Comments on: Mackenzie Phillips’ disturbing revelations on Oprah: raped by her dad

By: Dr. Lady Scientist

Dr. Lady Scientist — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:06:59 +0000

I am glad that Mackenzie Phillips told the story. My family went through something like this. I have a Ph.D. from an Ivy League University. I come from a “normal” family. People need to know that “normal”, even admirable people can be abusers.

So much of the public discourse undercuts Mackenzie’s character. I feel much of this unnecessary and cruel. Whenever I read these comments, I feel very, very sad for my sister who has struggled with her demons for many years and born the brunt of criticism and blame.

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:26:54 +0000

I believe her. I absolutely believe Mackenzie’s story.

You can see her interview on Larry King Live she gives more details how it happened, etc. By her telling she often woke up to it happening or after it happened. So she was not cognisant mentally to be ABLE to give consent. If you have sex with someone who is passed out and unable to give consent that is RAPE. Her father did RAPE her.

As for why she waited to tell her story, she says in the video interview she just was not ready until now. Imagine the courage it takes to talk about this for the whole world to judge. But when you are pushing 50 you have seen a lot more in life and you realize the people closest to you are what is important. What the world thinks is not as important. She is probably doing this to just put it to rest in her mind once and for all.

Her closest family and friends already knew so this is not new.

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By: Spoonman55

Spoonman55 — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:14:22 +0000

This is the same person who has been on and off heroine and coke for the past 40 years. I have trouble believing anything she says.

I personally think she is lying to sell her book to support her crack habit!!!

Geraldo Rivera has interviewed this liar drug addict since the 70′s and recently replayed all of them on his FOX program. She lied about being drugged up and admitted in recent interviews she lies for attention. She wants attention and says anything she can to get sympathy and pity!

Don’t believe a word she says as all she is looking for is her next fix!

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By: Ann

Ann — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:03:14 +0000

Me thinks those that can’t deal, or have the darling gaul to blame her for not speaking up sooner are the same ones who won’t and don’t deal with things in their own houses. You need to look into your own families, and not worry about somone you don’t know and won’t meet.

Those are the ones in danger because of your head in the sand attitude.

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By: Freedom4Women2009

Freedom4Women2009 — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:16:34 +0000

Hurray for you Mackensie for facing your truth and bring your sexual experiences and your drug addiction out of silence….when we open the door to light people can heal and hopefully society will come out of denial and grow, too.
Have a look at http://www.courageouskids.net is a group of kids who were placed in the enviroment with the non protective parent and abuse of all sorts happen until the children ran away or they turned 18. This is where the courts let children down….these kids need a spokeperson and face and funds to keep going and to reach more people out there….www.protectiveparents.com empowers usually Mothers to keep focused and to keep fighting and to deal with the emotional pain of losing a child/children to an abuser when He usually has the money and court power to keep abusing. BREAKING THE SILENCE IS A GREAT DOCUMENTARY PUT TOGETHER BY THE MOTHER WHO FORMED THE ASSOCIATION AND THE HEALING CONFERENCES FOR KIDS.
We have another Silent place in society. We have battered women locked away “among the forgotten” in prison’s across America for defending their own life and the lives of their children against a domestic abuser.SIN BY SILENCE IS A DOCUMENTARY WORTH SEEING AND PUTTING YOUR ENERGY BEHIND….OUT OF SILENCE IS HOW WE GROWTH…THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE!
THANK YOU BRAVE ONE….I ALSO HAVE SPECIAL SKILLS TO DEAL WITH ISSUE AT THE SUBCONCIOUS LEVEL OF EXPERIENCING…IF YOU WOULD LIKE MY HELP. TAKE GREAT CARE!

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By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:40:09 +0000

What I don’t understand is this: John Phillips died in 2001. Chyna Phillips said she found out about this in 1997. Michelle Phillips has said that she found out about this around the same time. Mackenzie is supposed to have called up Michelle told her the story and then called her back and said it was a joke. So between 1997 and when John died in 2001 his family knew about this and nothing was done?
What is the point of writing a book now? It just comes across as a cash grab.Mackenzie has had a rough life and no one can argue otherwise. She had told her family, so why not just go talk to a doctor in order to move on with her life. The only people who needed to know would be a doctor and her family. Confront the abuser by all means and she did on his deathbed,which must have helped in some way.But there was no need for the world to hear about this.

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By: abraham

abraham — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:46:44 +0000

A nineteen year old having sex with her father is pathetic and unacceptable by any standards. If she is calling rape now, why didn’t she do anything about it then. Give us a hint, did you talk to anybody about it. No! it’s just her word. I mean, she could have run away. She was not a helpless child, but a nineteen year old girl.

Okay! let’s believe the first time was out of her control. But after that , continuous sexual relationship, what was that all about. Okay!, she did not want to scream rape then , but she could have got away from it all if she wanted to, but she chose to stay and follow the forbidden path of incest.

Now after several years, when her father is not there to defend himself and she is so wasted on drugs, she throws a life line to herself, to sell a book on the pathetic story of her being raped by her father. Which is douubtful now… Come on, give me a break. I would have been mpathetic, if she did something to get away from her father. But her continuous consensual sexual relationship has put her in a spot, where she could not be given any sympathy. And once again Oprah has capitalised on a TV moment on made to believe grief. Which is a platform where people could go and talk about having sex with their parents. Way to go Oprah… this a new low even for you….

The outcome of this episode would be be that, all her other female siblings also must have been raped by their father and they are too coward to face it and come out on a reality show to express their grief. So what has this wasted druggie done, ruin the rest of the life of her siblings who are alive, while the father is long gone….and Oprah once again becomes the savior from our social misery….i bet some people atheist would believe , that if there was god, God would be female and should would be a replica of OPRAH.

Mind you readers, I am sympathetic and ny heart goes out to the female victims who gets abused, raped or at the least mistreated, especially from those people whom they trust. But clearly this is not such a case, this is just yet another TV episode and a junkie being honored on TV on a make belief story.

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By: Ameia

Ameia — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:50:39 +0000

MacKenzie has a right to say whatever is true and doesn’t need to edit it for sensitive ears.

I’ve always liked her straight-forwardness.

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By: mary armstrong

mary armstrong — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:37:48 +0000

hey,I believe all that Mackenzie said about her “father”. Thinking about it, so what if she makes some money out of her book? He raped her, pure and simple. She can’t get her justice in the courts, so at least she can get something out of it. But this will never leave her, it will always be in her past, and will haunt her. Maybe if more people spoke out, for whatever reasons or motives, it would help other abused children. That sicko piece of crap that called himself her father, should never have been allowed near children, he’s barely human. It still took guts for Mackenzie to go public with this, no matter why she did it. I don’t know if I could have been that brave. Good luck to you, Mackenzie.

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By: trollydolly

trollydolly — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:11:36 +0000

The lack of compassion demonstrated by some posters here is unbelievable.
Aren’t you lucky that you don’t have a horrible story to tell, and to be met with such derision and hostility.
Shame on you.

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