David Duchovny: Sex Addiction
Well, this certainly gives rise to another debate about whether life imitates art or art imitates life. I just read that former X-Files star David Duchovny has entered rehab for sex addiction treatment. The report was first published by People and has been confirmed by Duchovny’s publicist Flo Grace. He has been playing a, wait for it, sex addict on the Showtime series Californication since 2007.
I tried watching Californication once since I really enjoyed Duchovny’s work on The X-Files, but I found his character on the new show to be really disgusting and creepy, so I never went back. To think that he could actually be like that in real life kind of makes my stomach turn. Eww!
Poor Téa Leoni and the Duchovny children. Whenever Duchovny talked about marriage in his interviews, he always says how wonderful it is, how he never thought he could settle down with one person until he met Téa. And now for this to come out? Things live forever in this Internet age, so this sex addiction story is one that will never go away.
My question is why would Duchovny even want any of this to be public? You’d think he’d follow a few X-Files maxims and tell his publicist to “Deny Everything” or “Trust No One”. Maybe the whole thing is a publicity stunt to promote season 2 of Californication. Who knows? Either way, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to view Duchovny in the same light again….