involved with a woman in a monogamous relationship, it would be hurtful to her.
“There was another story claiming I was a neat freak. If I had to choose one of the two, I think I’d rather be a sex addict. It’s not funny and I’ll be glad when it goes away.”
Uncomfortably enough, Leoni herself quashed a rumor that her hubby was afflicted with a sex addiction back in May of 1998, telling Elle that she found the notion “very exciting.”
“David was accused of being a sex addict,” Leoni, who had been married for one year at that point, said. “Which I always found very exciting. And then I found out it wasn’t true.”
“Men are like bulls,” she continued. “They gotta get the new cow. Maybe you’ve got to get the bull after he’s had a lot of cows, so you might just be the last new one.”
Source: E! Online
August 29th, 2008 at 8:07 am
Oh poor david! Well, at least he is getting help! And I think I can speak for all of us, when I say, “It’s better this then like…hard drugs!”
Well still love you David and always will!!
I hope you get better soon!
September 11th, 2008 at 10:11 am
I have to say I agree with trustno1 – at least it’s not something like a lethal drug, but I’m certain that it can be just as addictive and harmful. I’m just glad that he decided to ask for help and he has someone as understanding and loyal as Tea to help him through this. I wish you all the best and, as trustno1 said, we hope that you get better soon!
September 19th, 2008 at 8:42 am
i agree it would be far worse if Duchovny was on drugs
lets hope he gets better soon and he can start filming the next X-Files movie…
Get better soon David!