Alanis Morissette once had an unusual idea for Carrie Bradshaw. The singer wanted to explore a different side of Carrie’s love life on Sex and the City. Her idea eventually led to a memorable guest appearance on the HBO comedy. Now, Morissette has shared how the unexpected moment came together.
Alanis Morissette pitched herself as a love interest for Carrie Bradshaw on Sex and the City
Morissette discussed the story on the Sept. 9 episode of Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast. A fan of the show, she reached out to its producers with a simple idea. “Might it be a nice time for Carrie to experience a lesbian moment?” she recalled asking. The producers replied, “Why yes, we were thinking the same thing.”
Morissette then appeared in the season 3 episode “Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl…” She played Dawn, who kisses Carrie after a game of Spin the Bottle. Carrie struggled with her new boyfriend Sean’s bisexuality during the episode. Cooper was surprised to find out that Morissette may have suggested the scene. But Morissette does not take full credit for the idea, adding, “I think we literally had the same idea at the same time.”
The episode also sparked questions about Carrie’s views on bisexuality. Carrie questioned whether “bisexuality exists” and called it “a layover on the way to Gaytown.” During the episode, Samantha challenged those views. When Dawn kissed Carrie, Carrie later joked in voiceover that she was “an Alice in Confused Sexual Orientation Land” and said the kiss was “kind of like chicken.”
Cooper noted how rare it was to see a bisexual character on television when the episode aired in summer 2000. She asked Morissette what it meant to be a part of that moment. “Anything that opens up and pulls us out of the locked binary is a loving act, I think,” Morissette said. Cooper then asked if Morissette knew how groundbreaking the scene could be, and she laughed, “Was it groundbreaking?” before adding, “I just drop mics and keep walking.” Morissette’s surprise pitch ended up being one of the most memorable moments of the episode.
