Joey (Matt LeBlanc) is dating his TV neighbor

**LynnieD** · April 6th, 2006, 12:54 PM

Matt LeBlanc, who filed for divorce from his wife last week, has a new real-life romantic costar: Andrea Anders, who plays his neighbor on the sitcom Joey, PEOPLE reports in its upcoming issue.

LeBlanc's split from his wife of three years, Melissa, came as a surprise to the public – and to Melissa herself. The trouble started in January when LeBlanc, 38, unexpectedly announced that he was moving out of the Encino, Calif., home he shared with Melissa, 41, and their 2-year-old daughter Marina.

"It was very sudden," Melissa's longtime friend Kelly Phillips tells PEOPLE. "She was absolutely blindsided by what transpired."

Then in March, Melissa accused her husband of being involved with another woman. LeBlanc, who had moved into an L.A. apartment near the studio where he tapes Joey, admitted he was.

What an elaborate effort to cover up the obvious fact that he is gay...geez

Still, friends say, Melissa hoped for a reconciliation – and was stunned when, on March 30, an attorney for her husband called with the news that LeBlanc was about to file for divorce.

"She wanted to do counseling or therapy," a pal tells PEOPLE. "But Matt just didn’t want to work it out."

After the divorce announcement was made, LeBlanc even brought the Wisconsin-born Anders – who recently shot a pilot for Friends producer David Crane – to the ranch house north of Los Angeles that he and Melissa had shared.

While LeBlanc's rep declines to comment on the situation, saying, "We're not interested in having a public discussion about private family matters," others say LeBlanc's involvement with Anders was one of the causes of the divorce filing.

Source: People.com

Obviously he is gay....

**louiswinthorpe111** · April 6th, 2006, 01:00 PM

What a shit.

**LynnieD** · April 6th, 2006, 03:51 PM

Originally Posted by Frank_Rizzo

Yes, he is gay.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't he hire a limo just to fuck men in them?

That was the story! Gay gay gay!!

**moomies** · April 6th, 2006, 04:19 PM

I saw this comedic movie where Matt dressed as a woman (I don't even remember the name of the movie it was so crappy) and he really didn't do a good job of impersonating one. I don't know if that was because of his lacking acting skills or he meant to not act like a real woman because obviously he was supposed to play a man dressing as a woman but I concluded from it that he isn't gay...

**Elisa** · April 6th, 2006, 04:55 PM

What a prick! You just know he's going to beg for his wife back after his fling ends. Not only did he hurt her and their daughter, but he's hurt the kids she brought into the relationship trustingly after years of dating. Some people just never think of how others will be impacted - they only think selfishly of themselves!

**pierresgirl** · April 6th, 2006, 05:42 PM

Does anyone have a pic of Anders?

**Elvira** · April 6th, 2006, 06:05 PM

Re: Joey (Matt LaBlanc) is dating his TV neighbor

I thought for sure that the TV neighbor was a male and at first read
Andrea Anders as Andrew Anders.

**Icepik** · April 6th, 2006, 07:52 PM

He's obviously not GAY. I have never heard of any gay encounters that he might have had, but since he obviously likes women, too (if there is any truth to him liking men) - that would make the guy BIsexual.

**alcohol the honey** · April 7th, 2006, 01:11 AM

Gay or not he has a major problem being rumored as 'gay'. Just like Tom Cruise he'll sue you.

**asha22** · April 7th, 2006, 05:45 AM

Daughter, Marina LeBlanc, was diagnosed with a rare brain disorder that affects her motor skills. Matt and Melissa were concerned when she started having seizures.

When the pressures on.....men are off. Take him to the cleaners Melissa.

**moomies** · April 7th, 2006, 05:49 AM

Oh that really sucks!! Hope he will still take care of the child and share the responsibilities though they are divorced.

**DOROTHY** · January 2nd, 2010, 12:05 AM

Bottom Line:

Stop the games and don't cheat on your wife and you can never go wrong.

I mean come on...do you really want to be "that guy"?

And just the fact that you have put this much wasted thought into it just proves that you are out of your boundaries.

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