Breaking News: Mackenzie Phillips Opens Up About Incestuous Relationship with Father John Phillips

2023-12-01 22:57:00

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Dec. 1, 2023, 5:57 p.m. ET

Mackenzie Phillips spoke regarding her relationship with her dad, John, in her 2009 memoir.
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Mackenzie Phillips is getting candid regarding her 10-year incestuous relationship with her father, the Mamas & the Papas frontman John Phillips.

The “One Day at a Time” actress appeared on her sister Chynna’s YouTube channel on Wednesday, where Chynna called their father “one of my favorite individuals in the whole wide world,” but one whod had a “dark” side.

“Talk regarding complex, so many different levels to who he was,” Chynna, who is married to Billy Baldwin, said. “Obviously, he’s an amazing songwriter.”

“Genius,” Mackenzie agreed.

“I loved his laugh. Yet there was this whole other side to dad that was kind of, like, monster,” Chynna continued, to which Mackenzie also agreed with.

“He had a very dark side,” Mackenzie said, with Chynna agreeing: “He was so dark, and you just didn’t know who you were going to get, right? It was very unpredictable.”

Mackenzie Phillips and father John Phillips circa 1981 in New York City. Getty Images

The sisters spoke regarding their childhood on Chynna’s (left) YouTube channel. YouTube/, Chynna Phillips Baldwin

Mackenzie claimed in her 2009 memoir, “High on Arrival,” that her father raped her on the night she married Jeff Sessler. She was 19 at the time.

But Mackenzie would go on to battle with a drug addiction and the sex with John became consensual for nearly 10 years.

On Wednesday, the sisters were not interested in rehashing all the details of what happened between Mackenzie and their father, but Chynna once once more took a moment to show Mackenzie support for speaking out regarding the unusual affair.

“When I stood by you, I meant it with all my heart,” Chynna said before showing her 2009 appearance on “Good Morning America” where she spoke regarding the family’s bombshell secret.

“I believed you and I want you to know that I was proud of you for coming out, even though it was painful for everybody.”

John and Mackenzie Phillips pose on Dec. 1, 1980, while in drug rehab at Fair Oaks Hospital in Summit, New Jersey. Getty Images

Mackenzie continued that she faces backlash online for having “forgiveness in my heart” toward her father, who died on March 18, 2001, of heart failure.

“Forgiving is for me, not the other person. And forgiving doesn’t mean that I co-sign or agree with what I’m forgiving you for, or him for. It’s very complicated. It’s very, very complicated. And yet, I am at peace,” she revealed.

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