Last night, on HLN's The Joy Behar Show, Mackenzie Philips said she'd "like to reframe [the] word 'consensual'" when discussing the long-term incestuous relationship she had with the musician — and her father — John Philips of the Mamas and the Papas. "As I was writing the book, I thought, this word, it kept sitting wrong with me, but I used it for lack of a better word,
You're in the spotlight. Admired by millions. Will revealing a painful history of childhood sexual abuse help others deal with their own? Considering the growing numbers of celebrities who have spoken out, seems like the consensus is yes. And actor Gabriel Byrne (The Usual Suspects, Stigmata) is the latest, recently revealing to an Irish television show that he was molested at 11 when serving as an altar boy at seminary.
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Ever since Mackenzie Phillips dropped the bombshell on Oprah Winfrey last week about her decade-long "consensual" sexual relationship with her late father, the world has been asking: Why would anyone consent to having sex with one's dad, and for ten whole years? Our answer: Despite Mackenzie's choice to use the word "consensual" in describing her relationship with her father, it never really was. Here's why.
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Actress Mackenzie Phillips told Oprah today that her father, John Phillips, a member of the '60s folk group The Mamas and the Papas, raped her when she was a teenager.
