David Duchovny has courageously admitted to being an addict–a sex addict–and has admitted himself into rehab in hopes of overcoming his problem: http://news.aol.com/health/article/is-sex-addiction-real/154267?icid=200100397×1208629531×1200492182.

Since this is a (relatively) family-friendly website, we won’t explore all the ramifications of that admission, although many seem to question whether it qualifies as an addiction or is “a narcissistic indulgence” or a reflection of an OCD disorder.

I would question why anyone would go public with such an admission. If a person, male or female, believes he or she suffers from “sex addiction,” would it not be more prudent to downplay the sickness and if you thought you needed treatment for it would you not be better off entering rehab without fanfare and announcing it to the universe?

Unless, of course, it’s all a cheap publicity stunt for free advertising for Duchovny’s Showtime series, the classily-titled “Californication,” in which he just happens to play a sex-crazed guy

Duchovny is married, for 11 years, to actress Tea Leoni and they have two children.

Someone else who is married with children is Senator John Edwards, …

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