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Alanis Morissette has come out as pansexual.
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The Jagged Little Pill songstress casually dropped the revelation during a visit to the Handsome podcast with hosts Tig Notaro, Mae Martin, and Fortune Feimster.
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Morissette, who previously opened up about romantic encounters with women in 2008, shares three kids with husband Mario “Souleye” Treadway.
There’s something you oughta know about Alanis Morissette‘s sexuality.
The Queen of Alt-Rock angst took fans by surprise during a recent visit to the Handsome podcast, where she casually revealed that she identifies as pansexual. The revelation came towards the end of Morissette’s conversation with hosts Tig Notaro, Mae Martin, and Fortune Feimster, when the latter was complimenting theJagged Little Pillmusician on the beloved songs that have come from her personal experiences with heartbreak.
“I’m sorry for the men that hurt you, but I’m not sorry for the songs that came from it,” Feimster told Morissette. “Those are pretty amazing.”
Feimster then joked, “Did it make you want to be a lesbian at any point?”
Morissette then caught the hosts off-guard with a candid response, answering, “That’s kind. I’m pansexual, so yeah.”
With a smile, Morissette quipped, “I get everything,” to which Feimster replied, “Nice!”
Pansexuality refers to someone who is attracted to another person regardless of their gender identity or sex. While often conflated with bisexuality, the terms are not interchangeable. The term “pansexual” has become more commonplace in recent years, with celebrities including Janelle Monae andGIllian Anderson adopting the term.
Following Morissette’s revelation, Notaro chimed in to inquire, “Wait, you’re not really pansexual, are you?”
“How did I not know this?” Notaro wondered aloud before joking to Morissette, “You’re supposed to come into theHandsomepodcast leading with, ‘I’m pansexual.'”
Morissette replied, “You know, I like to leave it for the epilogue. I like to confuse people on the way out. Is it confusing?”
Morissette has been married to rapper Mario “Souleye” Treadway since 2010. The couple share three children — Ever, 14, Onyx, 9, and Winter, 6. Prior to their romance, Morissette was romantically linked to Full House alum Dave Coulier, Ray Donvanstar Dash Mihok, and Marvel’s Ryan Reynolds, to whom she was engaged from 2004 to 2007.
Looking back on her dating life during a 2016 conversation withVogue, the singer known for her break-up songs told the outlet, “Dating—I don’t want to give you the number. I dated a lot of people before my husband. For me, it’s a numbers game.”
As for her sexuality, Morissette previously opened up about her romantic encounters with women during an uncomfortable 2008 chat with Howard Stern. When Stern referred to that period as the singer’s “lesbian phase,” Morissette corrected him, explaining that it was a “self-defining thing.” At the time, she noted that she saw herself as “pretty heterosexual.”
Morissette was resistant to speak further on the subject, though Stern kept badgering her with questions, leading the radio host to ask, “Are you embarrassed to talk about it?”
“No,” Morissette answered. “There’s a distinct difference between privacy and secrecy. Secrecy I don’t want to do because it implies I have shame about this, which I don’t. But I do have a privacy respect.”
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Shortly afterwards, Morissette revisited those remarks during an interview with the Advocate. Asked to “elaborate on the lesbian experimentation,” Morissette replied, “What can I tell you about it? I think it’s a beautiful rite of passage for everyone to play with their sexuality at some point, so I did exactly that. And it was great!”
Watch Morissette on the Handsome podcast above.
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