Alanis Morissette Crashes to the Floor Mid-Song — Then Gets Right Back Up and Roasts Ben Affleck
Alanis Morissette took a hard fall on stage — and turned it into one of the best moments of the night.
The 52-year-old singer was performing “Uninvited” on the final night of her “Butterfly With a Machete: A Rock Traumedy” residency at YouTube Theater in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Nov. 11, when her hair caught on a microphone stand. The stand toppled and took her down with it.
Morissette rolled over, got straight back up, and kept head-banging to finish the song — a recovery fans online are calling epic. The clip of the fall spread fast, but it was only half the night’s viral moment.
Later in the show, she called out Dogma co-star Ben Affleck on stage, saying he had once asked why she didn’t “lead with” her sexuality — then played the clip of his character’s head exploding in the 1999 film. The crowd roared.
The double viral night follows her coming out as pansexual on the Handsome podcast in a Nov. 3 episode — a revelation the site covered earlier this month, and one Morissette has been weaving into the residency’s unfiltered, confessional tone.
It was a fitting close to the run: a fall, a comeback, and a punchline — all in one night.
Photo: Justin Higuchi, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — Alanis Morissette performing at the Saban Theatre, Beverly Hills, May 19, 2014.
Sources: Page Six