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Chynna Phillips posed for very rare photo with her half-sister Mackenzie Phillips at Brian Wilson’s memorial.
Mackenzie, 65, is best known for her role as Julie Cooper Horvath on the sitcom One Day At A Time with Valerie Bertinelli. She was also on Orange Is The New Black.
The images were shared to Chynna’s Instagram account this week with a sweet caption.
‘Brian Wilson’s memorial was staggeringly beautiful. Wonderful to spend time with good friends and loved ones,’ wrote the blonde beauty.
The 57-year-old added hashtags for ‘family’ and ‘in loving memory.’
Also seen was Chyna’s mother Michelle Phillips of the 1960s band The Mamas and the Papas.
She posed with Brian’s daughter Carnie Wilson at the intimate event.
Chynna Phillips posed for very rare photo with her half-sister Mackenzie Phillips at Brian Wilson’s memorial. Mackenzie, 65, is best known for her role as Julie Cooper Horvath on the sitcom One Day At A Time with Valerie Bertinelli. She was also on Orange Is The New Black.
Also seen was Chyna’s mother Michelle Phillips of the 1960s band The Mamas and the Papas. She posed with Brian’s daughter Carnie Wilson at the intimate event
Chynna is a singer and actress who is married to Alec Baldwin’s brother, Sliver actor Billy Baldwin.
She came to fame as a member of the pop vocal trio Wilson Phillips with Carnie and Wendy Wilson, the daughters of Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys.
Chynna has another half-sister: Bijou Phillips, an actress who used to be wed to Danny Masterson.
Brian died in June at age 82, after a long battle with dementia.
Wilson struggled for decades with mental health issues and substance abuse, which led to fractured family bonds and limited contact with his daughters Carnie and Wendy.
Carnie, now 57, and Wendy, 55, were born to Brian and his first wife, singer Marilyn Wilson of The Honeys.
Their 1979 divorce came after years of turmoil, and Brian later remarried in 1995, tying the knot with Melinda Ledbetter, with whom he adopted five children: Dakota Rose, Daria Rose, Delanie Rose, Dylan and Dash.
Chynna is seen left as Michelle points to the camera
Michelle, right, held hands with a friend
Here Michelle held up a glass of red wine as she talked to a male friend
While his younger children have largely stayed out of the spotlight, Carnie and Wendy stepped directly into it—forming the hit-making pop trio Wilson Phillips in 1989 alongside Chynna.
The group quickly shot to fame with early ’90s smashes like Hold On, Release Me, and You’re in Love.
But behind the scenes, their relationship with their father remained strained.
‘It was chaotic,’ Carnie and Wendy recalled of their childhood during a 2020 appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show, adding that Brian’s presence was often fleeting.
She came to fame as a member of the pop vocal trio Wilson Phillips with Carnie and Wendy Wilson, the daughters of Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys; (Wendy, Chynna and Carnie seen in 1991)
Carnie has spoken openly about the pain of growing up without a consistent father figure.
‘We can’t call him up and we can’t see him,’ Carnie told the Los Angeles Times in 1992 of Brian, with whom she hadn’t spoken in two years at the time.
‘I guess we could, but we’re so afraid of each other. I don’t know what I would say to him.’
That same year, she and Wendy wrote the deeply personal track Flesh and Blood as a musical olive branch to their father.
The song was featured on Wilson Phillips’ second studio album, Shadows and Light.
Flesh and Blood marked a rare departure for Wilson Phillips—a group that had largely steered clear of addressing their famous family ties in their music.
‘It was chaotic,’ Carnie and Wendy recalled of their childhood during a 2020 appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show, adding that Brian’s presence was often fleeting; (seen in 2018)
The late Beach Boys legend Brian eventually forged a close bond with his two eldest daughters Carnie and Wendy after years of painful estrangement and emotional distance; (Brian pictured 2007)
Until then, all three members had been careful not to lean on their musical legacies.
‘We didn’t want to play on (our family connections) before,’ Carnie told the Los Angeles Times.
‘We didn’t want people to think that they were (the reasons for) our success. Because they weren’t.’
But Flesh and Blood proved the exception.
The emotional ballad was a lyrical plea to Brian after years of estrangement.
‘If you never plan to come out of your shell / You’re never gonna get well . . . / For years I’ve been following your case / It’s the only time I see your face,’ the sisters sang.
Carnie told the Times she hoped the song would spark a long-overdue family reunion—but she wasn’t sure how he’d take it.
‘He’s either going to cry real hard, or else just stare at something and get (mad),’ she said at the time.
Two years later, the breakthrough finally came.
In 1994, Brian reunited with his daughters after years of limited contact, save for the occasional holiday dinner.
Carnie has spoken openly about the pain of growing up without a consistent father figure: ‘We can’t call him up and we can’t see him,’ Carnie told the Los Angeles Times in 1992 of Brian, with whom she hadn’t spoken in two years at the time; (seen in 2001)
The reconciliation marked a turning point.
The trio began making music together, and Carnie expressed hope that the collaboration would grow.
‘Wendy and I are doing demo tapes for our debut album as a duo, and I hope Daddy will provide background harmonies,’ Carnie told People at the time.
‘I know that one day we’ll all work together.’
Later in life, Brian became one of Wilson Phillips’ biggest cheerleaders—a full-circle moment after years of distance and emotional struggle.
‘He also loves Wilson Phillips. He really does,’ Carnie told UsWeekly in 2024.
‘He’s always asking me, ‘How’s Wilson Phillips?’ I go, ‘We’re great, Dad.’ He’s funny. He’s very proud.’
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