Mackenzie Phillips Ruined Bijou Phillips' Life
When Mackenzie Phillips went on Oprah last week to discuss how her father had sex with her for ten years, both Chynna Phillips and Bijou Phillips came out and said that Mackenzie had told them the same story years ago. Some people took that admission as support or belief that it actually happened. While Chynna might believe it happened, Bijou doesn't and says that when Mackenzie told her about the sex that Bijou's life was ruined.
As is common today, Bijou didn't tell a reporter, she just decided to Twitter about it. Here are her messages all combined in to one easy to read paragraph.
"Exploiting the history of our family and the death of our father John Phillips for the release of a book is disgusting. Allegations of sexual abuse are not only hurtful, but malicious when he is not here to defend himself. When I was young my sister told me about this - it ruined my life and my relationship with my father. Up till that point, I was a normal kid. I got good grades, loved my horse, was pretty innocent. I moved out to NYC at 13. Started doing drugs, did not talk to my Dad anymore... I was deeply f**ked up. I'm 29 now, I've talked to everyone who was around during that time, I've asked the hard questions. I do not believe my sister. Our father is many things, this is not one of them. My dad and I made up when I was 20, a year before he died. I'm sad I lost those years with him, and I lost those years at home."
Didn't Bijou move out of the house at 13 to become a model? She makes it sound like Mackenzie told her and that she ran away to New York at 13 to get away from it all. Maybe they teach you to try and make things cloudy in Scientology. I'm not saying I 100% believe Mackenzie, and I think that a revelation like that would alter the relationship you have with your parent, but, and this is a big but, how come she didn't talk to her dad about it? There is no indication he did anything like this with Bijou so why did it lead her to taking drugs and having a messed up life? Why did she believe Mackenzie without talking to her dad about it? I just think there are some parts of the story we are not getting from both sides.
