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NEWS ABOUT: Mackenzie Phillips

Mackenzie Phillips stories: 7 news summaries

 Papas' Song About Mackenzie 
 Gets New, Creepy Meaning 

After incest claims, recently unearthed Phillips song sounds seriously inappropriate

Sep 25, 09 8:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Now that Mackenzie Phillips has revealed her incestuous relationship with papa John, the songs he wrote about her take on a whole new meaning. Especially “She’s Just 14,” which includes the lyric that gave Phillips the title for her book High on Arrival, E! notes. Suddenly,... More »

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 Michelle Phillips: Incest a Lie 

Mamas and Papas singer says rape claim a product of stepdaughter's drug abuse

Sep 24, 09 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mackenzie Phillips’ other stepmom is none too happy with her claim of an incestuous relationship with dad. Michelle Phillips, John’s ex-wife and bandmate, says Mackenzie told her about the affair in 1997—"then she called me back and said, ‘You know I’m joking.’ I said... More »

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entertainment • drug addiction • celebrity • drug abuse • incest • Mackenzie Phillips • John Phillips • Chynna Phillips • Michelle Phillips

 Is Incest Always Rape? 

Blog pundits debate if consent is ever an issue in father-daughter sex

Sep 24, 09 5:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Actress Mackenzie Phillips has already raised the "Stockholm syndrome" regarding 10 years of sex with her rock icon dad, leaving many to wonder if incest can ever be consensual. The blogosphere appears unanimous that John Phillips' sex with a blacked-out Mackenzie was rape since she was unable to consent—... More »

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abortion • sex • rape • taboo • incest • Mackenzie Phillips • John Phillips • Mamas and the Papas

 Abortion Ended 
 Relations 
 With Dad: 
 Phillips 

John Phillips' former wife says allegations aren't true

Sep 23, 09 5:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - More unfortunate details from the Mackenzie Phillips saga: She tells Oprah on today's show that she ended her decade-long incestuous relationship with her father only after having an abortion. He paid for the procedure, but she wasn't sure who fathered the child, notes USA Today. After that, “I never... More »

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abortion • Oprah Winfrey • incest • Mackenzie Phillips • John Phillips

 Chynna Phillips: 
 I Knew About Incest 

Half-sister also thinks mutual heroin addiction could have led to incest

Sep 23, 09 12:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chynna Phillips’ half-sister Mackenzie told her of the 10-year affair she had with their father in 1997—a claim Chynna believes to be true. “Somebody could have dropped a piano on my head and I probably wouldn't have felt it,”  the former Wilson Phillips singer tells More »

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entertainment • heroin • memoir • incest • Mackenzie Phillips • John Phillips • Mamas and the Papas • Chynna Phillips • Wilson Phillips

 Mackenzie Phillips: 
 'I Slept With My Dad' 

'We're going to hell for this,' actress worried about incest with her Mamas and Papas pop

Sep 23, 09 2:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Actress MacKenzie Phillips slept with her musician father John Phillips in a long-term incestuous relationship that began when she was 19 on the eve of her wedding, she reveals in her bombshell memoir High on Arrival. The Mamas and Papas singer showed up "determined to stop" MacKenzie's marriage to... More »

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drug addiction • memoir • incest • Mackenzie Phillips • John Phillips • Mamas and the Papas

Mackenzie Phillips Busted for Drugs

Heroin, cocaine found on One Day at a Time star at LA airport

Aug 27, 08 6:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - 1980s TV star Mackenzie Phillips, 48, was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport this morning for allegedly trying to take small amounts of heroin and cocaine on a flight, E! News reports. The former One Day at a Time star—who lost her role because of drugs—has more recently... More »

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