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Pal: Duchovny Addicted to Porn

Web obsession prompted actor to enter rehab

By Elizabeth Wolff, Newser User

Posted Sep 2, 2008 11:10 AM CDT

(Newser) – David Duchovny entered rehab for sex addiction because of a longstanding addiction to Internet pornography, not because he had cheated on wife Tea Leoni, a friend tells Fox News. The X-Files star, whose character on Showtime's Californication is a sex addict, went public with his demons because a fellow patient had tipped off the media.

David Duchovny is undergoing rehab for a sex addiction.

David Duchovny is undergoing rehab for a sex addiction. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)

U.S. actress and UNICEF celebrity ambassador Tea Leoni, looks on during a news conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday, March 6, 2008.

U.S. actress and UNICEF celebrity ambassador Tea Leoni, looks on during a news conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday, March 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)

David Duchovny arrives for the British premiere of The X Files: I Want To Believe, in central London, Wednesday, July 30, 2008.

David Duchovny arrives for the British premiere of "The X Files: I Want To Believe", in central London, Wednesday, July 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

Tea Leoni attends the premiere of Columbia Pictures' Spanglish at the Mann Village Theatre in Los Angeles, California, on December 9, 2004.

Tea Leoni attends the premiere of Columbia Pictures' "Spanglish" at the Mann Village Theatre in Los Angeles, California, on December 9, 2004. (KRT Photos)

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