Is David Duchovny a good guy, or is he an agent of sexual and romantic chaos? Or both?? I could never get a handle on it – the women in his life have always adored him, he once had to go to rehab for sex addiction, and he seems to flirt with everyone. He’s still tight with his ex-wife Tea Leoni, and I always thought that David and Gillian Anderson had a decades-long friendship and they would eventually figure out that they are soulmates. But here we are. David has apparently married for the second time. He’s been with a much-younger woman for years, and they possibly got married?
David Duchovny has officially tied the knot with girlfriend, Monique Pendleberry, after nearly six years of dating, Us Weekly can confirm. Duchovny, 64, and Pendleberry, 31, previously sparked marriage rumors after the twosome were spotted walking around Malibu on Tuesday, May 20, wearing what appeared to be wedding bands.
The couple reportedly began dating in 2017 and have made rare appearances together throughout the years, including an outing in New York City in September 2024, a Los Angeles Lakers game in January 2024 and a red carpet premiere of Duchovny’s Netflix movie You People in 2023.
Duchovny was previously married to Téa Leoni from 1997 to 2014. The twosome (who briefly split in 2008) share two children: daughter West, 26, and son Kyd, 22. Following their split, Leoni, 59, and the X Files actor remained on friendly terms and continued to coparent their children as they grew into young adults.
That age gap, my god. A 64-year-old man marrying a 31 year old after six years together? Whew. Granted, David looks great for his age. Being that good in bed apparently takes decades off a guy’s face. Anyway, Monique is very pretty. I just realized that she was born the same year that The X Files premiered (1993). Sigh… will this last?
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- WESTWOOD, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA – JANUARY 17: David Duchovny and girlfriend Monique Pendleberry arrive at the Los Angeles Premiere Of Netflix’s ‘You People’ held at the Regency Village Theatre on January 17, 2023 in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, United States.,Image: 750373566, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: David Duchovny, Monique Pendleberry, Credit line: Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/Avalon
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- David Duchovny and Monique Pendleberry David Duchovny and Monique Pendleberry at the Los Angeles premiere of Netflix s You People held at the Regency Village Theatre in Westwood, USA on January 17, 2023.. Copyright: xZoonar.com/Lumeimages.comx 22134593,Image: 821071901, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: imago is entitled to issue a simple usage license at the time of provision. Personality and trademark rights as well as copyright laws regarding art-works shown must be observed. Commercial use at your own risk., Model Release: no, Credit line: IMAGO/Zoonar.com/Lumeimages.com/Avalon
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- BEVERLY HILLS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA – FEBRUARY 10: David Duchovny arrives at the 76th Annual Directors Guild Of America (DGA) Awards held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 10, 2024 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States.,Image: 845599141, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: David Duchovny, Credit line: Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/Avalon
so what? He’s hot and she’s beautiful and a grown woman. 31-year old men are still working on themselves and haven’t necessarily seen the world yet so I don’t blame younger women wanting to date or marry rich or well-off older men.
lol. Yeah men only mature after 60. They can’t help but date younger women because women close to their children’s age are so mature.
@Sevenblue – If we don’t make excuses for men, what else will we do with our time?
Right?
Everyone knows the best wife is the one who is only old enough to have been in elementary school with your daughter.
Let me get this straight: Men now get to be 31 and still children while women have to f*ck a crone in order to have someone co-sign the mortgage?
Things like that always remind me of SNL’s sketch “Meet your second wife”. When he was getting married his first wife at the age of 37, his second wife was 4 years old. Just Hollywood things..
That was such a great sketch on so many levels. One of my all time favorites!
honestly that was one of the few SNL sketches that has stayed in my brain. It was so funny and unexpected.
Oh man, that hurts so much. Hysterical but true! I dated a handful of significantly older men in my 20s, and you learn real quick older men have deeply developed neuroses. They’re experienced, sure, but guaranteed their baggage is calcified.
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He’s looking for his caregiver.
This. And also, he’ll be too old to care when she’s in menopause. As I heard from a friend in her 50’s recently, a man of 60 explained to her that he couldn’t date any younger than a woman in her 20’s, because women in their 30’s just want to have babies, women in their 40’s want marriage, and women in their 50’s are in menopause. JFC this is what women have always had to deal with.
Ugh. What an idiot.
Men in their 20s are broke.
Men in their 30s are whores.
Men in their 40s are bald.
Men in their 50s need viagra.
Men in their 60s are boring and want to stay at home.
See how that works too? 😂
Here’s to single women, happy and free to enjoy their lives!
“Women want things.”
They have been together six years. She knows what she’s getting into. Hopefully he has done his work that staying faithful won’t be an issue this time.
I knew a vivacious, intelligent 30 year-old woman who married a decent looking 63 year-old.
20 years later, I feel confident saying that no. No, she did not know what she was getting into. He became extremely bitter and cruel after he retired and discovered the internet and just when she decided she had enough and they separated, she had to move back in with him to be his primary caretaker after he had a stroke. She didn’t know how old 63 was until he hit around 70. She absolutely did not know what she was getting into.
Yeah, it’s tough to know some of these things, in advance.
I’ve always believed David and Gillian are longtime friends with benefits – good for them!
I think one of the things that inevitably leads to these kind of relationships collapsing is because neither party really has faced the reality of how old age operates. It’s like we extend “middle age”, including looks and energy, until our 60s and don’t realize that when it goes- holy hell, it goes soooo fast!! It’s nothing like 30 to 40. David may still be defying old age for 10 years if he’s lucky, but the massive aging process from 70 to 80 is a mindf*ck. I’m watching this now with my parents and it’s truly like my mom and dad went from active and social “young old people” to an elderly, forgetful, congnitive declining, ill health in the snap of 3 years. And especially on the mental side, it’s just gone. It’s not reversible. A completely different reality. I have a good 15 years on Monique and it’s tough tbh to see and wrap my head around. I can’t image being in my mid-30s and dealing with this…with my spouse instead of my parents!
Agree 100% on this. I experienced this as well — my mom is now in her 80s. Even in her 60s, she was sharp as a tack, looked 10 years younger, and then all of a sudden, she got OLD old almost overnight. It’s distressing for both of us; she recognizes her decline and gets frustrated and angry and it’s hard watching her experience that. If Monique has kids (I really hope not, for her sake and the children’s), in a handful of years, she’ll be parenting David as well.
Covid is accelerating much of this.
She’s only 5 years older than his daughter.
My first thought too. Yuck yuck yuck
Being 31 years old I want to say no, thanks. Also he’s my parents age so that will be a firm no, thanks again.
I did do the mental math and landed on this starting with a guy in his 50’s hooking up with a 23-24 year old and just … ick.
Let me guess, she’s got an “old soul”
I can see the ‘why’s for each of them, but him chasing anyone that young in his 50’s makes me think much less of him.
And when you add in the fact that he’s got 2 kids that were teens when this relationship started … ugh.
This. What in the Bill Belichick?! He was 59 when they met and she was around 25.
Sadly, I see this a lot in the gay male community and it’s just as gross yet people seem to shrug it off. I had to tell someone I knew to date within their century (or millennia, really).
😂 that’s a new one but you make a fair point.
I’m sorry he looks like an old man and I say that as a woman married to a soon to be 62 year old. yikes.
I am closer to his age than his new wife and, I agree, he doesn’t look so great.
If I didn’t see the headline I would have thought that was his daughter.
I just hope they don’t end up like Gene and Betty one day.
They both bring things to the table, he is well educated, charming, rich and still looks good at 64. And she is young. So there is that.
Yeah, that tracks.
I mean, I would even with that age difference. He’s always been hot to me (although I can admit he has a rodent face like Barry Keoghan).
I mean, they’ve been together 8 years, so it’s not like they’re rushing anything. But I don’t know how he doesn’t feel a little weird dating someone who’s pretty much the same age as his daughter.
I have always wondered how daughters deal with dads marrying someone their age. That has to be pretty rough…
She’s a grown woman who is presumably fully educated (why doesn’t this article say anything about her?) but I’m having some conflicting feelings right now about how I have had a crush on him since the X Files premiere when I was 12 and she wasn’t even born yet.
Never liked him.
1. He pronounced scone “scahn” on Jeopardy. Pretentious.
2. He never acknowledged the girl who sang “David Duchovny why don’t you love me?” Which was an adorable song.
Haha Scahn?? I’ve never heard THAT way before. What on earth.
And I thought he did acknowledge her and enjoyed it?
Monique Pendleberry is a perfect name for the game of Clue, a widow or femme fatale who was messing around with a candlestick in the vicinity of Colonel Mustard in the library.
I’m just going to point out that they have been together since 2017 apparently—that’s 8 years.
She’s 31 now. That made her 23 when they began dating. And he was 56.