Mackenzie Phillips: My Father Raped Me
Before today, High on Arrival, the new memoir by childhood actress Mackenzie Phillips, would scarcely have made a blip on the celebrity gossip radar.
Now, due to a startling admission, it may become a best-seller.
In the biography, Mackenzie says her father - John Phillips of the 1960s band The Mamas and the Papas - raped her when she was 19 years old.
"On the eve of my wedding, my father showed up, determined to stop it," writes Phillips. "I had tons of pills, and Dad had tons of everything too. Eventually I passed out on Dad's bed... I woke up that night from a blackout to find myself having sex with my own father."
She continues:
"Had this happened before? I didn't know. All I can say is it was the first time I was aware of it. For a moment I was in my body, in that horrible truth, and then I slid back into a blackout."
Phillips says her dad would speak openly about running off to Fiji together, while she would simply think "we're going to hell for this."
Any admission made in a memoir must be questioned. Is the individual making up a story just to sell a book? We have no way of knowing for certain, especially because John Phillips died in 2001.
Mackenzie says she confronted her dad on his death bed and said: "We have to talk about when you raped me."
His reply: "You mean when we made love?"
Positively disgusting.
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October 11th, 2011 7:47 PM
I have a similar problem…I am a rape survivor…I was abused …repeatedly gang raped by a high school cheer leading squad…against my will and the worst part is that I started to enjoy it…I feel so ashamed and used…like I am trash…I have thought of killing myself.
It happened the first time when I was only 15 I was walking home from school and passed a high school…the female cheer leaders were working on their routines..I stopped and watched them…just innocently I was fascinated by their pysical abilities.. after a few mins. one of them I think it was the gang leader, she was a tall lanky girl with a dominant attitude..she noticed me and asked me to join them and help them with their routines…well being naive and a virgin I stupidly agreed..the girls would jump and I would catch them..nothing major there I felt uncomfortable because some of them began to touch me inappropriately…but it got worse! After they had all run and I caught them a few times, the told me I w
September 12th, 2010 11:38 PM
To those of you who have read and commented on it having personal experience with the same as this girl, know that this was not and never will be your fault! Your very person and your soul has been deeply affected by a sin that was perpetrated against you. God knows all our hearts and troubles, and He says to you, you never needed My forgiveness--I love you for WHO YOU ARE. Do not feel guilty or fraught with anxiety. He's with you even if you don't know it yet. Blessings,and God's peace...
July 14th, 2010 5:19 PM
Please read Mackenzie's book.
After your finished... then say something.
Read the back of the book.It was written by Augusten Burroughs
It says to me,all that I would say to Mackenzie.
March 1st, 2010 5:35 AM
Poor gi. I know exactly how this feels. So what if she was 19 people? My dad raped me a lot and my brother was raped too. and he was 19. im 19 right now even, even if a person seems like they're willingly having sex, it is still r*pe if the other person knows that they don't want it. yeah maybe they were probably both on something at the time, there is still no excuse for it on his part. she feels auful and will only feel worse by some of these awful comments from both here and by the public(dunno if the public said angthing for sure yet). i am Christian, but i hate sex offenders. it's something i need to work out with God. so there's no way i can justify the situation by saying that she was sick or on drugs. her soul is hurt. if you're reading this girlie, i feel for you. it hurts, so keep your head up. God has a plan for everyone and nothing is by accident with Him. Im gonna pray for you. ^-^ also, its a good thing you did for yourself, and because girls and boys who went through wha
February 24th, 2010 10:46 PM
same thing kinda happened to me, except i wuz 7 nd now im 13, my dad raped me in my apartment while my mom wuz at work, he came nd visit but ended up raping me..... twice!!!! it wuz da PAINFULLEST thing ever!! im still afraid to meet men to dis day.... nd i wuz only 7!!!
December 12th, 2009 11:41 AM
Comments like the one from dessertgirl, john and jj are the reasons why people don't come out with stuff like this earlier. It's humiliating enough being a victim to a crime like this but then to have people call you a liar and a slut and to say that you wanted it? Do you people even have hearts? If she has been promiscuous throughout the years it could be because of this abuse, victims of sexual abuse often become promiscuous as a way to try to regain control over their own sexuality. You people should be ashamed of yourselves.
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November 9th, 2009 10:46 AM
This is just disturbing and it was something the world really didn't need to know. I mean why come out with it all of a sudden when it happened so long ago?
October 14th, 2009 5:53 PM
Gee, does her book have pictures?
October 10th, 2009 2:04 AM
I don't like how people keep saying she should keep it private, keep it in the closet etc. If people don't speak out then issues like this don't get any attention. Lots of people act as if whenever a woman says she was sexually abused or assaulted that she is probably making it up to get attention. The fact is that only a very low percentage of these kinds of accusations are false. I went through abuse when I was very young, but I tend to believe MP. A friend of mine in grad school told me that her stone cold sober grandfather tried to make a move on her when she was 19 - felt her up, tried to kiss her - and she was sleepy, but stone cold sober and a position to say no and stop the situation from escalating. If she had been drunk or high or passed out, who can say where the situation might have gone. And don't underestimate how much guilt can affect whether you tell or not. If you don't scream or tell that first time, it gets harder and harder to tell or fight back every time a
October 8th, 2009 3:41 PM
Don't do drugs, and certainly don't do drugs with your children or your will destroy your family. It may be more common than recognized, but it is pretty sick.