The Canadian singer-songwriter says, “I get everything,” after she was asked if she ever thought of being a lesbian
“You learn,” Alanis Morissette sings on her 1995 single of the same name, and the world just learned something new about the Canadian musician.
Morissette came out as pansexual on a recent episode of the Handsome podcast hosted by Fortune Feimster, Tig Notaro and Mae Martin.
“I’m sorry for the men that hurt you, but I’m not sorry for the songs that came from it,” Feimster told Morissette towards the end of the episode. “Those are pretty amazing.”
Then Feimster dropped a massive question. “Did it make you want to be a lesbian at any point?” she asked the singer. Morissette nodded her head and said, “I’m pansexual, so, yeah.” She followed that up by joking, “I get everything.”
The admission stunned Notaro, who said, “Wait. You’re not really pansexual are you?” Morissette, in a more serious tone, clarified by reiterating what she had said. “I am,” Morissette added.
Notaro was surprised she didn’t already know this about Morissette and humorously said, “You’re supposed to come into the Handsome podcast leading with ‘I’m pansexual.’”
Then you learned another characteristic of Morissette. She saves the best for last. “I like to leave it for the epilogue,” she joked.
The 52-year-old singer-songwriter, who is married with three children, recently released her first holiday album, Good Weather for Immaculate Conception, a collection of 12 Christmas classics and two original songs. The album can be purchased here.
Morissette commenced her limited-run “Butterfly with a Machete” concert residency at the YouTube Theater Thursday. She performs at the theater November 10th and 11th.
