Sep 24, 2009 • 1 min read

Did Papa have incestuous relationship with daughter?

Mackenzie Phillips claims in her autobiography that she had a sexual relationship with her father John Phillips, which his widow and second wife dispute, while her half sister says she believes it.

Well, this is a bit weird. Actress Mackenzie Phillips has claimed she had an incestuous relationship with her father, Mamas And The Papas star John Phillips. Apparently in her new autobiography she claims her sexual relationship with her father began when he essentially raped her during a drug fuelled frenzy when she was 19, but that subsequently said relationship became consensual and lasted some ten years.

She writes in the book: "My father was not a man with boundaries. 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's discussed the revelations on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show', and reportedly said there: "It didn't happen every day, didn't happen every week, but it did happen many times. It became a consensual relationship over time". She admitted that both father and daughter's heavy drug use during that time played its part in enabling the incest to continue.

It should be noted that Genevieve Waite, John Phillips' wife at the time the alleged affair occurred, and the Papa's second wife Michelle Philips, have both said they do not believe Mackenzie's claims. However, the actress' half sister, Chynna Phillips, says she believes the affair took place, and that she's known about the father/daughter relationship since 1997.

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