was released, after which she appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show for an hour-long interview. She told Winfrey that she first tried cocaine when she was 11 years old, and that her father had taken drugs with her, and had also injected her with cocaine. During the interview, Phillips read excerpts from her book. She said that at the age of 19, on the night before her first wedding in 1979, "I woke up that night from a blackout to find myself having sex with my own father", and that when she confronted her father months later, asking why he had raped her, her father simply replied, "Raped you? Don't you mean we made love?" Phillips told Oprah Winfrey of having a "consensual" sexual relationship with her father, describing her participation as "sort of Stockholm syndrome, where you begin to love your captor." However, she has also described the initial incident as a rape, and has said, "No matter what kind of incest, it is an abuse of power ... a betrayal of trust." The incest ended after Phillips became pregnant and subsequently had an abortion for which her father paid. Geneviève Waïte, John's third wife, denies the allegations, saying they were inconsistent with his character. Michelle Phillips, John's second wife, also stated that she had "every reason to believe [Mackenzie's account is] untrue." However, Chynna Phillips, Mackenzie's half-sister and Michelle Phillips's daughter, stated that she believed Mackenzie's claims and that Mackenzie first told her about the relationship during a phone conversation in 1997, approximately 11 years after the supposed relationship had ended. Jessica Woods, daughter of Denny Doherty, said that her father had told her that he knew "the awful truth" and that he was "horrified at what John had done." Filmography Published works High on Arrival (2009) Hopeful Healing: Essays on Managing Recovery and Surviving Addiction (2017) Awards and nominations References External links 1959 births 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses American child actresses American film actresses Actresses from Los Angeles American memoirists American women pop singers American substance abuse counselors American television actresses Living people Participants in American reality television series Actresses from Alexandria, Virginia Singers from Los Angeles Waldorf school alumni Musicians from Alexandria, Virginia Incestual abuse American women memoirists The Mamas and the Papas members Phillips family LGBT people from California American LGBT musicians American LGBT writers LGBT actresses