Alanis Morissette did not hold back when recalling the words of her “Dogma” co-star, Ben Affleck.
During the Nov. 11 date of her “Butterfly With a Machete” residency at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, Calif., the singer spoke pointedly about Affleck during a monologue about “harsh judgments” she felt being in the public eye (via Entertainment Weekly).
“I’ve even had a guy ask me why I didn’t lead with my sexuality,” she said. “Thank you, Ben Affleck.”
A video then showed a scene from “Dogma,” which Morissette and Affleck both starred in, where the latter’s head explodes. In the film, Morissette plays God, whose voice is so powerful that it instantly kills the fallen angel Bartleby, played by Affleck.
Elsewhere in the concert, Morissette spoke more about being in the public eye, where she felt “harsh judgments about my songs, about my body, about how I look, about how I think, about how I feel, about my value system, about my weight, about how feral I am, about how feral I live, about my approach to parenting, about my approach to education, my approach to freaking anything.”
She later spoke about an unsuccessful attempt at “looking for a friend” by trying to connect with a fellow star, saying, “I did call Johnny Depp at one point, and his response was, ‘Why are you calling me?’”
Morissette’s “Butterfly With a Machete” residency just wrapped after its fourth and final show, following an initial run in Las Vegas last year.
Variety reached out to Affleck’s representitive for comment, but no response was received by publish time.
You can see the moment below, as captured on Entertainment Weekly’s Instagram.
