September 24, 2009, - 12:18 pm
Shut Up, Mackenzie Phillips: Has-Been Addict’s Incest Claims Don’t Belong on Broadcast TV
The big story in the mainstream entertainment media is that has-been, drug-addict actress Mackenzie Phillips–most famous for her role on ’70s TV sit-com, “One Day at a Time”–now claims that she and her father, “The Mamas and the Papas” singer John Phillips had an incestuous relationship for ten years, while she was an adult.
I don’t really care about the story or this has-been loser who is trying to sell books (her aptly titled book is “High on Arrival”) and make money. But what I do care about is that this beyond-tawdry story is all over broadcast TV and not in the safe harbor hours. It’s repulsive. First, Ms. Phillips was on Oprah, then, “Inside Edition” and “Entertainment Tonight,” and this morning, NBC’s “Today” Show, which is supposed to be a “news” operation.
With stuff like this on TV after school and in the morning, while kids are home or on their way to and from school, I can understand why some parents don’t allow any TV in their homes. You can hear the questions. “Mommy, Mommy, what’s incest?” “Mommy, Mommy, is daddy going to have sex with me like that lady’s daddy did? And what’s sex?” “Mommy, Mommy, are daddy and I going to make a baby, like that lady did?” “Can Daddy teach me to shoot up, too? Can we shoot up Sweet Tarts?”
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Tags: abortion, High on Arrival, HOprah Watch, incest, John Phillips, Mackenzie Phillips, One Day at a Time, Oprah, sex, The Mamas and the Papas