Alanis Morissette, 52, tells Fortune Feimster she is pansexual
The seven-time Grammy winner confirmed her answer after co-host Tig Notaro asked if she was joking.
Alanis Morissette said she is pansexual on Tuesday’s Handsome podcast, answering a question from co-host Fortune Feimster as the show neared its close.
Morissette, 52, is a Canadian singer-songwriter and winner of seven Grammy Awards. Her 1995 album "Jagged Little Pill" ranks among the bestselling albums ever.
The conversation began during the episode’s outro. Feimster hosts the podcast with 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 said. "Did it make you want to be a lesbian at any point?"
"I'm pansexual, so, yeah," Morissette said.
Notaro, uncertain whether Morissette was joking, asked, "Wait, you're not really pansexual, are you?"
"I am," Morissette said. The hosts joked that she should have shared the news at the start of the podcast, and she replied, "I like to leave it for the epilogue."
Pansexuality can describe attraction to people of all genders, or attraction in which gender is not a consideration. Many people see the term as related to bisexuality.
Morissette and hip-hop artist Mario Treadway, who performs as Souleye, have been married since 2010. They have three children, Ever, 15, Onyx, 10, and Winter, 7.
On the Call Her Daddy podcast in September, Morissette said she had proposed a lesbian moment for Carrie to the producers of "Sex and the City."
"I reached out to them and I said, 'Might it be a nice time for Carrie to experience a lesbian moment?' And they said, 'Why, yes. We were thinking the same thing,'" Morissette said on the September episode.
Morissette opened "Butterfly with a Machete" on Thursday at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles. The residency combines music with storytelling.
In an interview with NPR, Morissette said the title’s "butterfly" represents menopause as a beautiful transformation. On the title’s machete, she said, "Because it'll kill you."
"I love everything about it," she said of menopause.
NPR also recalled that Morissette was labeled an "angry woman" after "Jagged Little Pill" came out. She said the label was "a compliment to me."
Morissette said that, as a child, she used the laundry room to teach her stuffed animals. Now, she said, "I have three whiteboards in my bedroom, and they're chock-full."
