“Wow,” Phillips said, looking visibly shaken and anxious (via YouTube).

“This wasn’t exactly how I envisioned this going down, but that’s alright.”

Phillips said she felt “vulnerable and frightened” right before she read aloud from her book.

Oprah Winfrey with a ponytail

“But [Phillips] could say that about herself because she wrote those words,” Winfrey explained.

If you, or anyone you know, have been a victim of sexual assault, help is available.

Mackenzie Phillips