Alanis Morissette Calls Out Ben Affleck on Stage With an Explosive ‘Dogma’ Callback

Alanis Morissette has never been afraid to turn personal experience into performance, and her latest Los Angeles residency is no exception. Midway through a show about the judgments she’s faced over her career, the singer aimed a pointed jab at her former ‘Dogma’ co-star Ben Affleck. The moment quickly spread online.

The show is built for moments like this. Part concert, part confessional and part stage play, ‘Butterfly With a Machete’ takes audiences through Morissette’s journey from childhood in Ottawa, Canada, to international stardom. During the November 11 date of the residency at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California, she spoke pointedly about Affleck during a monologue about the harsh judgments she felt being in the public eye.

While listing the criticisms she has received over the years, Morissette told the crowd that a man had once asked her why she didn’t lead with her sexuality, then thanked Ben Affleck by name. She then played a scene from their movie ‘Dogma’, in which her character, God, kills Affleck’s character by making his head explode with her voice. The crowd responded with laughs.

The Affleck line was just one part of a much larger reflection. Elsewhere in the show, Morissette described the harsh judgments she has faced about her songs, her body, her looks, her thinking, her feelings, her values, her weight, her parenting, her approach to education and much more. Coming after that list, the Affleck reference landed as a sharp punchline rather than a standalone attack.

It also appears not to have been a one-off. A November 7 eyewitness review published by Los Angeles Magazine described a similar line about Affleck from the residency. In that version, the line was paired with a visual of the actor’s head blowing up on screen.

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The callout comes right after a major personal revelation. Morissette revealed that she identifies as pansexual, meaning she is attracted to all people regardless of gender identity or sex, on an episode of the ‘Handsome’ podcast earlier this month.

The reveal came about casually. She was jokingly asked by host Fortune Feimster if any of the men who had hurt her and inspired her angriest songs made her want to be a lesbian at any point. Morissette replied that she is pansexual and joked that she likes to save such news for the epilogue to confuse people on the way out.

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That context gives the Affleck jab extra bite. However, Morissette did not say when Affleck allegedly asked the question or explain the circumstances of their conversation. The clip choice was no accident. Morissette portrayed God in the Kevin Smith-directed movie, which also starred Affleck and Matt Damon. In the film, Affleck’s character, Bartleby, explodes after hearing the true voice of God.

The cult classic has been back in the conversation recently. Deadline noted that ‘Dogma’ has gotten its long-awaited re-release, giving Morissette’s comments fresh relevance. Affleck spoke about his positive experience working on ‘Dogma’ to the Associated Press last year, saying he loves the movie and praising its all-star cast, including Morissette.

So far, the actor hasn’t weighed in. Variety reached out to Affleck’s representative for comment, but no response was received by publication time. A rep for Affleck also did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

For now, the moment is a fitting closer to the run. Morissette’s ‘Butterfly With a Machete’ residency just wrapped after its 4th and final show, following an initial run in Las Vegas last year. Fans who weren’t in the room are left with viral clips and plenty of questions about what really happened between the ‘Dogma’ co-stars.

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