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Alanis Morissette Identifies as Pansexual on Podcast

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In Short: Alanis Morissette revealed she identifies as pansexual during a recent appearance on the 'Handsome' podcast.

Alanis Morissette Comes Out as Pansexual. E! News

During a recent episode of the 'Handsome' podcast, Alanis Morissette revealed she identifies as pansexual. The singer made the announcement while discussing her music and personal experiences.

Notaro asked, “Wait, you’re not really pansexual, are you?” to which Morissette confirmed, “I am.” Morissette joked, “You know, I like to leave it for the epilogue.”

Morissette, 52, has been married to Mario “Souleye” Treadway since 2010, and they share three children: Winter, Onyx, and Ever. She has previously discussed her sexuality in interviews but did not explicitly identify as pansexual.

The term pansexual refers to a person who has the capacity to form enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attractions to any person, regardless of gender identity. This differs from bisexuality, which refers to attraction to more than one gender but not necessarily all genders.

Morissette rose to international fame with her 1995 album Jagged Little Pill, which featured several emotionally charged songs inspired by personal experiences. She has won seven Grammys and 14 Junos throughout her career.

During the podcast, Feimster praised Morissette’s music that came from her heartbreaks. Feimster then asked if Morissette’s experiences with past relationships had ever made her consider dating women.

Morissette’s identification as pansexual adds to her openness about her sexuality, which she has discussed in various interviews over the years. She has previously described her experiences with sexual experimentation to Advocate in 2008.

Morissette is currently playing her residency show, Butterfly with a Machete: A Rock Traumedy, at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles. She recently dropped her first holiday album, Good Weather for Immaculate Conception, featuring new single “To an Empath at Christmas Time.”

What this adds

What's confirmed

• Alanis Morissette identifies as pansexual, she revealed in a podcast appearance earlier this week.
• The couple wed in 2010 and are parents to three children.
• Notaro then asked, “Wait, you’re not really pansexual, are you?” to which Morissette confirmed, “I am.” Joking that they should’ve launched the episode with this tidbit, Notaro said, “How did I not know this?” “You know, I like to leave it for the epilogue,” quipped Morissette.
• It started when Feimster praised the music that came out of Morissette's heartbreaks.
• The hitmaker — who just dropped her first holiday album, Good Weather for Immaculate Conception, featuring new single “To an Empath at Christmas Time” — visited the Handsome Podcast as the podcast trio’s first in-person guest for an episode that was uploaded on Nov.

What's still developing

• The set was led by her recording of “Beautiful Star of Bethlehem,” featuring Brandi Carlile and Steve Martin; Morissette gets snowed-in in a music video for second single “To an Empath at Christmas Time,” released on Saturday.
• 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.
• During her September appearance on " Call Her Daddy," Morissette revealed that she helped pitch the storyline to the show’s producers.
• LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Alanis Morissette, 52, has publicly identified as pansexual during a Tuesday, November 3, appearance on the ‘Handsome’ podcast.
• Morissette, 52, blew them away when she revealed her sexuality.
• Prior to their romance, Morissette was romantically linked to Full House alum Dave Coulier, Ray Donvan star Dash Mihok, and Marvel’s Ryan Reynolds, to whom she was engaged from 2004 to 2007.
• The revelation came towards the end of Morissette’s conversation with hosts Tig Notaro, Mae Martin, and Fortune Feimster, when the latter was complimenting the Jagged Little Pill musician on the beloved songs that have come from her personal experiences with heartbreak.
• Pansexual is often confused with bisexual and although the terms can overlap, they are not interchangeable.
• The alt-rock icon tells stories between performances.
• The singer, 52, opened up about her sexuality during an appearance on the "Handsome" podcast after previously discussing the memorable 2000 scene on Alex Cooper’s "Call Her Daddy" podcast in September.
• The term is often confused with bisexuality, but they are not interchangeable.
• The seven-time Grammy winner stunned podcast hosts Tig Notaro, Fortune Feimster and Mae Martin with her unexpected personal revelation.

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