Aug 30 2008
Mackenzie Phillips follows Tatum O’Neal’s lead and resumes past bad habits
According to the great and powerful TMZ, actress Mackenzie Phillips was recently arrested at Los Angeles International Airport for possession of heroin and cocaine. The site reports that syringes and baggies believed to contain drugs were found on her person during a security screening. Phillips was acting suspicious and jittery before the search, and then during it, “a plastic bag containing an [unknown] white substance later identified and tested…positive for cocaine fell down her right pant leg.”
48-year-old Phillips is the daughter of the Mamas and the Papas singer John Phillips, who struggled with drugs and alcohol himself. She is best known for her roles in American Grafitti and the TV show One Day at a Time. Phillips began having serious drug problems in the 80’s, and was subsequently fired from the show, twice. She was in and out of rehab for years, but was clean at least for a period in the ’90s, appearing on the Disney channel show So Weird and Caroline in the City. Phillips, who was reportedly headed to a One Day reunion at the time of her arrest, was released on $10,000 bail.
