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David Duchovny seen on a rare outing with daughter West, 25, in LA

David Duchovny was pictured enjoying a rare outing with his daughter West on Thursday in Los Angeles

The X-Files star, 64, and West, 25 — whom he shares with ex-wife Téa Leoni, 58 — were spotted on a sunny stroll together. 

The actor kept it casual in a white t-shirt, beige pants and black and white sneakers. He shielded his eyes with a pair of sunglasses.

Meanwhile West showed off her style in a navy sweater, jean shorts, and white socks with black loafers.

Besides West, David also shares son Kyd Miller, 22, with Leoni, to whom he was married to from 1997 until 2014.

David Duchovny, 64, was pictured enjoying a rare outing with his daughter West, 25, on Thursday in Los Angeles
David Duchovny, 64, was pictured enjoying a rare outing with his daughter West, 25, on Thursday in Los Angeles

West ended up following her parents into showbusiness, and began acting in 2018 when she landed a role in The X-Files alongside her dad.

She has since appeared in Netflix’s series, Painkiller, and Hulu’s Saint X as well as the film A Mouthful of Air.

In June, Duchovny shared that he regretted ‘working a lot’ when his two children were young.

‘I was certainly working a lot when my kids were young. That’s something I might have changed,’ he told People.

‘But then again, it’s also cool to model a person who’s engaged with their life for a kid. It might not be the best thing to just devote your entire existence to your kid either, so it could go either way…’

‘I don’t have access to the other road that could have been traveled. I just have the one that I did travel, so certainly not a perfect parent, but I love my kids. I love my kids so, so much.’ 

In May, David was appearing on SiriusXM’s Let’s Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa, where he revealed West almost died from RSV as a baby.

More than two decades after his eldest child a respiratory virus, RSV, the actor opened up about the traumatizing experience.

‘When my daughter West was nine months old, she got RSV,’ he began. ‘I’d never heard of it until my daughter got it and it’s very dangerous for infants and she went into the hospital and… nobody knew what it was.’

He continued: ‘They thought maybe she had meningitis. She was non-responsive. They gave her a spinal tap. It was really horrifying and this was her first cold, if you can remember as a parent, that first cold.’

The X-Files star and West — whom he shares with ex-wife Téa Leoni, 58 — were spotted on a sunny stroll together
The X-Files star and West — whom he shares with ex-wife Téa Leoni, 58 — were spotted on a sunny stroll together
The actor kept it casual in a white t-shirt, beige pants and black and white sneakers. He shielded his eyes with a pair of sunglasses
The actor kept it casual in a white t-shirt, beige pants and black and white sneakers. He shielded his eyes with a pair of sunglasses
West is the latest in a line of 'nepo babies' to follow her parents into showbusiness; she is pictured 2021 in New York City
West is the latest in a line of ‘nepo babies’ to follow her parents into showbusiness; she is pictured 2021 in New York City
When she broke the news to her parents that she had developed a fierce passion for acting, she told WWD that her mom 'was definitely trepidatious' but eventually came around
When she broke the news to her parents that she had developed a fierce passion for acting, she told WWD that her mom ‘was definitely trepidatious’ but eventually came around
West appeared on the finale episode of season 11 of The X-Files, playing the role of a teenager called Maddy (seen)
West appeared on the finale episode of season 11 of The X-Files, playing the role of a teenager called Maddy (seen)

RSV, short for Respiratory syncytial virus, infects the lungs and breathing passages.

According to the CDC, ‘infants and older adults are more likely to develop severe RSV and need hospitalization.’

Duchovny went on to reveal that West’s RSV battle ‘was truly a nightmare’ because he really thought he ‘could lose her.’

At the time, he was juggling being a first-time father and starring as FBI agent Fox Mulder on his hit series The X-Files.

He credited his then-wife, Téa Leoni, who he split from in 2014, for ‘staying in the hospital with West’ as he was on set.

‘I would go and visit after work for a few hours and then I’d go home,’ he explained.

Duchovny admitted that he would think in the shower about trying to ‘acclimate’ himself to ‘world without’ West.

‘This is a real possibility. I’ve got to think about it and I realized I would never get over it. Not that I couldn’t live, but just that life would, as it says in the book, it would have no meaning or joy,’ he told listeners. ‘I would go on, but I’d be a shell of something and West was fine.’

While he stated that his daughter had a successful recovery, he ‘had troubles shortly after that.’

‘I don’t know if the word is reattaching, but accepting her back in. I was so terrified,’ he confessed.

Besides West, David also shares son Kyd Miller, 22, with Leoni; he and Kyd pictured in 2019 at a Knicks game in NYC
Besides West, David also shares son Kyd Miller, 22, with Leoni; he and Kyd pictured in 2019 at a Knicks game in NYC
Duchovny famously separated from Leoni (R, pictured in 2010) in 2008 a few months before he completed a rehab stint for sex addiction, but they rekindled their romance in 2009 before separating a second time in 2011 and their divorce was finalized in 2014
Duchovny famously separated from Leoni (R, pictured in 2010) in 2008 a few months before he completed a rehab stint for sex addiction, but they rekindled their romance in 2009 before separating a second time in 2011 and their divorce was finalized in 2014

He said the experience inspired him to write, direct and star in his 2023 film Bucky F**king Dent.

‘That’s the true heart of the story is really me as a father and not my father, and not my mother even, and not me as a son, but it’s really about, I’d say, me and my daughter,’ Duchovny concluded of the topic.

During the interview, Duchovny also spoke about the end of his 17-year marriage to West’s mom.

‘Mark and I got sad when you and Téa got divorced,’ Ripa told him. ‘We got sad as though we had something personally invested in it, which is so ridiculous.’

‘Well that’s sweet to say, but, you know, I’m proud of the way we raised the kids afterwards and, you know, we all stayed very close together in the city and, you know, as a child of divorce myself, it was something that I never wanted to do, but of course, you know, I did and we did and just did the best that we could afterwards,’ he responded.

Duchovny added that he doesn’t have ‘regrets’ but understand it must have been painful for the two children West and Kyd.

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