To all of you who are calling MP names or claiming she is a liar and "deserved" what she got, you are all very ignorant and immature people. Just because you can't wrap your minds around the concept that unforunately these things happen, you try to deny that it is possible and has happened by insulting the victim, etc. For those of you that say its her fault she didn't "have to take drugs".. her FATHER is the one who decided to teach her how to shoot up and continually supplied the drugs as well as did drugs with her. Mackenzie didn't know any better in all realness..she was just a kid when her father was shooting her up with god knows what..a parent is supposed to teach their child the difference between right and wrong, good and bad, and protect them from danger. Mackenzie was never parented at all. How do you think you would have survived this life if you were basically left to fend for yourself your whole life and not given any guidance or direction other than "do drugs and have se
Sue D in NY
September 24th, 2009 3:56 PM
This happened, according to Mackenzie, between the ages of 19 and 29, chronologically. Emotionally, we all know (well some will know) she was not this age. She stopped developing emotionally and psychologically because she was using drugs and this stops the development process. She was incredibly dependent upon her father and idolized him. She wanted his love,affection and attention. The first time it happened to her, she confronted him. She wasn't validated. Her thoughts, beliefs, emotions, were not that of an adult. She was being abused by the very person that is suppose to make damn sure she was never to be harmed, especially in THIS way! When he claimed this was love making, he twisted it in her already twisted mind, twisted from the drug use. Parents are suppose to guide their children to make good choices and prepare their kids for adulthood, certainly not to be their drug buddy nor their sexual counterpart! This parent didn't parent. He was sick by all accounts. Don't you think
Hazel
September 24th, 2009 3:05 PM
Rene took the words out of my mouth. Mac was obviously in serious trouble when starring in one life to live. Now we know why. I am so filled with admiration and awe for Mackenzie. I am also very touched by her siblings reactions. Her stepmother can't handle the truth. But whatever she started up w/ Mr.Mac at age 16. Mr. Mac was deeply sick. Not only is he guilty of raping his daughter,he's also a pedophile. I mean A 16 year old wife? Mackenzies revelations come on the heels of Kathy Griffins revelations about her pedophile brother. Both these women are Heros in my book. What they are doing by disclosing is reaching unknowable numbers of people struggling with their own family histories of abuse. Now if only David Carradine's incest victim will finally get some help too.
Jackie
September 24th, 2009 1:26 PM
Bet Dr. Phil has her lined up as a guest already! maybe he can help her deal with this. i cant believe after all those years no one else clued in to what was happening & spilled the beans...someone must have seen somthing...seriously.
Rene
September 24th, 2009 11:00 AM
Wow. It never ceases to amaze me how so many people freak the hell out and start spewing venom when faced with information their little tiny minds can't handle. Not everyone gets to grow up trauma-free, and so
time your itty- bitty little pea brains just have to process it. This kind of thing happens a lot more frequently than you know. Deal with it. Too effing bad if it makes you all squirmy and uncomfortable, you weak- willed sheep. Don't like the underbelly of human existance? Keep watching Disney.
Cherree
September 24th, 2009 8:59 AM
fyi... Oprah does NOT pay the people she interviews on her show. So Mackinzie didn't make any money from Oprah. And I seriously doubt she'll make megamillions from selling her book. I really don't think monetary greed was a motive here. I think self-survival and an honest desire to help other incest victims was a few of her main motives.
Dannah
September 24th, 2009 3:00 AM
Apparently not all of you commenting on this actually SAW her on Oprah. There was nothing fake about this. Maya; Mac never claims that she is innocent. In fact, she takes responsibility for MORE than she should. She is well aware of the fact that what they were doing was wrong, but she was legitimitely in awe of her father and at the time she rationalized away all of the things saying "this is not right". She boxed them up and put the feelings away.
KayKay; "daughters and fathers to not do that together." And people aren't supposed to murder, and women don't sell their body's for money...but it sure happens, doesn't it? It certainly isn't the norm...not in the US anyway. In some foreign countries it's extremely normal, incest, that is. Be careful when you generalize. WE may know better, but when you are the one walking in the storm it's a heck of a lot harder to see the sunshine or even believe that it's there.
I think the important thing here is to realize that she ACKNOWLEDES
Jen
September 24th, 2009 2:48 AM
10 effing years? WTH? It's either she was in it willingly, or she is lying.
Either way, her father isn't here to defend himself or be held accountable.
How convenient!
This woman is cashing in on an alleged tragedy. I'm sorry for not feeling sorry for her. But to announce it on Oprah rather than inform the authorities when the supposed culprit was still alive? What's that I hear? Oh yeah, the clinking sound. Cha-ching!$$$$
samantha
September 24th, 2009 12:49 AM
I can't believe some of these comments that are blaming her and putting her on the same level as her dad. When she was a child he shot her up with drugs and had her doing drugs with him all the time. What parent would ever do that? She was too young at the time to have chosen to be an addict. Who even know if the abuse started earlier? When she was 19, he raped her in a blackout after drug use. By the point she was having consensual sex with him, she was probably in a complete fog. It is really sad that some of the comments are so cruel to her.
notnodummy
September 23rd, 2009 10:55 PM
wow. It's unbelievable that anyone would blame Mackenzie for what she did. When your parent is teaching you a certain lifestyle, it's awfully hard to question it, even if you suspect it's wrong. As a victim of childhood sexual abuse, I guarantee that it screws with your head. Badly. Drugs and sex were a family lifestyle. And you expect her to buck that when it's what she was trained to do? You have a serious problem if you think she should have just overcome these huge obstacles. There is a special place in hell for people like that.
lyndasue
September 23rd, 2009 10:37 PM
this woman has had a needle in her arm for over thirty years. an addict is always thinking up new ways to get money. once the hoopla passes on this one she will have another bombshell to tell.
california girl
September 23rd, 2009 10:01 PM
THANK YOU Mackenzie!!! your not alone...
Dawna
September 23rd, 2009 9:04 PM
You know this is a toughie! Because she(MacKenzie) could very well be capitalizing on her father's fame to bring her fortune? I mean what better way to sell a book than to tell tall tales? Because you all know that we as a whole tend to buy and/or listen to the tell all book!(myself included)It could go either way... It's a case of she says and he can't say! Who Knows? The only ones who really know are John and Mackenzie.If it's true than shame on him! If it's not true than shame on her for taking advantage of fame! The fact of the matter is? Shame on her MOTHER! where was she?
Sarah
September 23rd, 2009 7:37 PM
Mackenzie is so brave for finally coming forward with her story. John Phillips was a sad pathetic human being who took advantage of his power as most abusers do. Good for Mackenzie for showing other victims that there is life after the abuse.
J
September 23rd, 2009 7:18 PM
THIS FUCKING BITCH CAN LIE,IF SHE WAS FUCKING HER DAD FOR 10 YEARS AN DIDN'T SAY SHIT TIL NOW THAT MEANS SHE LIKED TO FUCK HIM,I WOULDN'T LET MY DOG FUCK THIS BITCH !!!!
Amy
September 23rd, 2009 6:46 PM
Silly girl! Everyone knows you save the "found myself pregnant" nugget for the NEXT book.
lola
September 23rd, 2009 6:37 PM
another comment for those who like to state that 19 year olds are adults...
the brain does not finish forming fully until you are roughly 24
if you do any drugs before this time you damage the frontal lobe, which is the part that is still forming, and is responsible for emotional responses to things...basically being able to act in a mature fashion, controlling your responses to things, and interpreting other's emotional responses and intentions...
also, for those who live in the USA, 19 is clearly not an adult to you....you don't allow 19 year olds to drink legally....21 is the legal drinking age.
Judging a young girl's response to her father, a supposed role model, supposed protector, and authority figure...
if the person who did these things to her had been her teacher, what would people say then??
a teacher is an authority figure, but not a relative, and yet i think these critics of the victim would probably crucify the teacher worse than this incestuous drug peddling
seeker09
September 23rd, 2009 6:07 PM
lemonpie, Thank you for your kind, thoughtful comments. I was on another message board where all the comments were quite disturbing--calling Ms. Phillips sick, disgusting, opportunistic...and as mean and ugly as people were being in their attacks, I am willing to bet those comments are no worse than the names Ms. Phillips has been calling herself all these years. The shame runs so deep and can manifest itself in so many different ways...I'm glad to see that not everybody is so unfeeling and callous.
I'm a recovering addict who was molested as a child. I think Ms. Phillips is incredibly brave to share her story so publicly, knowing full well that she risked getting the kinds of reactions she has been getting from ignorant, insensitive people. I suspect that some of the most hateful comments are coming from people who have not come to terms with their own pasts--denial can be a powerful shield.
It's really f***ing hard sometimes to recover from this crap. I've been working a
annie bryce
September 23rd, 2009 5:51 PM
Why on earth would she want the whole world to know about this?
Mark Roland
September 23rd, 2009 5:42 PM
Wither this is true or not the only reason to write this book and go on Oprah is to make money.
Are we supposed to feel sorry for this women who spent years doing drugs and doing her father.
I don't feel sorry for her at all. At 18 or 19 you wake up and your father is having sex with you, you either like it or you leave and tell someone to get help.
So If it is true then she must have liked it to keep it up for 11 years.
She is trash and should be ashamed to do this to make some money.
Kat
September 23rd, 2009 5:32 PM
Here is the fact of the matter, for those who are saying "it's her fault" think about this, if your sister came to you and told you your father got her on drugs and she was in a relationship with him while high, would you really respond with "you are a shame to this family!" I would hope not, The right way to respond is to feel sorry for your sister. and further more, if you didn't feel sorry for her, then its because you received that fucked up genetics that the father had... so for those who blame Mac, please don't have children, you'll end up raping them too and making them feel like it's their fault. THIS is the problem with the human race, not MacKenzie... its the people that have no way of connecting with others... stop judging and try to understand.... people who waste their time hating others and being angry, they end up being older and uglier because anger and hate takes too much out of a person... try to be an example and just smile and feel for those who aren't as fort
VanessaD
September 23rd, 2009 5:30 PM
For Maya, who seems to want to blame the daughter of a rapist for her rape (he started having sex with his daughter while she was not conscious--that is rape):
Her father was the one (we are talking about a PARENT) who began to inject her with drugs. This woman is lucky she is alive with that kind of abuse done to her -- I heard one child therapist discussing this kind of monster parent and she called them "soul murderers" and I think that fits this situation perfectly.
If he was capable of injecting his own daughter with dangerous drugs that he as an adult knows will send her down a path of ill health and unhappiness, he bascially claimed her as his hostage, and THAT unhealthy and unholy view he took and behavior toward her began, I am certain, long before he even took that first filthy needle to her innocent arm.
This monster who raised her and did not suddenly become a horrible father when he had been a 'good dad' prior to these incidents. He obviously had nothing to offe
Believe
September 23rd, 2009 5:23 PM
Most rapist and molesters know one thing if nothing else; they can always count on people taking their side against their accusers. They have always had this fact in their favor. I guess it is human nature to blame the victim and to give the benefit of doubt to the predator. Why do you think the predator tell kids or other victims that no one will ever believe them.
Many young adults don’t have the capacity to think as a mature adult. They don’t process danger well. That’s why they are classified as a high risk group for insurance or other purposes. This is why it is an outstanding accomplishment when people in the age group of 18 years thru 26 years of age do any of the following: maintain successful businesses or marriages, become noted leaders in social causes, or burn the deed on the 1st or 2nd home. Most people in this age group are still experimenting with different things and people. They have not really begun to process the fact that every decision, good or b
Dagwood
September 23rd, 2009 5:03 PM
Pray for her and her family....coulda been you!
kaykay
September 23rd, 2009 5:01 PM
This is disgusting. Mackenzie is NO victim.
It's obvious she is hoping to cash in on this sick story, I cant even describe how disgusted I am. This story is only one sided, as her dad cant say what went on between them. Drugs or no drugs, ITS NO SECRET THAT FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS DONT DO THAT STUFF TOGETHER!!!!!!!! How effing dumb do you have to be? Seriously. After she gets paid to do a tell all interview, she will just go out and buy drugs with that money. What a shame. This woman needs serious help. A straight jacket would be a good first step.
Ugh......it's disturbing to think that people do crazy stuff like this.
September 24th, 2009 4:39 PM
To all of you who are calling MP names or claiming she is a liar and "deserved" what she got, you are all very ignorant and immature people. Just because you can't wrap your minds around the concept that unforunately these things happen, you try to deny that it is possible and has happened by insulting the victim, etc. For those of you that say its her fault she didn't "have to take drugs".. her FATHER is the one who decided to teach her how to shoot up and continually supplied the drugs as well as did drugs with her. Mackenzie didn't know any better in all realness..she was just a kid when her father was shooting her up with god knows what..a parent is supposed to teach their child the difference between right and wrong, good and bad, and protect them from danger. Mackenzie was never parented at all. How do you think you would have survived this life if you were basically left to fend for yourself your whole life and not given any guidance or direction other than "do drugs and have se
September 24th, 2009 3:56 PM
This happened, according to Mackenzie, between the ages of 19 and 29, chronologically. Emotionally, we all know (well some will know) she was not this age. She stopped developing emotionally and psychologically because she was using drugs and this stops the development process. She was incredibly dependent upon her father and idolized him. She wanted his love,affection and attention. The first time it happened to her, she confronted him. She wasn't validated. Her thoughts, beliefs, emotions, were not that of an adult. She was being abused by the very person that is suppose to make damn sure she was never to be harmed, especially in THIS way! When he claimed this was love making, he twisted it in her already twisted mind, twisted from the drug use. Parents are suppose to guide their children to make good choices and prepare their kids for adulthood, certainly not to be their drug buddy nor their sexual counterpart! This parent didn't parent. He was sick by all accounts. Don't you think
September 24th, 2009 3:05 PM
Rene took the words out of my mouth. Mac was obviously in serious trouble when starring in one life to live. Now we know why. I am so filled with admiration and awe for Mackenzie. I am also very touched by her siblings reactions. Her stepmother can't handle the truth. But whatever she started up w/ Mr.Mac at age 16. Mr. Mac was deeply sick. Not only is he guilty of raping his daughter,he's also a pedophile. I mean A 16 year old wife? Mackenzies revelations come on the heels of Kathy Griffins revelations about her pedophile brother. Both these women are Heros in my book. What they are doing by disclosing is reaching unknowable numbers of people struggling with their own family histories of abuse. Now if only David Carradine's incest victim will finally get some help too.
September 24th, 2009 1:26 PM
Bet Dr. Phil has her lined up as a guest already! maybe he can help her deal with this. i cant believe after all those years no one else clued in to what was happening & spilled the beans...someone must have seen somthing...seriously.
September 24th, 2009 11:00 AM
Wow. It never ceases to amaze me how so many people freak the hell out and start spewing venom when faced with information their little tiny minds can't handle. Not everyone gets to grow up trauma-free, and so
time your itty- bitty little pea brains just have to process it. This kind of thing happens a lot more frequently than you know. Deal with it. Too effing bad if it makes you all squirmy and uncomfortable, you weak- willed sheep. Don't like the underbelly of human existance? Keep watching Disney.
September 24th, 2009 8:59 AM
fyi... Oprah does NOT pay the people she interviews on her show. So Mackinzie didn't make any money from Oprah. And I seriously doubt she'll make megamillions from selling her book. I really don't think monetary greed was a motive here. I think self-survival and an honest desire to help other incest victims was a few of her main motives.
September 24th, 2009 3:00 AM
Apparently not all of you commenting on this actually SAW her on Oprah. There was nothing fake about this. Maya; Mac never claims that she is innocent. In fact, she takes responsibility for MORE than she should. She is well aware of the fact that what they were doing was wrong, but she was legitimitely in awe of her father and at the time she rationalized away all of the things saying "this is not right". She boxed them up and put the feelings away.
KayKay; "daughters and fathers to not do that together." And people aren't supposed to murder, and women don't sell their body's for money...but it sure happens, doesn't it? It certainly isn't the norm...not in the US anyway. In some foreign countries it's extremely normal, incest, that is. Be careful when you generalize. WE may know better, but when you are the one walking in the storm it's a heck of a lot harder to see the sunshine or even believe that it's there.
I think the important thing here is to realize that she ACKNOWLEDES
September 24th, 2009 2:48 AM
10 effing years? WTH? It's either she was in it willingly, or she is lying.
Either way, her father isn't here to defend himself or be held accountable.
How convenient!
This woman is cashing in on an alleged tragedy. I'm sorry for not feeling sorry for her. But to announce it on Oprah rather than inform the authorities when the supposed culprit was still alive? What's that I hear? Oh yeah, the clinking sound. Cha-ching!$$$$
September 24th, 2009 12:49 AM
I can't believe some of these comments that are blaming her and putting her on the same level as her dad. When she was a child he shot her up with drugs and had her doing drugs with him all the time. What parent would ever do that? She was too young at the time to have chosen to be an addict. Who even know if the abuse started earlier? When she was 19, he raped her in a blackout after drug use. By the point she was having consensual sex with him, she was probably in a complete fog. It is really sad that some of the comments are so cruel to her.
September 23rd, 2009 10:55 PM
wow. It's unbelievable that anyone would blame Mackenzie for what she did. When your parent is teaching you a certain lifestyle, it's awfully hard to question it, even if you suspect it's wrong. As a victim of childhood sexual abuse, I guarantee that it screws with your head. Badly. Drugs and sex were a family lifestyle. And you expect her to buck that when it's what she was trained to do? You have a serious problem if you think she should have just overcome these huge obstacles. There is a special place in hell for people like that.
September 23rd, 2009 10:37 PM
this woman has had a needle in her arm for over thirty years. an addict is always thinking up new ways to get money. once the hoopla passes on this one she will have another bombshell to tell.
September 23rd, 2009 10:01 PM
THANK YOU Mackenzie!!! your not alone...
September 23rd, 2009 9:04 PM
You know this is a toughie! Because she(MacKenzie) could very well be capitalizing on her father's fame to bring her fortune? I mean what better way to sell a book than to tell tall tales? Because you all know that we as a whole tend to buy and/or listen to the tell all book!(myself included)It could go either way... It's a case of she says and he can't say! Who Knows? The only ones who really know are John and Mackenzie.If it's true than shame on him! If it's not true than shame on her for taking advantage of fame! The fact of the matter is? Shame on her MOTHER! where was she?
September 23rd, 2009 7:37 PM
Mackenzie is so brave for finally coming forward with her story. John Phillips was a sad pathetic human being who took advantage of his power as most abusers do. Good for Mackenzie for showing other victims that there is life after the abuse.
September 23rd, 2009 7:18 PM
THIS FUCKING BITCH CAN LIE,IF SHE WAS FUCKING HER DAD FOR 10 YEARS AN DIDN'T SAY SHIT TIL NOW THAT MEANS SHE LIKED TO FUCK HIM,I WOULDN'T LET MY DOG FUCK THIS BITCH !!!!
September 23rd, 2009 6:46 PM
Silly girl! Everyone knows you save the "found myself pregnant" nugget for the NEXT book.
September 23rd, 2009 6:37 PM
another comment for those who like to state that 19 year olds are adults...
the brain does not finish forming fully until you are roughly 24
if you do any drugs before this time you damage the frontal lobe, which is the part that is still forming, and is responsible for emotional responses to things...basically being able to act in a mature fashion, controlling your responses to things, and interpreting other's emotional responses and intentions...
also, for those who live in the USA, 19 is clearly not an adult to you....you don't allow 19 year olds to drink legally....21 is the legal drinking age.
Judging a young girl's response to her father, a supposed role model, supposed protector, and authority figure...
if the person who did these things to her had been her teacher, what would people say then??
a teacher is an authority figure, but not a relative, and yet i think these critics of the victim would probably crucify the teacher worse than this incestuous drug peddling
September 23rd, 2009 6:07 PM
lemonpie, Thank you for your kind, thoughtful comments. I was on another message board where all the comments were quite disturbing--calling Ms. Phillips sick, disgusting, opportunistic...and as mean and ugly as people were being in their attacks, I am willing to bet those comments are no worse than the names Ms. Phillips has been calling herself all these years. The shame runs so deep and can manifest itself in so many different ways...I'm glad to see that not everybody is so unfeeling and callous.
I'm a recovering addict who was molested as a child. I think Ms. Phillips is incredibly brave to share her story so publicly, knowing full well that she risked getting the kinds of reactions she has been getting from ignorant, insensitive people. I suspect that some of the most hateful comments are coming from people who have not come to terms with their own pasts--denial can be a powerful shield.
It's really f***ing hard sometimes to recover from this crap. I've been working a
September 23rd, 2009 5:51 PM
Why on earth would she want the whole world to know about this?
September 23rd, 2009 5:42 PM
Wither this is true or not the only reason to write this book and go on Oprah is to make money.
Are we supposed to feel sorry for this women who spent years doing drugs and doing her father.
I don't feel sorry for her at all. At 18 or 19 you wake up and your father is having sex with you, you either like it or you leave and tell someone to get help.
So If it is true then she must have liked it to keep it up for 11 years.
She is trash and should be ashamed to do this to make some money.
September 23rd, 2009 5:32 PM
Here is the fact of the matter, for those who are saying "it's her fault" think about this, if your sister came to you and told you your father got her on drugs and she was in a relationship with him while high, would you really respond with "you are a shame to this family!" I would hope not, The right way to respond is to feel sorry for your sister. and further more, if you didn't feel sorry for her, then its because you received that fucked up genetics that the father had... so for those who blame Mac, please don't have children, you'll end up raping them too and making them feel like it's their fault. THIS is the problem with the human race, not MacKenzie... its the people that have no way of connecting with others... stop judging and try to understand.... people who waste their time hating others and being angry, they end up being older and uglier because anger and hate takes too much out of a person... try to be an example and just smile and feel for those who aren't as fort
September 23rd, 2009 5:30 PM
For Maya, who seems to want to blame the daughter of a rapist for her rape (he started having sex with his daughter while she was not conscious--that is rape):
Her father was the one (we are talking about a PARENT) who began to inject her with drugs. This woman is lucky she is alive with that kind of abuse done to her -- I heard one child therapist discussing this kind of monster parent and she called them "soul murderers" and I think that fits this situation perfectly.
If he was capable of injecting his own daughter with dangerous drugs that he as an adult knows will send her down a path of ill health and unhappiness, he bascially claimed her as his hostage, and THAT unhealthy and unholy view he took and behavior toward her began, I am certain, long before he even took that first filthy needle to her innocent arm.
This monster who raised her and did not suddenly become a horrible father when he had been a 'good dad' prior to these incidents. He obviously had nothing to offe
September 23rd, 2009 5:23 PM
Most rapist and molesters know one thing if nothing else; they can always count on people taking their side against their accusers. They have always had this fact in their favor. I guess it is human nature to blame the victim and to give the benefit of doubt to the predator. Why do you think the predator tell kids or other victims that no one will ever believe them.
Many young adults don’t have the capacity to think as a mature adult. They don’t process danger well. That’s why they are classified as a high risk group for insurance or other purposes. This is why it is an outstanding accomplishment when people in the age group of 18 years thru 26 years of age do any of the following: maintain successful businesses or marriages, become noted leaders in social causes, or burn the deed on the 1st or 2nd home. Most people in this age group are still experimenting with different things and people. They have not really begun to process the fact that every decision, good or b
September 23rd, 2009 5:03 PM
Pray for her and her family....coulda been you!
September 23rd, 2009 5:01 PM
This is disgusting. Mackenzie is NO victim.
It's obvious she is hoping to cash in on this sick story, I cant even describe how disgusted I am. This story is only one sided, as her dad cant say what went on between them. Drugs or no drugs, ITS NO SECRET THAT FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS DONT DO THAT STUFF TOGETHER!!!!!!!! How effing dumb do you have to be? Seriously. After she gets paid to do a tell all interview, she will just go out and buy drugs with that money. What a shame. This woman needs serious help. A straight jacket would be a good first step.
Ugh......it's disturbing to think that people do crazy stuff like this.