Gossip : thypolls.com

After Mackenzie Phillips’ shocking accusations regarding a 10-year long incestuous affair with her father, stepmom Michelle Phillips, is speaking out to dismiss her claims!

The ex-wife of the late John Phillips claims that Mackenzie told everyone in their extended family about their sexual relationship in 1997, but claimed she was joking.

Michelle states, “She told me, then she called me back and said, ‘You know I’m joking,’ I said it wasn’t funny. Mackenzie said, ‘I guess we have different senses of humor.’”

WTF?!

In her book, Mackenzie writes, “My father abused me but he wasn’t a monster. He was a tortured man who led a tortured existence.” She claims that she waited until now to come out with it because she didn’t want to wreck his legacy.

And Michelle is pissed!

Her response:

“She’s really protecting his legacy now, isn’t she?”

“John was a bad parent, and a drug addict. But [expletive deleted] his daughter? If she thinks it’s true, why isn’t she with a good psychiatrist on a couch? I think it’s unconscionable that Oprah would let her do her show. I have every reason to believe it’s untrue. Oprah should be more judicious about who she has on her show.”

“Mackenzie has a lot of mental illness. She’s had a needle stuck up her arm for 35 years. She was arrested for heroin and coke just recently. She did ‘Celebrity Rehab’ and now she writes a book. The whole thing is timed.”

“Mackenzie is jealous of her siblings, who have accomplished a lot and did not become drug addicts.”

It looks like someone is taking the stereotypical, evil stepmother role pretty seriously!

This is such a terrible, gut-wrenching confession that we can’t imagine doing it for attention! If it was not true, she would need more help than we can fathom.

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