Mackenzie Phillips is finally speaking up about her very controversial incestuous relationship with her dad.
The leading actress from ‘One Day at a Time’ has broken her silence about the 10-year-long relationship that she had with her late father, John Phillips, and fans were proud to see her finally having her say on the matter.
The 64-year-old made it very obvious that she had been wishing to talk about this for a while but never really found the right time or place to do so. But sitting down with her half-sister Chynna Baldwin made her realize that she could do it as the interview was posted across her channel on YouTube.
This also included how she viewed her dad as an absolute genius but that does not take away from the fact that he had a ‘very, very dark side’ to him that you couldn’t ignore, even if you wished to.
Putting out more details on this front, Mackenzie mentioned how she and her half-sister would agree on the fact that he was super unpredictable in his attitude and behavior. He was truly something else and she tends to get plenty of criticism on the matter, not to mention the long list of trolling taking place online.
She still has so much forgiveness in her heart related to the matter, adding how forgiveness because forgiving is for me, not for the other individual.
The substance abuse counselor who reportedly was admitted to rehab a whopping 10 or 11 times over 30 years before she got sober also added how forgiving someone doesn’t mean co-signing or agreeing to what she is forgiving him for. But she had to do it for her own sake and well-being.
Despite her bombshell revelations causing an uproar in her family including the great amount of tension taking center stage, she and her sister were able to sit down and reconcile.point 265 |
And for her, that means the world.point 28 | But she also add how her relationship with her dad was very complicated and not many would ever be able to fully understand where she was coming from.point 151 | 1