Mama Cass’s Daughter Clears Up the Ham Sandwich Myth, but Not John Phillips’s Bad Reputation

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In a new memoir, the Mamas and the Papas singer’s daughter Owen Elliot-Kugell reflects on the years of aggression her mother faced—even after her death.

In an interview with The New York Times published Thursday, Elliot-Kugell said that though her mother publicly laughed off the frequent jokes about her weight, that didn’t mean she was actually fine with them. “When I think about some of the things that had allegedly been said to her during her lifetime, you can’t hear that over and over and not let it hurt,” she said. “As she had learned early on, the best way to deal with an uncomfortable situation is with humor.

Cameron’s decision, which she said she made in “a state of shock,” has cast a long, long shadow. “Of all of the things I’ve done, this ham sandwich has followed me my entire life,” Cameron said. Elliot-Kugell, too, has been haunted by the attribution. She told People, “In my younger years, when people would talk to me about my mom, it was always about the stupid sandwich.

 

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