Alanis Morissette Mentioned the 'Music Trade Is Run by Elite Pedophiles'?

For greater than a year, social media posts have claimed Canadian singer Alanis Morissette as soon as stated the “music {industry} is run by elite pedophiles,” and that every one {industry} leaders had been “little one rapists.”

As an example, in June 2024, a post on X claimed, “Alanis Morissette admits music {industry} is run by elite pedophiles.”

The declare first appeared in a September 2021 article printed by The People’s Voice — an offshoot of Newspunch and a long-time, well-known producer of misinformation. The article is titled, “Alanis Morissette Admits Music Trade Is Run by Elite Pedophiles: ‘They’re ALL Baby Rapists.'”

The article cited a 2021 HBO documentary, “Jagged,” as its supply for the quotes, claiming Morissette stated within the movie, “the leisure {industry} is run by elite pedophiles who routinely rape and abuse kids.”

“Jagged” is a real documentary, that includes previous and up to date clips of the singer discussing her experiences within the Canadian leisure {industry}. However Morissette didn’t say these issues within the movie, neither is there any proof of her making the statements publicly elsewhere.

In “Jagged,” she talked about feeling victimized, a scarcity {of professional} boundaries and allegedly experiencing statutory rape as a teen. Morissette didn’t identify her alleged abusers nor state wherein particular phase of the leisure industries they labored. (Earlier than doing music as a teen, she acted in theater and tv.)

And, at one level within the documentary, whereas discussing her experiences working with adults as a teen, Morissette stated, “They’re all pedophiles. It is all statutory rape.” Based mostly on her statements earlier than and after that assertion, she was reflecting on her personal experiences as a 15-year-old working within the Canadian leisure {industry} and referencing a selected group of individuals. This is a transcription of the quote (emphasis ours):

There’s loads of disgrace round having any sort of victimization of any form and it took me years in remedy to even admit that there had been any sort of victimization on my half. I might at all times say, you already know, “I used to be consenting, I wasn’t —” you already know, after which I would be reminded like, “Hey, you had been 15. You are not consenting at 15.” Now I am like, “Oh, yeah, they’re all pedophiles. It is all statutory rape.” I did inform just a few individuals. And so they, you already know — it sort of fell on deaf ears a little bit bit. It will normally be a stand-up, walk-out-of-the-room second. So, you already know, lots of people say, “Why did that lady wait 30 years [to report sexual assault]?” I am like, f*** off they did not wait 30 years. Nobody was listening or their livelihood was threatened or their household was threatened. So yeah, the entire why-do-women-wait factor? Ladies do not wait. Our tradition does not hear.

In different phrases, whereas she stated “they’re all pedophiles” in reference to some adults she labored with as a teen, she didn’t make the sweeping declare about the whole music {industry} being “run” by “elite pedophiles.” She additionally didn’t declare, “They’re all little one rapists,” as asserted by The Folks’s Voice.

Snopes reached out to Morissette’s crew to reply to the social media claims and to elaborate additional on what was mentioned in “Jagged,” however they didn’t instantly reply to our request for remark.

Earlier than the documentary’s launch, Morissette issued a statement distancing herself from it. She stated the movie’s portrayal of her experiences diverged from her meant narrative and contained implications and information she deemed inaccurate. She didn’t say which half or elements of the movie, particularly, had been problematic in her view.

In sum, whereas Morissette certainly as soon as stated “they’re all pedophiles” in reference to individuals with whom she labored, there is not any proof of her making sweeping claims in regards to the music {industry}’s leaders, nor saying the phrases “music {industry} is run by elite pedophiles” and “they’re all little one rapists.” Subsequently, we fee this declare as “Misattributed.” 

Snopes beforehand addressed the unproven allegation that Morissette’s hit track “You Oughta Know” is about actor Dave Coulier from TV’s “Full Home.”

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