Calling Alanis Morissette‘s Jagged Little Tablet album iconic is nearly an understatement. Who amongst us hasn’t dedicated each angsty lyric to reminiscence and carried out songs in entrance of the mirror with a hairbrush microphone? It’s no marvel that in honor of the album’s twenty fifth anniversary, HBO needed to create a documentary about Morissette‘s life and music.
Sadly, Morissette herself isn’t a fan.
The documentary, aptly titled Jagged, is premiering on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant right now. The singer launched an announcement condemning the movie and producers for together with “implications and info that merely aren’t true,” in addition to preying on her throughout a weak time in her life—when she was affected by postpartum despair after the delivery of her third little one.
At present on tour, Morissette took day out to ship an unique assertion in regards to the movie to Deadline. Right here it’s in full:
“i agreed to take part in a chunk in regards to the celebration of jagged little tablet’s twenty fifth anniversary, and was interviewed throughout a really weak time (whereas within the midst of my third postpartum despair throughout lockdown). i used to be lulled right into a false sense of safety and their salacious agenda grew to become obvious instantly upon my seeing the primary reduce of the movie. that is when i knew our visions have been the truth is painfully diverged. this was not the story i agreed to inform. i sit right here now experiencing the complete influence of getting trusted somebody who didn’t warrant being trusted. i’ve chosen to not attend any occasion round this film for 2 causes: one is that i’m on tour proper now. the opposite is that, not in contrast to many “tales” and unauthorized biographies on the market over time, this one consists of implications and info which are merely not true. whereas there may be magnificence and a few components of accuracy on this/my story to make certain— i in the end received’t be supporting another person’s reductive tackle a narrative a lot too nuanced for them to ever grasp or inform.”
[Trigger warning: sexual assault]
Within the documentary, Morissette says she was raped by 5 completely different males when she was simply 15 years outdated. Earlier than she made it large as a singer, she was additionally an actress in her house nation of Canada.
She’s been open about her struggles with postpartum despair up to now; she says she skilled it after the births of every of her youngsters. She and her husband of 11 years, Souleye, have three youngsters collectively. Morissette says when she has postpartum despair, she doesn’t acknowledge herself or her incapacity to do on a regular basis duties—a really relatable clarification of PPD, for certain.
“I’m used to being the Rock of Gibraltar, offering, defending and maneuvering,” she informed PEOPLE in 2019. “It had me query every little thing. I’ve identified myself to be a extremely unimaginable decision-maker and a frontrunner that individuals can depend on. [Now] I can barely determine what to eat for dinner.”
It’s terribly unhappy that she feels her belief was violated by Jagged producers, particularly throughout such an emotionally uncooked time in her life. Right here’s hoping she continues to kick butt on tour (as if not kicking butt is even within the realm of risk for her). We love you, Alanis!
