In a new documentary released this week, singer Alanis Morissette alleges that multiple men had sex with her when she was just 15.
The artist, who had a hit 1995 debut album with &#8220;Jagged Little Pill,&#8221; makes the disturbing claim in a film titled &#8220;Jagged&#8221; that premiered on Monday at the Toronto Film Festival, <a class="class" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/09/10/alanis-morissette-rape-hbo/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">according</a> to The Washington Post.
Morissette, 47, was a pop star in Canada in her youth, appearing on the children&#8217;s television sketch comedy &#8220;You Can&#8217;t Do That on Television&#8221; for five episodes when she was in junior high school before she made it big.
&#8220;About three-quarters of the way through the movie, Morissette broaches the topic of sexual abuse during her earliest years of fame,&#8221; the Post reported, adding:
<blockquote>&#8220;I’m going to need some help because I never talk about this,” she begins, before plunging into the topic.
“It took me years in therapy to even admit there had been any kind of victimization on my part,” she says. “I would always say I was consenting, and then I’d be reminded like ‘Hey, you were 15, you’re not consenting at 15.’ Now I’m like, ‘Oh yeah, they’re all pedophiles. It’s all statutory rape.&#8217;”
Who she is referring to remains unclear; Morissette does not name any of her alleged abusers. But she says she issued calls for help and implicates the music industry in not listening.</blockquote>
Morissette said that people in the industry had ignored her in the past. &#8220;I did tell a few people and it kind of fell on deaf ears,&#8221; the singer said. &#8220;It would usually be a stand-up, walk-out-of-the-room moment.&#8221;
The singer swept the Grammy Awards in 1996, winning &#8220;Album of the Year&#8221; and &#8220;Best Rock Album,&#8221; as well as two other awards.
The film is a glowing assessment of Morisette&#8217;s soaring career, which exploded with her first release. &#8220;Directed by the award-winning documentarian Alison Klayman, &#8216;Jagged&#8217; takes a celebratory but nuanced look at Morissette’s life, building around a lively interview at her California home,&#8221; the Post wrote.
&#8220;The movie, which The Washington Post has viewed, chronicles Morissette as she goes from dance-pop prodigy in Canada to confessional poet-musician in Los Angeles several years later. It tracks her collaboration with producer Glen Ballard on the landmark 1995 album &#8216;Jagged Little Pill&#8217;; the 18-month-tour that followed as Morissette achieves and deals with the travails of megastardom; and the ceilings she broke for Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and other female artists,&#8221; the paper added.
Before the movie debuted, Morissette announced she would not attend the premier.
&#8220;It is unclear which aspects of the film she finds problematic,&#8221; the Post wrote. &#8220;Through much of the movie, the singer-songwriter, now 47, is an enthusiastic interview subject, reflecting on her years as generational avatar. There is little material that could be considered critical of Morissette from bandmates, collaborators, old friends, pundits and others who appear. Footage of Morissette from the 1990s tour promoting &#8216;Jagged Little Pill&#8217; is revealing but not incriminating.&#8221;
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Actress Rose McGowan pulled no punches recently when she discussed Oprah Winfrey’s connection to alleged sexual abuser and record executive Russell Simmons.
At least 13 women say Simmons harassed, assaulted, or raped them. Several of those women say they were under 18 at the time of the incidents.
At one time, Winfrey was attached to executive produce a film titled &#8220;On the Record&#8221; about their claims, but she later backed out, reportedly at the behest of Tina Tchen, the former head of the MeToo non-profit Time’s Up. Tchen&#8217;s group was ostensibly founded to support victims of sexual abuse in Hollywood, but it became embroiled in scandal when it was revealed that she advised disgraced New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on a letter intended to discredit one of his accusers. Tchen, a former Obama White House staffer, and Roberta Kaplan, chairwoman of the Time&#8217;s Up board, ultimately resigned.
Winfrey admitted to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/oprah-winfrey-russell-simmons-pressure-sexual-assault-documentary">Fox News</a> that Simmons had pressured her to walk away from the documentary, but she insisted that that had nothing to do with her decision. &#8220;I want it to be known that I unequivocally believe and support the women,” she told <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oprah-winfrey-steps-away-russell-simmons-accuser-doc-1268653">The Hollywood Reporter</a> at the time, adding, “Their stories deserve to be told and heard.&#8221;
After Winfrey announced she was backing away from the film, Apple dropped plans to air it on its streaming platform.
In apparent reference to this, McGowan <a href="https://twitter.com/rosemcgowan/status/1432065449903153157?s=20">tweeted</a> Sunday, “I am glad more are seeing the ugly truth of Oprah. I wish she were real, but she isn’t. From being pals with Weinstein to abandoning &amp; destroying Russell Simmon’s victims, she is about supporting a sick power structure for personal gain, she is as fake as they come.”
Alongside her comments, McGowan posted a photo of Winfrey kissing convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein’s cheek at an awards dinner.
That same day, McGowan retweeted a comment from a fan who said that many people already believed that Winfrey was a hypocrite, but because they lacked powerful positions, they were ignored.
“Love lots of people [saw] her for who she was,” <a href="https://twitter.com/momsgem09/status/1432067469494177795?s=20">said</a> an account by the name of Miss Freethinking Independent. “The problem is those that saw her for who she was just happened to be poor. It wasn&#8217;t until you spoke out &amp; never backed down that it became widely known. You gapped the bridges between the poor and the elites by exposing the corrupt.”
McGowan also struck out at A-lister Reese Witherspoon for her vocal support of Time’s Up.
In honor of Women’s Equality Day on August 26, Witherspoon tweeted, “HUGE appreciation for all the women who came before us that made this day possible … Let’s keep pushing for more ways to protect our rights and create equality for women everywhere.&#8221;
McGowan <a href="https://twitter.com/rosemcgowan/status/1431023251090726918?s=20">replied</a>, “Maybe consider working with real activists instead of sham organizations like Time’s Up.”
Witherspoon has offered no comment about the revelations that Time’s Up assisted Cuomo.
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