HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — David Duchovny has entered a rehabilitation facility to be treated for a sex addiction, People magazine has confirmed.
"I have voluntarily entered a facility for the treatment of sex addiction," the 48-year-old actor said in a statement to the magazine. "I ask for respect and privacy for my wife and children as we deal with this situation as a family."
The New York City native first rose to fame as FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder on the hit television series "The X-Files." He currently stars as Hank Moody on the sex-charged Showtime hit "Californication." The role earned Duchovny best actor honors at the Golden Globe Awards earlier this year.
Duchovny has been married to actress Téa Leoni since 1997. Shortly before the couple tied the knot, the actor spoke out about his bachelor life.
"I'm not a sex addict," he told Playgirl magazine. "I have never been to those meetings. It's hurtful to my family and if I was involved with a woman in a monogamous relationship, it would be hurtful to her. There was another story claiming I was a neat freak. If I had to choose one of the two, I think I'd rather be a sex addict. It's not funny and I'll be glad when it goes away."
Duchovny and Leoni have two children, daughter Madelaine West, 9, and son Kyd, 6.
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