I haven’t really followed David Duchovny in a while, and the state of his marriage kind of confused me. According to reports, David and his wife Tea Leoni split up in 2008 after Tea caught (“caught”) David screwing around. David claimed he was a sex addict (sure) and he went into “rehab”. After the “rehab” cured him of his sex addiction, Tea and David seemed to reunite and there were occasional paparazzi shots of the two of them, or David and Tea with their kids, Madelaine West, 12, and Kyd, 9.
Anyway, last night the couple’s rep confirmed that David and Tea are “taking time apart” again. They’re separating, but there’s no word on whether they will divorce, or perhaps get back together again once David complete another rehab stay for his sex addiction. TMZ’s sources say that they don’t even know if they’re finally going to end it this time. Isn’t it fait accompli that David continued to screw around on Tea? You know what’s really surprising, though? You rarely hear about his other women. Either David goes with pros, or he goes with very discreet women.
So, is this sad news? Sure, it totally is. I think Tea really loves David, and that’s why she sticks around despite his blatant philandering. I think she wants their kids to have a family with mom and a dad who stick it out. But I also think that David has issues. I’ve always been ambivalent about the “sex addiction” excuse because I think men use it as an easy “out” for screwing around. I don’t know if David is addicted to sex… but I don’t think he’s going to stop philandering any time soon.
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I was under the impression they moved to NY to “help” him be away from temptation and focus on their marriage, outside of H-Weird.
And it’s been brought up before, but how weird is it that he’s basically playing himself on “Californication”?
He seems to mirror his Californication character…
Is it me or in that first pic, is David morphing into a grandma who forgot to put in her dentures?
He can philander with me at anytime he wants…he is freakin’ hot
she is such a doll and it’s my impression that she has tried to hold the family together in taking him back over and over again. sad that this may be the final straw…kids are the ones to suffer…
He seems like a complete dick. She could do better-but I’m guessing she’s trying to make it work for their kids.
Oh please stop making Tea into a victim she is anything but. She broke the marriage of her first husband because he was a producer and got her the job on that sitcom she was in.
She was set up by her agent to marry David. That marriage was always about image.
I was sad to hear about this but if he’s still screwing around (and I’m sure he is) it’s time to pull the plug.
He’s screwing around because she looks a little like Billie Jean King in that second picture. I admit- not a really good excuse.
Isn’t he doing some charity thing with Gillian Anderson at the end of the month? I’m sure that’s just random timing though and David just loves the ladies, always and forever. End of story.
I was under the impression (and I have no idea how I know this) that his addiction was masturbating to porn and not actual hook-ups. Maybe that’s why you don’t hear about his other women?
Team Tea all the way! A classy dame like her can do so much better, and I think she’ll land on her feet. She will always be gorgeous, and after the divorce diet Tea will be beating men off with a stick. I do feel bad for those great looking kids though to have such a dud Dad.
I hope fugly Duchovny finishes losing his crowning glory and can’t get the girls anymore. What an idiot sleaze.
He’s just another former Hot Guy whose dickens have come home to roost.
@stubbylove – hahahahaha
yea all the reports back when he first went to rehab for sex addiction was that he was addicted to porn and wasn’t cheating on her with other women (as in, physical contact with other women– i realize some might consider excessive porn usage cheating).
Why does his forehead look weird? Did he get a facelift? Did he get hair plugs/a toupee for a receding hairline? Fox Mulder’s forehead was never that… big, was it? Am I crazy?
If you’re addicted to sex, have sex with your wife?
Sad. Their daughter is lovely.
I used to think he was so hot-but he is not aging well IMO.
I heard thru a person that there was def a last straw..
Why is everyone acting like Tea is a saint? She had a TORRID affair with Billy Bob Thornton the same time David was screwing around with that tennis instructor. Several blogs used to post pictures of her at BBT terrible band shows acting like a groupie.
Shame for their kids.
I don’t get why people who know they can’t be with just one person get married and have kids.
Whatever their issues, these two seem to really care about their family and I’m sure they will handle this with class. Even if they’re not together as a couple any longer, they seem to be good friends. It’s an example other parents could stand to follow.
Mulder and Scully can finally be together now.
He’s smokin’ hot as Hank Moodie.
@sassenach: I loved Tea in the ’90s show ‘The Naked Truth’, and she came across so waspy and elegant back then. I guess I overlooked that whole trampy home wrecking side of her.
It does take two to Tango.
@DanDan My thoughts exactly! 🙂
I won’t/can’t even watch Californication because he’s such slime, playing himself. He always has that stupid smarmy look on his face. I do like the bald guy (Harry from SATC), though.
I was under the impression that Lem and possibly a couple of others here were under, that DD wasn’t cheating with women, but that he was a porn addict. I am sure there have probably been other women but my understanding from his first rehab stint was that he constantly had to feel sexually stimulated so he was spending hours and hours in front of a computer, or tv, or whatever watching porn and whacking off.
People have an excuse and an addiction for everything..sex addict? HA! really? Get outta here. It’s called infidelity and you being a douche you B@sta$d!
I agree with @Sloane Wyatt – she used to be so elegant. Soccer mom-ism and Duchovny’s presumed chronic philandering seem to have sucked the hot right outta her.
I also agree with everyone who said he is totally hot and – most likely – a total dick.
He looks like he smells bad.
@magansrest – Sex addiction is a real problem that sometimes includes infidelity w/another partner/partners and sometimes does not. A close friend’s marriage is disintegrating because her husband would prefer spending hours with porn instead of his wife. And addicts don’t connect sex with love – just with release – so they distance themselves emotionally from their partners. It’s often the result of childhood abuse or some trauma.
I’m not excusing Duchvony’s actions or responsibility. But it’s not a bullshit thing.
It’s common knowledge that he was addicted to jacking off to porn?!! How did I ever miss that story? I learn so much from this site.
Omg Tea, wear a bra to your kid’s soccer game.
Oh David is just a HOE, she knows and every so often she lets him off his leash so he can play in his HOE SANDBOX. He bores me. I like her.
Sad if true. I like them both, I hope they get it together in a way that works for them.
It’s unfortunate however that both their kids inherited his squint…and his nose.
Blind Gossip has this as SOLVED for a past blind about a couple who have actually divorced already, but pretending to be together.
http://blindgossip.com/?p=17192
If the blind is true, then my guess is that soon one of them will be seen with someone else, or a story is about to break so they had to give an official statement that they are separated.
He is his character and I don’t find that hot, I find it demented and shallow.
Maybe it’s the porn, maybe one of them is screwing around, who knows? It’s still sad that 2 people who clearly worked at their marriage for a very long time (by industry standards) are still struggling.
Tea still looks pretty but David is not aging well at all.
He looks like Barry Manilow in that first picture. Californication surely doesn’t help his addiction.
@ Happymom
uh, yeah she ‘could’ve’ done better when he began his schenanagins, but she has let the stress slam her looks into.the.wall!
Téa was hot, hot, HOT!
now she is a former shell of herself while he STILL looks like young, fuggin’ ‘Mulder’. bastard.
divorced young. keep your looks. it’s in the bible. 😉
sorry,i still love mulder,..um i meant david, sorry it didn’t work out for the entire family.
Awwww, I love Tea Leoni (also love that her artistic name is just a short form for “Elizabeth Téa Pantaleoni” — how awesome is that?). Great comedy actress who also has skills for dramatic roles.
I wish she had a “bigger” career and, apparently, a better love life.
Did that bastard make Tea fat? Can you imagine the stress this poor woman has been under? I’m sure a pint of Ben and Jerry’s was looking good on those nights alone or with her demanding (I’m sure!) “sex addict” hubby.
I love her; I HATE him. Join the club with Weiner and Ahnaald, David.
His “hotness” will soon be behind him. He’s not looking that great these days and not aging as well as Tea. He won’t realize what he’s lost till its gone.
Tea is no angel either, does anyone remember the story about her and Billy Bob Thorton sexting , they’re both cheaters.
http://theblemish.com/2008/10/david-duchovny-and-tea-leoni-to-divorce-billy-bob-thornton-is-involved/
I know nothing about D.D anymore, but Gillian Anderson has turned into a pretentious ass. She is pretending to be British now. She has done well over there, good for her, but she puts on the accent where ever she goes. You Tube her on Graham Norton. Its cringe worthy.
You know, I am so tired of the “sexual addiction” excuse! Please just do the world a favor and DON”T GET MARRIED if you want to screw around. There. That is all.
I’m so sorry I’ve just got this news, I love both of them and I hope they can solve it together for the kid’s sake. He comes from divorced parents and he knows how hard it is when your parents get in this situation. I hope they try again,don’t give up we all have problems and talking to each other we can solve them. Good Luck¡¡
I’m so sad I’ve just got the news. I love both of them and I hope they can solve things between them talking to each other.It gets difficult sometimes but i you really love each other you would try again and be sincere, No one else matters except both of you and of course the children. Come on don’t give up¡ Good luck¡¡
Sex addiction is real and it doesn’t mean you are having sex everywhere. The criteria is broad, my symptoms qualify me as a sex addict and I just enjoy sex videos and photos online, stories, and adult TV shows where sex is shown just as any other part of the character’s day.
From all I’ve heard Tea is doing her share of philandering. And there is more evidence against her, voice mails, being seen with certain people in ways that suggest a relationship, etc.; at least there is evidence of partners and being less discrete than David assuming he is up to anything at all beyond being gorgeous and attracting the majority of women on the planet.
@Anna but he’s the one philandering every sunday on showtime LOL