David Duchovny’s tennis instructor Edit Parkay says she is not to blame for the breakdown of his marriage to Tea Leoni.


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Edit – who was quoted in a recent interview as saying she was “not going to deny” reports she had an affair with The X-Files star – insists “there is no romance” between her and the 48-year-old actor.

The 28-year-old coach said: “We played tennis, and we were playing partners and friends. There is no romance, and we are just friends. No love, nothing. That is all I have to say.”

David’s lawyer Stanton Stein added: “Edit Parkay met with me personally before this article came out and told me she never had a sexual or romantic relationship with David.”

It was recently reported Tea – who has two children with David, from who she has been separated for “several months” – had been having an affair with her Manure co-star Billy Bob Thornton, and had been sending him a series of flirtatious text messages.

Tea further fuelled relationship rumours by praising Billy, saying: “We have this incredible cast with Billy Bob Thornton, who is maybe my new favourite person in the world.”

However, Billy Bob has since denied the reports, with his representative insisting: “Billy and Tea are friends. They recently completed shooting a film together.”