{"id":4180,"date":"2026-06-01T07:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T07:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/mackenzie-phillips-says-she-and-valerie-bertinelli-drank-wine-did-cocaine-during-sitcom-breaks\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T07:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T07:12:07","slug":"mackenzie-phillips-says-she-and-valerie-bertinelli-drank-wine-did-cocaine-during-sitcom-breaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/mackenzie-phillips-says-she-and-valerie-bertinelli-drank-wine-did-cocaine-during-sitcom-breaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Mackenzie Phillips says she and Valerie Bertinelli drank wine, did cocaine during sitcom breaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F05%2Fmackenzie-phillips-opens-wild-cocaine-129349538.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft wp-block-nypost-editor-partner-article-links\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Mackenzie Phillips is looking back on her \u201cOne Day at a Time\u201d years with honesty, humor and a clearer understanding of what was happening behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>The 66-year-old actress, who starred as Julie Cooper on the hit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/30\/us-news\/girl-mackenzie-phillips-once-babysat-accused-of-murder\/\">sitcom\u00a0opposite<\/a> Valerie Bertinelli, told Fox News Digital that one memory from the show\u2019s run might still surprise fans today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, I don\u2019t know. Oh, okay. So this might surprise you that during lunch break, Valerie and I would drive to my house, get in the pool, drink wine, and snort coke,\u201d Phillips said.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips quickly clarified that Bertinelli has spoken openly about that period herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Valerie talks about it openly, so it\u2019s not like I\u2019m pulling her covers or anything,\u201d she said. \u201cThe thing was that I was the, you know, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/10\/celebrity-news\/valerie-bertinelli-describes-gross-complications-from-breast-implants\/\">Valerie didn\u2019t <\/a>have the kind of addiction that I had, she didn\u2019t have addiction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/12\/01\/entertainment\/mackenzie-phillips-on-her-10-year-incestuous-relationship-with-dad-john\/\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/07\/entertainment\/valerie-bertinelli-drops-the-f-bomb-and-more-curse-words-live-on-today-show\/\">former child star\u00a0<\/a>said drugs were also present behind the scenes of the sitcom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you know, so we would do coke together in the dressing room and stuff,\u201d Phillips said. \u201cI just happened to be the one that\u00a0got caught. And thank God I got caught, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Mackenzie Phillips and Valerie Bertinelli during 5th Annual TV Land Awards in Santa Monica, California. <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic, Inc<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Phillips and Bertinelli became household names as teenage sisters on \u201cOne Day at a Time,\u201d the CBS sitcom that ran from 1975 to 1984. Phillips played rebellious older sister Julie, while Bertinelli starred as younger sister Barbara Cooper.<\/p>\n<p>The two were close in age and grew up together under the glare of sitcom fame. Their real-life friendship, however, lasted far longer than the show.<\/p>\n<p>During a 2022 appearance on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uIz0FQFNBVk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>\u201cBehind the Velvet Rope\u201d podcast<\/u><\/a>, Phillips reflected on why her bond with Bertinelli endured long after their teenage years in Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were teenagers and now we\u2019re women of a certain age and we loved each other,\u201d Phillips said at the time. \u201cWe loved the people that we worked with. We were a family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Phillips acknowledged that her addiction complicated that bond for years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, and that I guess, you know, that we certainly had our years where I was, you know, out of my mind and Valerie was like okay,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The actress recalled repeatedly reaching out to Bertinelli during earlier periods of sobriety, even when she knew the friendship needed time to heal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were times where, you know, I would drive over Coldwater Canyon and I would know where Val and Ed lived and I would just call and leave her a voicemail and say I just drove past the house I want you to know I\u2019m six months sober, I just drove past the house I want you to know I\u2019m a year sober,\u201d Phillips said.<\/p>\n<p>She said she did not expect Bertinelli to respond right away.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>One Day at a Time cast members Valerie Bertinelli as Barbara Cooper Royer and Mackenzie Phillips as Julie Cooper Horvath. <span class=\"credit\">CBS via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt was like I was patient because I know I had a lot of repair to do,\u201d Phillips said. \u201cAnd I said you don\u2019t have to call me back I just want you to know I\u2019m thinking of you and I love you and one day the phone rang.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The friendship remains a meaningful part of Phillips\u2019 life. In April 2025, Phillips <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/10\/celebrity-news\/valerie-bertinelli-reveals-final-words-to-ex-husband-eddie-van-halen\/\">marked Bertinelli\u2019s <\/a>65th birthday with a tribute on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DIy-tbFvCca\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=abdac6ed-d8b9-45ef-85c1-e0d92ff4e814\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>Instagram<\/u><\/a>, writing, \u201cHappy Birthday, Val! Now we\u2019re both 65. I love you. \u2764\ufe0f #sisters #odaat #soberaf #family #medicare \ud83e\udd73.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Phillips, the ability to speak about her past without being consumed by it is part of the resilience she says has carried her forward.<\/p>\n<p>When asked by Fox News Digital what keeps her grounded today, Phillips pointed to\u00a0faith\u00a0and perspective.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat keeps me grounded is my faith and just knowing that how strong and powerful, empowered my history has made me,\u201d Phillips said.<\/p>\n<p>She said people sometimes respond to her life story with pity, but that is not how she sees it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone was just saying, oh my God, I feel so sorry for everything you went through,\u201d Phillips recalled. \u201cAnd I was like, don\u2019t feel sorry for me because everything I went through, even though it was horrible and difficult, made me the woman I am today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Phillips said she does not believe she could simply erase parts of her past and remain the same person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so if I could go back and just take this part out, then I might not be who I am,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I feel very blessed in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actress has been candid for years about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2018\/03\/28\/michelle-phillips-blasts-mick-jagger-threesome-rumors\/\">addiction, trauma and recovery<\/a>. Phillips is the daughter of John Phillips, the late Mamas &amp; the Papas musician, and his first wife, Susan Adams. She wrote about her life in her memoir \u201cHigh on Arrival\u201d and later explored recovery in \u201cHopeful Healing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During her conversation with Fox News Digital, Phillips said resilience has become central to how she understands her life.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Valerie Bertinelli (left) as Elton John and Mackenzie Phillips (right) as Kiki Dee. <span class=\"credit\">CBS via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI mean, I think of resilience sort of on a spectrum,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips said she believes she falls into the latter category.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a high, high resilience\u201d she said. \u201cYou know, the love of my son, my family, my sisters, even though that relationship was very difficult for a long time, I just believe, I have a strong faith, and, I mean, I had no choice. Be resilient or die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Phillips has also used her recovery to help others. In addition to acting, she has worked in the addiction and recovery field, including as a counselor and manager at Breathe Life Healing Centers.<\/p>\n<p>In a 2019 interview with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/mackenzie-phillips-trauma-drug-addiction-and-the-remarkable-joy-of-recovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>UCHealth Today<\/u><\/a>, Phillips spoke about finding purpose through that work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI found a way out and I feel beholden to share the good news,\u201d she told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>She also said purpose has been key to her continued recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPurpose is key for me. I have a really strong passion and purpose now. I show up. I\u2019m a really good employee. I\u2019m a hard worker,\u201d Phillips told UCHealth Today.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips has continued acting in recent years, including a role on Netflix\u2019s \u201cOrange Is the New Black,\u201d while also working in addiction recovery and counseling.<\/p>\n<p>Looking back, she said playing a character struggling with substance abuse never felt triggering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople would say to me, \u2018Oh my God\u2019 you must have been so triggered,\u201d Phillips recalled on the \u201cBehind the Velvet Rope\u201d podcast. \u201cI was like no I wasn\u2019t triggered I was inhabiting somebody else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, Phillips knows many people continue to connect her most closely to the most painful chapters of her past.<\/p>\n<p>When asked by Fox News Digital what people still get wrong about her story, Phillips pointed to the way her relationship with her father has sometimes been described.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst of all, I was belaboring under a misconception when I stated in my book that the issues with my father were consensual,\u201d Phillips said. \u201cI had been groomed so deeply that I felt like it was my fault that this was happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Cast mates of \u201cOne Day at a Time\u201d actresses Mackenzie Phillips (L) and Valerie Bertinelli pose for photos in the audience of the 5th Annual TV Land Awards in 2007. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She said her understanding has changed with time and recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I realize now, because I\u2019ve been drugged and groomed, that there is no consent between a parent and a child, because the power differential is so different,\u201d Phillips said.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips said survivors often feel pressure to protect the very people who harmed them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I worked hard to sort of protect the perpetrator, which is what survivors do, they protect the perpetrator 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