5. Bijou philips
Bijou Philips, the daughter of rock group Mamas and Papas founder, John Philips, was told at the tender age of 13 about the incestuous relationship between her older sister Mackenzie, and her father. After Mackenzie made the shocking allegations on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2009 to promote her Memoir High On Arrival, Bijou sent this written statement to Oprah, “When I was 13, Mackenzie told me that she had a consensual sexual relationship with our father. This news was confusing and it was also scary, as I lived alone with him since I was three. I didn’t know what to believe, and it didn’t help that shortly thereafter, it didn’t happen. Mackenzie’s history with our father is hers, but also clouded with 30 years of drug abuse. I hope she can come to terms with this and find peace. The life I had with my father was very different. He was Mr. Mom. He was encouraging and loving. The man that raised me would never be capable of doing such things, and if he was, it is heartbreaking for me to think that my family would leave me alone with him. I understand Mackenzie’s need to come clean with the history that she feels will help others, but it’s devastating to have the world watch as we try and mend broken fences, especially when the man in question isn’t here to defend himself.”
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