Live Wire: Alanis Morissette clarifies Rock Hall of Fame cancellation

Alanis Morissette apparently wasn’t struggling to learn the song she was supposed to sing at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction performance honoring Carly Simon.

Morissette said that she bowed out because she didn’t want to spend time in an environment that “reduces women.”

Morissette was scheduled to join up with Olivia Rodrigo for a rendition of Simon’s hit, “You’re So Vain.” After rumors about the reasons behind her cancellation, Morissette issued a statement: “I have spent decades in an industry that is rife with an overarching anti-woman sentiment and have tolerated a lot of condescension and disrespectfulness, reduction, dismissiveness, contract-breaching, unsupportiveness, exploitation and psychological violence (and more) throughout my career,” she posted on Instagram.”Thankfully, I am at a point in my life where there is no need for me to spend time in an environment that reduces women.”

Morissette added that her cancellation had nothing to do with Simon or Rodrigo, both of whom she adores.