Key Takeaways
- Alanis Morissette called out Ben Affleck during her November 11 Inglewood show, claiming he once asked why she didn’t "lead with my sexuality."
- While discussing years of criticism about her body, music and personal choices, Morissette played a Dogma scene in which her character, God, kills Affleck's fallen angel with her voice.
- The remarks came roughly a week after Morissette came out as pansexual on the Handsome podcast.
Alanis Morissette has called out her Dogma co-star Ben Affleck for allegedly recommending that she "lead" with her sexuality.
The singer-songwriter performed at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood on Wednesday night (November 11), roughly one week after coming out as pansexual. According to Entertainment Weekly, Morissette told the crowd, "I've even had a guy ask me why I didn't lead with my sexuality. Thank you, Ben Affleck."
The musician went on to play a scene from Dogma in which her character, God, kills Affleck's fallen angel Bartleby by the strength of her voice. The fantasy-comedy was released in 1999.
Morissette's comment came in the middle of a monologue where she voiced her disdain with criticism she's gotten over the years.
"About my songs, about my body, about how I look, about how I think, about how I feel, about my value system, about my weight, about how feral I am, about how feral I live, about my approach to parenting, about my approach to education, my approach to freaking anything," she said.
Morissette came out as pansexual on an episode of podcast Handsome earlier this month when co-host Fortune Feimster asked whether the men who hurt her made her "want to be a lesbian at any point."
The singer, who’s previously dated Dave Coulier and Ryan Reynolds among other entertainers, has been married to Mario "Souleye" Treadway since 2010; the pair share three children.
