MacKenzie Phillips expected to drop bombshell on Oprah tomorrow

[denisem]

Either way, her father took advantage of her. He got her addicted to drugs and then used and manipulated her. Our parents are those we should most be able to trust, but her situation was just sick, sick, sick. It's just my opinion, but if it helps her work through everything she's had to deal with, I don't see anything wrong with her writing a book. JMHO

I appreciate your viewpoint, but respectfully disagree. I don't think most mental health professionals would consider a tell-all book & appearance on Oprah to fall under "working it through". That's generally done within oneself and perhaps confronting the offending party privately.

Unless I hear proceeds of her book are being donated to a drug abuse or incest survivor's group, I consider this book and appearance self-serving. Doesn't help that she was busted last year for cocaine.

Do I feel sorry for her? Sure - but I feel sorrier for the thousands of "ordinary" people who have suffered similar circumstances without the opportunities Ms. Phillips has been given.

 

[pilesoflaundry]

John Phillips is dead, he died in 2001. It's really not any big secret that he was really messed up.

Drug addict kind of messed up and shoot up your daughter and then have sex with her messed up are two total different animals though.

I can't help but wonder if this is just to hype the book. Not that it's not true but the bringing it all up now after not hearing from her for years. What a sad life .

I do wonder why celebs do tell all l books though. They can afford a good therapist to vent or get it all out if need be. I just can't see baring things ilke that in front of the whole world. Poor thing.

 

[a1tinkfans]

Oprah is turning back to her roots and doing shock TV. She needs to hang it up along side of Mackenzie Phillips.

Her numbers have been going down steadily......this type of TV (SHOCK TV) does nothing positive! Its time to bow out gracefully!

Whatever the McKenzie Secret is......I could care less.............obviously she needs money and is sellingher Book with Juicy tidbits. Sad

 

[horseshowmom]

I appreciate your viewpoint, but respectfully disagree. I don't think most mental health professionals would consider a tell-all book & appearance on Oprah to fall under "working it through". That's generally done within oneself and perhaps confronting the offending party privately.

Unless I hear proceeds of her book are being donated to a drug abuse or incest survivor's group, I consider this book and appearance self-serving. Doesn't help that she was busted last year for cocaine.

Do I feel sorry for her? Sure - but I feel sorrier for the thousands of "ordinary" people who have suffered similar circumstances without the opportunities Ms. Phillips has been given.

I understand where you're coming from, but I just don't see that her celebrity lessens her situation any. I do agree that there are many others who have suffered tremendously at the hands of their parents or others, and I feel for them as well. I just don't see that she really had much of a chance from the get go, and that's so sad to me. Not having walked in her shoes, I have to leave it to her to decide how she needs to work through her demons.

 

[bumbershoot]

My male co-worker said (about the Mick Jagger bit): "It can't be. Mick Jagger can have his pick of all these beautiful women. Why on earth would he do something with Mackenzie Phillips?"

Has your co-worker taken a look at the women he's married (or said he's married)? He doesn't have a type that far away from his own brand of good-looking...

I appreciate your viewpoint, but respectfully disagree. I don't think most mental health professionals would consider a tell-all book & appearance on Oprah to fall under "working it through". That's generally done within oneself and perhaps confronting the offending party privately.

Since her dad's dead, it's kind of hard to confront him...

And celebs are different. A friend of mine from college is a celebrity's son, he's been in counseling for a million years, and his version of working it through is NOT private. And he's just a kid of a (now dead) celebrity....

 

[Belle0101]

So if we watch Oprah we won't have to buy the book right?

I say that because when Oprah re-aired her early interview with Michael Jackson she had asked him a question and his response to that particular question was to the effect of buy, or maybe he said read, his book. She had edited in some responses and thoughts now that Michael had passed adn she mentioned her disdain for when she is doing in interview that people will say that.

So .... if we watch Oprah we won't need to buy the book.

I know I sound cynical but I can't help but feel like some people write tell-all books only for the money too. Granted I don't personally know anyone who has been through what Mackenzie has been through but I still know people, myself included, who've had to overcome some very difficult obstacles. To each his own but I can't see writing a book and living off the proceeds. I can see myself, and I have, donated my money and time to survivors groups.

 

[DisMN]

Either way, frankly, I've enough of all this "transparency" with every celebrity needing to tell us every detail about their lives. We already knew she was screwed up and for years. I don't need all the explanations, excuses or reasons.

Amen.

I appreciate your viewpoint, but respectfully disagree. I don't think most mental health professionals would consider a tell-all book & appearance on Oprah to fall under "working it through". That's generally done within oneself and perhaps confronting the offending party privately.

Unless I hear proceeds of her book are being donated to a drug abuse or incest survivor's group, I consider this book and appearance self-serving. Doesn't help that she was busted last year for cocaine.

Do I feel sorry for her? Sure - but I feel sorrier for the thousands of "ordinary" people who have suffered similar circumstances without the opportunities Ms. Phillips has been given.

And another Amen.

I know I sound cynical but I can't help but feel like some people write tell-all books only for the money too. Granted I don't personally know anyone who has been through what Mackenzie has been through but I still know people, myself included, who've had to overcome some very difficult obstacles. To each his own but I can't see writing a book and living off the proceeds. I can see myself, and I have, donated my money and time to survivors groups.

I had a lot of weird and sometimes horrible stuff happen when I was young but dang, I don't re-live and re-hash it every single day of my life. At some point you have to move ON and get on with your LIFE.......don't you? Maybe if she'd move on she could heal her obviously troubled soul and stop the self abusive behavior.

The past is the past.......that's all I'm sayin'......

 

[browneyes106]

I just read about MacKenzie's reveal on another site. Very weird situation. I will probably watch Oprah tomorrow.

 

[IDoDis]

If you want to know, read this:
http://www.examiner.com/x-785-Relat...nzie-Phillips-discloses-incest-in-her-memoire

If you want to wait to see it on Oprah, don't read it.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Found this on different sites all over the internet.



Mackenzie Phillips, 49 will be on the Oprah show tomorrow, and Valerie Bertinelli will join the show to give her old co-star much needed support. Mackenzie Phillips talks about being along in a room with Mick Jagger who told her he was waiting for this since she was 10. She also mentions that her dad (John Phillips from the Mama’s and Papa’s) was the first one to shoot her up. And on the Oprah show, Mackenzie will reveal her family secret she’s kept for 31 years. In August of 2008, she was busted for cocaine possession, and this will be her first interview since that bust.

Mackenzie Phillips has a new book, High on Arrival coming out tomorrow, and according to People magazine, the secret that Mackenzie Phillips will reveal to Oprah tomorrow is that she slept with her own father on the night before her wedding 31 years ago.

She does reveal to Oprah that her father was the one who first got her high, and he even shot her up for the first time. She says he missed the vein the first time too and her arm went completely numb.


How sad and disturbing.

That is some pretty sick stuff.

I don't condemn her for writing a tell all book or by going on Oprah. If she can heal herself that way good for her.

If she makes money off it, that is OK too. You don't have to buy the book if you do not want to.

 

[goofyernmost]

Why is everyone just accepting this as true. I don't have any idea whether it is or not, but there are two things (maybe more) things wrong with this expose.

Number one...John Phillips is dead and cannot refute this.

Number two...MacKenzie has been a junky for over 30 years regardless of how she started. I haven't seen her do much of anything in her field for years and the drug money must be running low. What better way is there to make some money then sell books that cannot be confirmed, shock them enough to buy it and wait for the checks to roll in.

Sorry, even if it's true, I'm not buying it. MacKenzie has absolutely no credibility and the moral scruples of Charles Manson.

 

[bicker]

I think if you learn a bit more about John Phillips, you'll accept that it could very well be true. Surely, there is as much, if not more, reason to believe it, as compared to not believing it. Occum's Razor.

 

[goofyernmost]

I think if you learn a bit more about John Phillips, you'll accept that it could very well be true. Surely, there is as much, if not more, reason to believe it, as compared to not believing it. Occum's Razor.

I don't question the possibility, I question the motivation for the revelation. He could be one of the worst people in history and still not have sex with his daughter. He may have...I'm just not prepared to take MacKenzie's word for it.

 

[bicker]

Well, we're not really talking about a court and jury situation, so the burden of proof is pretty low, in this regard (which is why I referred to Occum's Razor in this regard).

 

[xoprincessmomxo]

I had a lot of weird and sometimes horrible stuff happen when I was young but dang, I don't re-live and re-hash it every single day of my life. At some point you have to move ON and get on with your LIFE.......don't you? Maybe if she'd move on she could heal her obviously troubled soul and stop the self abusive behavior.

The past is the past.......that's all I'm sayin'......

Wow! Is it really that easy? I can't imagine it would be to get over something so horrendous. Is that what we say to rape victims now, just get over it?

 

[luvmy3]

I was shocked to hear she was doing on interview with Oprah. Haven't heard anything from her in a while, and now she has this? Is it really just to hype the book?

Of course. She's had this secret for 31 years and decides to expose it now right before the release of her tell all book. I do feel sorry for what she went through, but it sickens me that she would profit from making it public knowledge. You don't need to write a tell all book and make an announcement on TV to begin to heal and work through what happened to you.

 

[ckay87]

I was shocked to hear she was doing on interview with Oprah. Haven't heard anything from her in a while, and now she has this? Is it really just to hype the book?

A celebrity never, ever, ever appears on television if they do not have something for sale. You never hear from your favorite actor, actress or musician unless they have something current to sell. Not a word, think about it. Everything from an appearance on the Tonight Show to a stint as a guest mentor on American Idol has that sole purpose.

 

[Briarmom]

Wow! Is it really that easy? I can't imagine it would be to get over something so horrendous. Is that what we say to rape victims now, just get over it?

MTE. Leave it to the wonderful members of the DIS to say that if they were shot up with heroin and raped by their father, they'd do things BETTER.

 

[DisMN]

Wow! Is it really that easy? I can't imagine it would be to get over something so horrendous. Is that what we say to rape victims now, just get over it?

You'll note that I said at SOME point you have to get over it and yes, you CAN get over stuff like this. I'm not planning to elaborate further all the things I experienced as a young girl/woman but lets just say I had many terrible *things* to get over..........and I did get over it in time.
You really don't have to carry it with you for the rest of your life.

Color me insensitive if you wish. I can live with that too.

 

[xoprincessmomxo]

You'll note that I said at SOME point you have to get over it and yes, you CAN get over stuff like this. I'm not planning to elaborate further all the things I experienced as a young girl/woman but lets just say I had many terrible *things* to get over..........and I did get over it in time.
You really don't have to carry it with you for the rest of your life.

Color me insensitive if you wish. I can live with that too.

The thing is, some people can't get over it. I would hate for people to think there is something wrong with them because they can't. Some people never will get over it which is why the suide rate is very high for the victims. I'm very glad that you were able to pull through what happened in your life, but it is not that easy for everyone.