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David Duchovny says X-Files creator proposed he attend couples therapy with Gillian Anderson after tension

On the latest episode of Duchovny's podcast, Fail Better, the actor recounted how their 'butting heads' prompted creator Chris Carter to pitch an unusual solution.

'I think we were kind of butting heads so early on in the first season that Chris asked us if we would go into fake couples therapy,' Duchovny, 64, who played the role of Fox Mulder on the sci-fi series opposite Anderson's Dana Scully, said. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson's tense working relationship on the set of X-Files prompted the show creator to suggest the two attend couples therapy; the duo pictured season one Anderson praised her one-time co-star for his work on the podcast, which has featured guests including Bette Midler, Andy Cohen, Rosie O’Donnell, Sean Penn and Ben Stiller.

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