Mackenzie Phillips: ‘I understand this is a difficult thing’

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But as the former actress and musician talked with Oprah Winfrey for the second time this week — this time about the firestorm that erupted from her hour-long interview Wednesday — she said she doesn’t regret writing her memoir, “High on Arrival.”

“I understand this is a difficult thing for my family,” Phillips told Winfrey via satellite Friday, “but nobody’s talking about this, and if I’ve started a national dialogue, then I’m forever grateful.”

Phillips said she has gotten letters and Facebook messages from incest survivors, thanking her for coming forward.

“It’s been heartening and heartbreaking at the same time,” she said.

John Phillips died in 2001.

Two of his former wives, however, have vehemently denied Mackenzie Phillips’ accusations.