Bijou Phillips: 'The Life I Had With My Father Was Very Different'

Bijou Phillips: 'The Life I Had With My Father Was Very Different'
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Actress Bijou Phillips, the half-sister of Mackenzie Phillips, is speaking out to ET about Mackenzie's explosive claims that she had a sexual relationship with their father, John Phillips.

Bijou tells "The Insider" the following about her older sister's claims:

"When I was 13, Mackenzie told me that she had a consensual sexual relationship with our father. This news was confusing and scary, as I lived alone with my father since I was 3, I didn’t know what to believe and it didn’t help that shortly there after Mackenzie told me it didn’t happen. Mackenzie's history with our father is hers, but also clouded with 30 years of drug abuse. I hope she can come to terms with this and find peace. The life I had with my father was very different. He was Mr. mom, encouraging and loving. The man that raised me would never be capable of doing such things, and if he was, it is heartbreaking to me to think that my family would leave me alone with him. I understand Mackenzie’s need to come clean with a history she feels will help others, but its devastating to have the world watch as we try and mend broken fences, especially when the man in question isn’t here to defend himself."

Mackenzie, who has made claims of having an incestuous relationship with her father for 10 years, will appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" on Friday.

Published 9/25/09 by the Insider

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  • Cant wait:)
    Twilight_Lover 10/7/09 Reply
  • Mackenzie Phillips is a drama queen that always has and always will command center of attention status. You would think that at 49 you would understand that everything does not have to be shared with the public. I think it is a disgrace that she...
    Anonymous 9/26/09 Reply
  • I feel this is a family afair and Mackensie was selfish for bring this out to the world. She didn't think of the rest of the family and their feelings. Mackenzie is still using and needs to go back into counseling! I think she is using this as a...
    Anonymous 9/25/09 Reply
  • She is talking about having a concentual relationship as an adult with her father, not about child molestation. It is still very disturbing but it might explain why she didn't feel uncomfortable leaving a child in his presence.
    Anonymous 9/25/09 Reply
  • Excactly. If this really happened how could Mackenzie let her sister live with there father alone. Plus these alligations are coming at a time where the man is not able to defend himself. Shame on her.
    Anonymous 9/25/09 Reply
  • This is the case of Western society and what do you do?
    MustaphaM 9/25/09 Reply