Canadian singer Alan Morissette revealed that he had not acted in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame last Saturday because he believes the music industry is “plagued by the anti-woman sentiment” it has tolerated in the past but is no longer willing to put up with.

The singer was scheduled to attend the ceremony in which American artist Carly Simon was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday in Los Angeles.

Morissette was about to perform a duet with Olivia Rodrigobut the Canadian artist suddenly canceled his presence at the ceremony.

In a message posted on Instagram, Morissette explained that she had lived for decades “in an industry plagued by anti-woman sentiment” and that she had tolerated “a lot of condescension and disrespect, contempt, breach of contracts, lack of support, use and psychological violence.

Morissette added that although the anti-woman vibe is pervasive around the world, “Hollywood is known for its disrespect for the feminine.”

However, “fortunately,” she added, “I’m at a point in my life where I don’t need to spend time in an environment that belittles women.”

The 48-year-old Canadian artist also said he “adores” Carly Simon, Olivia Rodrigo, Dolly Parton, Janet Jackson and other artists who were at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony on Saturday.

On the occasion of the event, the entry of other musicians into this pantheon of music was also celebrated. Namely the rapper Eminem, the futuristic pop duo Eurythmics, the balladeer Lionel Richie, the British Duran Duran, the aforementioned Carly Simon and the duo of Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo.

against the establishment

But this wasn’t the first time that Alanis Morissette had criticized the entire music establishment. In the year 2021, for example, she claimed that her popularity waned because the entertainment industry and the media had “frivolous” talent standards.

In an interview with a Mexican media, the artist had indicated that “the musical and acting movement has focused too much on the physical”, because “the media have frivolous artists”.

According to Alanis Morissette, “there is a lot of pressure” in the musical and artistic world, “that’s why many people live linked to botox, because they don’t know how to accept their age”. “I don’t meet those standards; I consider myself pretty, but I’m a real woman,” she concluded.

with its own series

Alanis Morissette will have her own series, which will be inspired by her life. will be titled traceable and it will be a single-camera comedy, in which the Canadian singer will executive produce and compose the original music.

As reported Variety, the project was developed for ABC by Elizabeth Beckwith and Christopher Moynihan, co-creators of the series. Beckwith is the lead writer on the pilot, while Moynihan will serve as showrunner and both will also be executive producers.

Beckwith is currently a supervising producer on the hit comedy The GoldbergsAlso from the ABC. And he wrote scripts for comedies muteanother ABC product, and has written pilots for USA Network, Fox, Sony and Fox21.

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