Alanis Morissette Says She Is Pansexual on Podcast

Alanis Morissette said she is pansexual during a November 3 episode of the Handsome podcast, confirming the label after cohost Tig Notaro asked if she was serious. The singer made the remark near the end of a conversation with Notaro, Fortune Feimster and Mae Martin, after Feimster asked whether hurtful experiences with men had ever made her want to be a lesbian.

“Im pansexual, so, yeah,” Morissette said, according to accounts of the exchange. After Notaro asked, “Wait, youre not really pansexual, are you?”, Morissette replied, “I am.” She joked that she preferred leaving the subject for the episode’s epilogue. The reports quote the conversation, but do not provide a full podcast transcript or recording for independent review.

Pansexuality is commonly described as attraction to people regardless of gender. Morissette’s statement made that identity explicit in this public conversation. Reports characterized it as a coming-out announcement, though her earlier comments described exploring her sexuality without establishing that she had previously used the pansexual label.

In a 2008 interview, Morissette spoke about experimenting with women and described exploring sexuality as a rite...