David and Gillian in 2008 at the premiere of X Files: I Want to Believe. She was pregnant at the time

It started as at least two blind items that were too good to be true – the real life Scully and Mulder were both single and had fallen in love after fighting a mutual attraction for nearly two decades. Then Celebrity Dirty Laundry claimed to have a source confirming that Gillian Anderson, who just announced a split from her longtime partner, had shacked up in L.A. with David Duchovny and her two kids. (David’s kids, one of whom is actually named Kyd, are presumably with their mom, Téa Leoni.) Tea and David are still officially married, having announced a separation in 2008, then they reconciled, then they separated again last summer.

We sometimes get tips e-mailed to us from sources, and unless we can verify who they’re from we don’t run them. So we didn’t run it when we were e-mailed a tip in May that Gillian and her partner, Mark Griffiths, had been broken up for a year at that point. The source never mentioned it, but that year would have roughly coincided with the time that David and Tea announced they were off-again. *Elbow nudge*

Here’s part of Celebrity Dirty Laundry’s report, which makes the young me squee a lot. I so much hope it’s true!

A source exclusively told CDL that David and Gillian have been in a serious relationship for some time now and she and her children are shacking up with the Californication actor. This is a long time coming for the pair whose chemistry on their hit show was always a source of tabloid conjecture. Gillian and David worked together from 1993 to 2002 and starred in the movie version in 2008. Although it seems every fan in the world wanted to get the two together, a relationship was never declared during filming.

[From Celebrity Dirty Laundry]

CDL also points us to an interview with the London Sunday Times magazine (it’s only available to subscribers or I would link it) in which Anderson was cagey when the subject of her lovelife came up. That doesn’t reveal much and her response could be explained by the fact that she had already broken up with her partner at that point.

In response to these really awesome rumors, David Duchovny’s rep told Wonderwall that “the romance rumors aren’t true, but adds that the once (and hopefully future) co-stars are still good friends.” Friends with benefits, right?

I dressed up as Scully for Halloween once. I made a badge I modeled off versions of hers on the Internet and I wore a suit jacket. I had like the same haircolor and cut as her and everything, so it wasn’t hard. So yes, I was a big X-Files fan and I’m personally invested in this story. I know these people are totally different IRL than the characters they played, and I know Duchovny has a sketchy past with his stint in rehab for sex addiction and all. I still really hope this is true and that they found solace in each other’s arms after their other relationships broke off naturally and with no overlap or cheating on their part. I also hope no one conspires to keep them apart like in the last couple seasons of X-Files. That show really faltered without Duchovny.

Here’s Duchovny at the premiere of Goats last night. He plays a goat man, seriously. It actually doesn’t look bad and co-stars Vera Farmiga. It got bad reviews, though. The trailer is at this link.

Duchovny out yesterday:

Anderson on 6-21-12:

Back to 2008:

Photo credit: WENN.com and FameFlynet

We have some photos from the summer press tour for CBS, Showtime and The CW. Here’s a smattering of stars from those networks, in no particular order. Kaiser will be covering more of the fashion in a bit. First off is Rachel Bilson, and I’m headlining with her as I just watched the whole first season of Hart of Dixie and kind of loved it. It’s cheesy and it’s predictable, but the characters and the setting are so much fun. Rachel is actually great in it, and I’m looking forward to seeing how her character Zoe Hart solves her man dilemma come next season. I’ll have to wait a while, though, it doesn’t premiere until October, damnit!

As for Rachel’s outfit, I think she was going for quirky, but the tucked-up asymmetric hair and the dippy bow on that blouse just ruin it for me. Zoe Hart would never wear this outfit or those dumb pants with the flared pockets. Zoe would wear some dressy short shorts paired with a sexy t-shirt and some hot wedges.

Jaime King’s character on Hart of Dixie is usually styled straight out of the 50s. Jaime King the actress typically dresses much worse than this, so this navy brocade button down blouse and short skirt are surely fug, but not as bad as they could be. This outfit is Stella McCartney, of course. Her styling leaves a lot to be desired. King has one monotone shade of brown eyeshadow that she’s paired with bright red lips. I also dislike her shoes.

Speaking of bad styling, here we have AnnaLynne McCord looking like a corpse. She seems to have forgotten to wear mascara and she’s got way too much blush on. Look at that tin foil dress paired with black cage booties. This girl could do so much better.

I’m throwing in David Duchovny at the end here because he could still get it. I’ve never really watched Californication, though. I just got Showtime so I might watch some back episodes on demand. The sixth season premieres in 2013.

Photo credit: FameFlynet and WENN.com

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.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

I used to be an X Files fan back when it aired on TV. I’ve seen a lot of episodes, but I lost interest during those complicated multi-episode arcs. (The one that stands out as confusing was that extraterrestrial plot with the “black oil” eye thing. Maybe if Wikipedia was around back then I would have been able to make sense of it.) The two X-Files movies were lousy when compared to the series, although the first one was much better than the last, which came out too late and seemed to phone it in. Star David Duchovny recently said that he’s game for another X-Files movie, but the likelihood that will happen is probably nil. The last one, 2008′s I Want To Believe seriously underperformed at the box office. Duchovny said so many nice things about the show and his experiences on it that you can tell he’d love to do another one. He also kissed up to Woody Allen and seemed to put in a bid for a role in the Twilight movies:

DAVID Duchovny wants to make another X-Files movie.

The Hollywood actor says he’s keen to reprise his role as Agent Fox Mulder for a third flick in the franchise.

“I’m always game. It always rides on Fox. [Chris Carter] is game. I know [Gillian Anderson] is game. We all, at this point, love the show. We all, at this point, would love to work with one another again. We’re all good friends and miss one another, and miss working together.

“We worked together so hard for so long, so closely. We had some ups and downs personally, sure. But in the end, they are really like family to me. We’re all like this little X-Files family and I, for one, would love to continue. And I think there’s a lot left in the show. You know? And I think we can continue to make good movies.

“It’s just a matter of spending enough on a movie that can compete in the summertime. We made a movie and released it in the summer, but it wasn’t really a blockbuster movie. And it got kind of overshadowed by the bigger ones. So, we’re saying, make us big. We’ll fight with the big boys.”

David, 50, recently admitted he would “go gay” for the stars of Twilight.

“If I were gay, you know. I think Woody Allen is one of a long list of men I might go gay for,” said the star, who has two children with wife Tea Leoni.

“Garry Shandling is someone I’ve publicly gone gay for, for jokes. Oh and anyone in the Twilight movies. I don’t know any of their names, but all of them. The wolves, the vampires? They’re all fantastic.”

[From Showbiz Spy via ONTD]

Duchovny is doing pretty well with Californication on Showtime, but he’s clearly pitching for some movie roles. The guy already looks so much like a vampire, (although he’s since improved) but I think he should be shooting for True Blood, not Twilight. On True Blood he really could go gay for just about any of the supes.

Season 4 of Californication premiered on Showtime last night.

David Duchovny and wife Tea Leoni are shown on 11/22/10. Credit: WENN. Photos from X-Files: I Want to Believe via Allmoviephoto

David Duchovny, Tea Leoni and their two children, Madelaine, 10, and Kid, 7, were spotted having fun on the beach in Malibu on Saturday. Tea, 43, looks amazing and fit and David, 48, is much buffer and more filled out than the super skinny look he sported late last year. Tea and David announced in October that they were separated for several months, after David went to rehab for a sex addiction. David and Tea have been married for 12 years. David denied cheating on his wife with his female tennis instructor, as was rumored at the time. There were stories that his issue was with an online sex addiction, not that he was unfaithful – depending on how you define it.

Since they went through that rough patch last year, David and Tea have been seen out together quite a few times and seem to have worked things out. They went on a romantic family vacation to the Caribbean earlier this year, and there are even rumors that they’re hoping for another child. Judging from Leoni’s super flat stomach, they probably don’t have a biological child on the way. People Magazine has a kind of sweet story to accompany these photos that “they’re still in love”:

David Duchovny and Téa Leoni looked like the picture perfect family on June 14 as they frolicked on the Malibu beach with their two kids, smiling and playing in the water.

The couple has shown a united front – and no discord – since they announced their separation last fall after Duchovny voluntarily entered rehab for sex addiction. Sources tell PEOPLE the couple remains close for the sake of their children Madeline, 10, and Kyd, 7.

“Their relationship has really improved,” says a pal of Duchnovny, who stars in the Showtime series Californication. “They’re still in love. They very much care for each other and whatever happens they are working it out for the kids.”

Duchovny’s willingness to enter rehab was always in the spirit of saving his marriage, a source tells PEOPLE. “He’s doing his best to move forward with his life and career,” the source says.

The couple, married in 1997, have been spotted together more frequently in the past few months. From courtside seats with the kids at New York Knicks basketball games to family vacations, all signs point to making their relationship work.

“Their first priority through everything was staying close for their kids and making life as great as it can be for them,” says a source of the couple. “They’ll always be a family.”

[From People]

This is one of those happy-ending stories that I like to hear. It’s likely that these photos were planned and that a PR person called People Magazine, but the pictures do seem to represent reality and we’ve seen them out together quite a few times in the past few months. Congratulations to Tea and David on their reconcilation.

Credit: RIV/Fame Pictures

One of Hollywood’s coolest couples has been having a rough time, but if new reports are to be believed, they could be on the mend. “X-Files” star David Duchovny and his wife Tea Leoni, who seemed rock-solid after more than 10 years together, were separated last year after reports that David had checked into rehab for sex addiction. There were also rumors that Tea was seeking comfort in the arms of her co-star, Billy Bob Thornton. It was a sad situation, especially for the couple’s two children. But recently, David and Tea have been spotted out together, holding hands and seeming very close again. And now, The National Enquirer is reporting that not only have the couple reunited, but they’re planning to have another baby.

“Can you say bundle of joy for David Duchovny and Tea Leoni?” say pals.

The separated couple, who’ve been married for more than a decade, recently reconciled during a spring break getaway to the Caribbean island of Mustique with their two children.

David and Tea have been working on fixing their broken relationship for some time, a source revealed. But with David’s history of sex addiction, there were trust issues they had to resolve.

“Little by little they’ve managed to work through them,” continued the source. “And the fact they still see each other often in New York City helped.”

David and Tea have maintained separate apartments close to each other in Manhattan, where they split time with their kids, Madelaine, who turns 10 this month, and Kyd, 6.

“There were still a lot of feelings between Tea and David,” said the source. “They never actually filed for formal separation – I don’t think they ever wanted the marriage to end.

“It just took a romantic holiday with their kids to finally bring them to their senses.”

David knows that Tea has always wanted another child. And now that she’s 43, David, 48, knows there’s no time to waste.

“To win her back, he played his trump card,” said the source. “He promised if she were not pregnant in a year they would look into adoption.”

Tea took David back “on probation” last fall, says the source, but wasn’t convinced they’d be able to get past their problems.

“Tea wanted proof that David’s number one priority is family,” added the source. “And with him committing to expanding the brood, Tea feels like she can trust him again.”

[From The National Enquirer]

I have always liked this couple – they seem so cool and sexy. I was so bummed when I heard they were breaking up. But I have seen the recent photos of them hanging out, and they really do look like they’re still in love. I don’t know about the baby thing, but I sure hope they can make it work. Having a baby to save a relationship is never a good idea. Make sure the marriage is solid again first!

Here are David Duchovny and Tea Leoni out and about in New York City on December 8th. Images thanks to INF News and Features.

David Duchovny is categorically denying that he has had an affair with his tennis instructor as was reported in the UK Daily Mail on Monday and is suing them for defamation and invasion of privacy. I’m no lawyer, but the article in the Daily Mail I read never outright said that Duchovny and the tennis instructer had an affair. In fact, I believe the title of the story just said she didn’t deny it and the story at no time said they were actually anything more than “very, very close”. It barely even insinuated it.

The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleges defamation and invasion of privacy. Duchovny is seeking $1 million in damages.

In his lawsuit, Duchovny accused the Daily Mail of posting a story online on Saturday that said he cheated on Leoni with a tennis instructor named Edit Pakay.

“This is false. It never happened,” the lawsuit stated.

A representative for the Daily Mail could not immediately be reached for comment.

Duchovny’s lawsuit said the Daily Mail story was taken down from the paper’s Web site on Tuesday. But other news outlets picked up on the story and posted versions on their Web sites, which caused “additional and further damage to David Duchovny,” the lawsuit said.

The lawsuit also stated that Duchovny never hired Pakay to be his tennis coach. Pakay says she is a friend of Duchovny, and that they played tennis a few times, according to the lawsuit.

[From Reuters]

We reported on the story on Monday and no one seemed surprised or overtly upset about it. I’m still completely incredulous that someone who announced to the world that he is addicted to porn and released a press statement that he was going into sex rehab would complain about defamation and invasion of privacy. Was the door to his privacy not left wide open when he invited the world in?

Ok, maybe I’m getting off topic here. I’m sure there’s some sort of merit to the suit, even if I can’t see what it is. Maybe Duchovny is trying to discourage anyone from digging any deeper into his addictions than what he’s already acknowledged. Suing for a story that barely asks the question is probably a good way to keep anyone else from printing further speculation. Or, it could cause the tabs to be even more interested in whatever it is David Duchovny is hiding.

David Duchovny is shown in press stills for his show “Californication”

Californication‘s David Duchovny is in the midst of what is quickly looking like a messy divorce from his wife of 11 years, actress Tea Leoni. David was recently treated for sex addiction, which was described as being an addiction to internet porn, and not infidelity, however, after reportedly having accused Tea of cheating with Billy Bob Thornton, word comes that Duchovny may not have just been practicing his backhand at his $200 an hour tennis lessons.

And perhaps to compound the cliche of a middle-aged man in a marital crisis, 28-year-old Edit Pakay looks every inch a younger version of Duchovny’s 42-year-old wife.

Speaking last night, Edit admitted: ‘We have a very, very close friendship. I don’t want to be the third person in the marriage but I know it can be seen that way.

‘David and I are very close friends and we still play tennis together. He’s an excellent player. He likes physically strong, fit women.

‘He is in great shape. He is a wonderful man. He’s a very intelligent, very kind and good man.’

When asked directly if her relationship with the film and TV star had developed into a full-blown sexual affair, Edit said: ‘I don’t want to say anything that might hurt David. I am not going to deny it. I don’t know what our relationship means to him.’

[From Daily World]

Edit’s words are a little more incriminating than Tea saying BBT is her favorite person in the world. I’ve said my boss was my favorite person in the world after he gave me a raise, but it wasn’t true and I certainly wasn’t sleeping with him! A friend of the tennis pro says that Pakay is in love with Duchovny and that the sexual part of the affair has been going on for more than six months.

David Duchovny is just one of those men who want to have their cake and eat it, too, as far as I’m concerned. He prefaces his cheating on Tea Leoni by rationalizing that all men think about it and that Tea wasn’t shocked by his “addiction”, that she knows his thoughts. I hate to break it to you, but telling your wife you think about it doesn’t let you off the hook for doing it. You don’t get a pass because you made a premeditated excuse.

Worst of all, David and Tea have children that are 9 and 6 years old. All of the trash that is being strewn isn’t something that their children might run across later in life, it’s something that, at the very least, their 9-year old can easily see and hear now, right as she’s having to deal with her parents divorce. I guess it’s too much to ask that these celebrities learn a little bit of discretion for the sake of their children.

Note by Celebitchy: I guess we know that blind item in Star Magazine this summer was about Duchovny. It read “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.” She sure knows now.

David Duchovny is shown out in NY on 10/9/08. Credit: Bauergriffinonline

First Guy and Madonna, and now another Hollywood divorce casualty: Former “X-Files” star David Duchovny and his wife of 11 years, actress Tea Leoni, have confirmed their separation. In a statement released by Duchovny’s rep, the pair revealed that they have been living separate lives for quite some time – even before David’s recent stint in rehab for sexual addiction. New reports coming in are speculating that David’s sexual addiction may not be the only factor in the split.

David Duchovny, who recently left rehab for sex addiction, and wife Téa Leoni released a statement Wednesday saying they have been separated for some time.

“In light of continuous speculation over the lives and marriage of Tea Leoni and David Duchovny, the couple has confirmed that they have in fact been separated for several months,” the statement says. “The couple had hoped to keep this separation private for the sake of their children.”

Duchovny, 48, has been married to actress Leoni since 1997. They have two children, daughter Madelaine West, 9, and son Kyd, 6.

The actor voluntarily entered rehab last summer “for the treatment of sex addiction,” he said in a statement issued in August.

Earlier this month, Duchnovny had “successfully completed the rehab program,” his lawyer said. Duchovny was then spotted with Leoni at the Czech Street Festival in Manhattan.

[From People]

Meanwhile, The Daily Mail is reporting that David was the one who called it quits after finding explicit text messages on Tea Leoni’s cell phone- from none other than Angelina Jolie’s ex, Billy Bob Thornton. Huh?

X Files star David Duchovny and his actress wife Téa Leoni have split up after he discovered explicit text messages on her mobile phone sent by actor Billy Bob Thornton.

Just two months after Téa, 42, encouraged her ‘sex addict’ husband to check himself into a rehabilitation clinic the couple are separating after 11 years and two children.

Through text messages on his wife’s mobile phone Duchovny discovered she had begun a relationship with Oscar-winning actor Billy Bob Thornton, 53, who was formerly married to Angelina Jolie.

Five-times married Billy Bob met Téa when they made a comedy film together earlier this year called Manure.

Thornton, a musician with his own band, has been seen with Téa at his gigs. ‘She even helps him load and unload his truck,’ says a friend of the couple.

Thornton, who starred as the U.S. president in Love Actually, has three children by his various wives, plus a four-year-old daughter by his current girlfriend, Connie Angland.

But he is reported as saying that he won’t wed again because marriage ‘doesn’t work’ for him.

It was Téa who persuaded her husband to receive treatment for ‘sexual compulsion proclivity’ at the Meadows clinic in Arizona, followed by further treatment at the Keystone centre in Pennsylvania.

‘Yes, they have separated,’ says Téa’s spokeswoman. ‘She is living on her own with the children in New York, but we did not want to announce it for the sake of the children until after David had received treatment for his problems.’

[From The Daily Mail]

I wasn’t too busted up over Guy and Madonna, but this one makes me sad, even if some people did call it. Tea and David always seemed like a grounded couple who really dug each other. But you never really know what’s going on in a marriage behind the scenes.

Header photo is Tea and David at the premiere of Tea’s film, Fun With Dick and Jane, in 2005. Photo credit: Fame.

David Duchovny just got out of sex rehab and it looks like they didn’t feed him or let him go outside at all because he’s looking like Gollum. Maybe the poor guy just lost his will to live after he gave up chasing tail. He was seen jogging, and it may have just been an attempt to get away from photographers but it’s possible he’s substituting exercise for sex and that’s why he’s lost weight.

Duchovny is currently in NY, where his family is in the process of relocating. He announced their plans to move in a Best Life interview published in May, well ahead of his rehab stint.

Early reports had Duchovny addicted to Internet porn, but then stories came out that he was cheating on his wife of 11 years, Tea Leoni, for years.

Tea was photographed out with David in NY earlier this week. She is now back in Malibu, according to The Daily Mail. David and Tea have two children, Madelaine, 9, and Kyd, 6. Run those urges off David! Do it for your family.

Photo Credit: Bauergriffinonline