Alanis Morissette Says 1995 Breakthrough Spawned Murder-Plot Websites as Fame Drew Death Threats
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 10
Alanis Morissette Says 1995 Breakthrough Spawned Murder-Plot Websites as Fame Drew Death Threats
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 10
Summary
Websites were built to discuss how to murder Alanis Morissette “most elegantly” after her 1995 album “Jagged Little Pill” made her an international star, she said on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast.
Morissette said the backlash began around “You Oughta Know” and grew beyond criticism into death threats and public hostility as her fame surged.
Courtney Love and Sinéad O’Connor were among artists she said disparaged her at the time, though Morissette added both later apologized.
Decades later, Morissette said she sees the reaction as a scarcity mindset in which women were made to feel there was room for only one star at the top.