what is the controversy surrounding michelle phillips?”
As we reported earlier today, actress and singer Mackenzie Phillips, has just revealed the shocking family secret that she had kept hidden for 31 years. And it turns out, that the secret she had been hiding was that she’d slept with her father. This has obviously come as a shock to many, as Mackenzie’s father was John Phillips, better known as Papa John from the 1960’s band, The Mamas & The Papas. John Phillips is the father to Jeffrey, Mackenzie, Chynna, Tamerlane and Bijou. John Phillips was born in South Carolina, to a retired United States Marine Corps officer and a Cherokee Indian, who his father apparently met in Oklahoma. In his autobiography, John Phillips described his father as a heavy drinker. Phillips had been married four times, with his first wife being Susan Adams, who is the mother of Jeffrey and Mackenzie Phillips. His second wife was Michelle Gilliam, who was also a member of the group The Mamas & The Papas. The Mamas & The Papas were formed in the 1960’s and included
Former child star Mackenzie Phillips has publicly dealt with drug addiction, arrests and divorce, but the actress’ memoir “High On Arrival” reveals she engaged in an incestuous relationship with her father, John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas. People reports in the book Phillips recalls the time she had sex with her father on the eve of her wedding to Jeff Sessler. She was 19 and already abusing drugs. “My father showed up, determined to stop [the wedding,]” Phillips writes. “I had tons of pills, and Dad had tons of everything too. Eventually I passed out on Dad’s bed.” “He was full of love, and he was sick with drugs. I woke up that night from a blackout to find myself having sex with my own father,” she explains. “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 adds. The sexual relationship eventually became consensual. “One ni
