Former child star Mackenzie Phillips is defending her father, 60s musician John Phillips, with whom she claims she had a decade-long sexual relationship.

“My father was not a bad man,” she said on the Today show Thursday. “He was a very sick man. And if anyone out there can possibly separate his body of work from his personal demons, I think that would be the honorable thing to do.”

Mackenzie, 49, added that her father — with whom she says she also did drugs — “didn’t set out to hurt me. He did the best with what he had. He was a damaged guy.”

She also clarified reports that their relationship — which she details in her new book, High on Arrival — lasted 10 years.
“At 18, I was molested. Then maybe three years later, I started waking up later with my pants down around my ankles,” she said. “And then maybe two years after that, it became consensual.”

“So to call it a 10-year relationship is not correct,” she added. “This was a warped event that occurred over time.”

Despite the criticism, Mackenzie said on the Today show, “the outpouring of support from other incest survivors has been phenomenal.”"This is a subject that is so incredibly taboo, as it should be, but there needs to be a dialogue about it,” she continued. “The covers need to be pulled.”

Former child star Mackenzie Phillips is defending her father, 60s musician John Phillips, with whom she claims she had a decade-long sexual relationship.

“My father was not a bad man,” she said on the Today show Thursday. “He was a very sick man. And if anyone out there can possibly separate his body of work from his personal demons, I think that would be the honorable thing to do.”

Mackenzie, 49, added that her father — with whom she says she also did drugs — “didn’t set out to hurt me. He did the best with what he had. He was a damaged guy.”

She also clarified reports that their relationship — which she details in her new book, High on Arrival — lasted 10 years.
“At 18, I was molested. Then maybe three years later, I started waking up later with my pants down around my ankles,” she said. “And then maybe two years after that, it became consensual.”

“So to call it a 10-year relationship is not correct,” she added. “This was a warped event that occurred over time.”

Despite the criticism, Mackenzie said on the Today show, “the outpouring of support from other incest survivors has been phenomenal.”"This is a subject that is so incredibly taboo, as it should be, but there needs to be a dialogue about it,” she continued. “The covers need to be pulled.”

This might just signal the turn of events for our dear Lindsay Lohan. Or it could well be a reaffirmation of the beginning of the end for her.

Yesterday she got a bunch of collagen injected into her lips to compliment her stringy hair and went shopping for three hours in a closed store.

Her new look or another retaliation to her disintegrating love-life? You decide.

Jennifer Aniston stepped onto the set of The Bounty looking like she was ready for bed in New Jersey yesterday.

This sexy nightie is a new outfit for her character after we’ve gotten particularly familiar with her business casual look.

Jennifer is famous for her always perfectly tousled hair and soon she’ll be showing off her vocal chords too. We’ll soon hear her sing in Goree Girls, though maybe she’ll find time for a quick vacation before diving right into her next project.

The Simpson sisters, Ashlee and Jessica, were out on town — and Jessica got really wasted. You can probably see in the image that it appears as if her sis is carrying her around.

We do realize that she’s having a tough time, but someone please tell her to stop the ‘dumb blonde’ act.

Update:

News on the grapevine is that Papa Joe Simpson and his daughter Ashlee Simpson are thinking of recording an album of Michael Jackson covers. Oh, puh-lease!