Mackensie Phillips

[aTailOf2Kitties]

I think she made the whole thing up just to hawk her new book. I mean 10 years is a long time to not know what's going on (as she claimed). Surely she had some moment of clarity during that time

[allmycats]

I think she made the whole thing up just to hawk her new book. I mean 10 years is a long time to not know what's going on (as she claimed). Surely she had some moment of clarity during that time

I wondered that same thing. if it's true, very sick, if not then still a sick mind and VERY desparate to be back in the lime light, just to promote a book. either way very sad

[Freedom]

When I read the article in the newspaper a day or 2 back, it just didn't have the right sound to it. The step mom was appalled (and rightly so if it did happen; and also if it is made up). I also thought this was a publicity thing. Sad either way, as already said.

[Karen]

I don't think she made it up, she talks about it at first being not consensual, that she was heavily drugged and drunk, but then became consensual, and that a part of her knew it was horribly wrong all along. I think the Stockholm Syndrome probably applies in this case as well. Her life has been so messed up, and her father's drug use and poor judgment was well-documented and often commented on. Both her sister and friend and former costar Valerie Bertinelli have come out in support of her, which I don't think they would have done if they didn't believe her.

By the way, I have moved this to The Dog House, as it is by its very nature an upsetting topic.

[kuhio98]

I don't think she made it up, she talks about it at first being not consensual, that she was heavily drugged and drunk, but then became consensual, and that a part of her knew it was horribly wrong all along. I think the Stockholm Syndrome probably applies in this case as well. Her life has been so messed up, and her father's drug use and poor judgment was well-documented and often commented on. Both her sister and friend and former costar Valerie Bertinelli have come out in support of her, which I don't think they would have done if they didn't believe her.

By the way, I have moved this to The Dog House, as it is by its very nature an upsetting topic.

I'm with you. I don't think she made it up either. The first time was rape. After that she consented. She knew it was wrong. Evidently, her father didn't feel the same. Drugs will make you cross every boundary.

[DJFyrewolf36]

I saw a clip of her and her dad in a recording of an old interview on Inside Edition. The little bit I saw sure gave me goosebumps. They didn't act like father and daughter at all, more like they were dating. Had I not heard all the rest of the stuff in the news and had just seen that I still would have found the interaction between the two odd...and a bit disturbing.

I wish I could find a link to the vid...seems like no one has it up yet.

[pomtzu]

According to her sister Chynna - it is true and it did happen. However, I don't think the whole world was in need of knowing this. If she wanted to "get it out" for therapeutic reasons, then she should have confided in a shrink, and not have dragged her whole family into the torrid mess. And as far as John Phillips is concerned - how does a dead man defend himself??