# Alanis Morissette Recalls ‘Dogma’ Co-Star Ben Affleck Asking Her Why She Didn’t “Lead With My Sexuality”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/alanis-morissette-recalls-dogma-co-star-ben-affleck-asking-her-why-she-didnt-lead-with-my-sexuality/
- Published: 2026-11-13T02:39:33+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T08:26:24+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/11/alanis-morissette-dogma-ben-affleck-lead-with-my-sexuality-1237222468/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, Trending, Weird & Viral

## Key points

- Morissette revisited a past exchange with Affleck about her sexuality.
- She shared the story during her concert residency in Inglewood.
- *Dogma* is now streaming after its anniversary re-release.

## Summary

Alanis Morissette recalled an exchange with Ben Affleck about her sexuality while they were working on Kevin Smith’s 1999 film *Dogma*. During a recent concert, she included the incident among criticisms she had received and thanked Affleck by name, drawing attention to a past disagreement as the film returns to circulation.

Morissette appeared briefly as God in the religious satire, while Affleck played the fallen angel Bartleby. She recounted that someone had asked why she did not “lead with” her sexuality, then showed a clip of Bartleby’s head exploding. *Dogma* was re-released for its 25th anniversary after Smith regained the rights from Miramax and Weinstein Co., and has now become available to stream for the first time.

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