Alanis Morissette Reportedly Says She Was Raped in New Documentary ‘Jagged’
Written by SOURCE on September 13, 2021
In her new HBO documentary Jagged, music superstar Alanis Morissette says she was raped when she was 15 years old, the Washington Post reports.
In the film, which premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival on Monday, Morissette reportedly speaks on multiple alleged instances of rape during her teenage years, sharing that it took her “years in therapy to even admit there had been any kind of victimization on my part.”
“I would always say I was consenting, and then I’d be reminded like ‘Hey, you were 15, you’re not consenting at 15’,” The Post reports her saying. “Now I’m like, ‘Oh yeah, they’re all pedophiles. It’s all statutory rape’.”
Morissette also reveals that she told “a few people” about the allegations but that “it kind of fell on deaf ears,” and she reportedly did not reveal the alleged abusers name in the documentary.
“You know a lot of people say, ‘Why did that woman wait 30 years? And I’m like fuck off,” she shared. “They don’t wait 30 years. No one was listening or their livelihood was threatened or their family was threatened. The whole ‘why do women wait’ thing? Women don’t wait. Our culture doesn’t listen.”
The film, which is directed by Alison Klayman and will follow the singer’s career, will be available on HBO following its premiere.
