Friday, July 3, 2026

Best Story Ever: Billy Baldwin Says Wife Chynna Phillips Checked into an LA Hotel Rather Than Drive Home in Rush Hour Traffic

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Without a doubt this is my favorite Tweet in a long time.

According to actor Billy Baldwin, his wife, Chynna Phillips, checked into an LA hotel rather than drive home in rush hour traffic.

Fifty years ago, Chynna’s dad, John Phillips, of the Mamas and Papas, stopped into a church on a winter’s day. But Chynna stopped into four star hotel (presumably) instead of driving back home. On a sunny day, 81 degrees in LA.

Well, why not? Chynna made a lot of money with Wilson Phillips. It’s hoped she inherited some money from her dad, John. Why didn’t she just go see her mom, the great Michelle Phillips? Too easy!

The Baldwins live in Santa Barbara, a killer drive from L.A. especially on a Friday during rush hour. We don’t know from Billy’s text where Chynna gave up, but we can only hope it was someplace great. And that she gets back by Monday, Monday!

Celebrities, they’re just like us!

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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