I have a bone to pick with Mackenzie Phillips and her so-called “confession” that she led a years-long incestuous relationship with her father John Phillips.
Funny how this all just now comes up.
John Phillips has been dead since 2001, and Mackenzie has (gasp of surprise!) a new book coming out, an interview on Oprah, AND an exclusive interview in People Magazine, and who knows what else. And her half-sister Chynna is telling “her side of the story” in Us Magazine.
I must look at this with a jaundiced eye. Ms. Phillips is a repeat junkie and thief, and there is a rule-of-thumb that the police and social systems have with such folk: they are inveterate liars, and will do almost anything for attention. Her timing assures that John has no chance to rebut, and Chynna claims to have known nothing about the matter at the time; Mackenzie supposedly called her out of the blue one day to tell the tale.
Anyway, the money will now be rolling in from interviews and book deals, and (I strongly suspect) the public is getting lied to while they excrete out the usual “oh, gee, honey, we’re SO sorry this happened to you”.
Again.
UPDATE: Now Ms. Phillips is playing the abortion card in this sordid little tale. I’m waiting for the violins to break out into sorrowful song any moment now.
It appears neither of his wives had any idea either. None of this means it didn’t happen, of course, but the jaundiced eye is, imho, exactly right.