Alanis Morissette calls out Ben Affleck on stage over “lead with my sexuality” remark, then plays his character's exploding head

Canadian singer Alanis Morissette used the final night of her Los Angeles residency to publicly call out her co-star from the 1999 film “Dogma”, Ben Affleck, saying he once asked her why she didn't “lead with my sexuality” on set — then played a clip of his character's head exploding on the screen behind her, to laughter from the audience.

A conversation from 27 years ago

On the night of November 11, the 54-year-old Morissette closed her “Butterfly With a Machete: A Rock Traumedy” residency at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood. Listing the criticism she has faced over her career — her music, her appearance, her parenting and her relationships — she told the crowd: “I've even had a guy ask me why I didn't lead with my sexuality.” She then named Affleck. According to Entertainment Weekly, she followed the remark by playing a scene from “Dogma” in which Affleck's fallen angel Bartleby has his head explode; Morissette played God in the Kevin Smith-directed film.

Affleck has not responded

Affleck, also 54, has not publicly responded to Morissette's account, and his representative did not immediately respond to media requests. Morissette recently revealed on the “Handsome” podcast that she is pansexual. After the residency, she is scheduled to perform at the Fontainebleau in Las Vegas on January 1, 2027, and at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City on January 2, before headlining the Innings Festival in Tempe, Arizona, in February alongside The Strokes and Pitbull.

(Sources: Entertainment Weekly; Page Six; Far Out Magazine.)