Alan Morissette took a jab at Ben Affleck during her Butterfly With a Machete residency in Los Angeles. The actress-singer called out Affleck while reflecting on the struggles and personal experiences throughout her career.
As Entertainment Weekly shared, the brief footage shows Morissette calling out the Batman actor. “I’ve even had a guy ask me why I didn’t lead with my sexuality,” the Canadian actress told the audience. Shen then added, “Thank you, Ben Affleck.” The crowd laughed at the quip.
However, Ben Affleck or his representatives have yet to reply to Morissette’s comments. The pair famously shared the screen in Kevin Smith’s 1999 fantasy comedy Dogma, where she played God. The movie grossed $31 million domestically, and she received a couple of award nominations, including one at the Satellite Awards.
The onstage remark wasn’t the only Ben Affleck reference
Right after that line, the concert screen showed a scene from the 1999 film featuring Affleck. The footage depicted his character’s head exploding.
The remark and accompanying footage quickly caught fans’ attention online, prompting mixed reactions. One fan wrote, “Wow, tell us who else hurt your feelings in 1999.” Another said they weren’t defending Affleck’s comment but questioned, “Why she’s calling him out” nearly 25 or 30 years later. Another commenter asked, “Like 20 years ago?”
This is one of her struggles she shared on the show. Morissette used Wednesday’s show to look back on her rise. The seven-time Grammy winner also recalled calling Johnny Depp once and said he responded with, “Why are you calling me?” The singer said she was “looking for a friend during that time.” The 52-year-old added that she saw little sisterhood in the industry. In her words, “There were no girl squads then.”
Morissette also named Joni Mitchell, Sinead O’Connor, Tori Amos, Courtney Love and Billy Corgan as people who were “ripping me apart publicly” in the ’90s.
Originally reported on ComingSoon.
