Alanis Morissette is using Sunday’s 2023 CMT Music Awards as a networking event for female country stars, she told Et from the red carpet.

“I love the sisterhood,” Morissette told Et’s Cassie Dilaura before heading into the show. During the ceremony, she’ll make her CMT debut with a performance of “You Oughta Know” alongside Ingrid Andress, Lainey Wilson, Madeline Edwards and Morgan Wade. The collaboration is the ten-year celebration of the Next Women of Country franchise.



“Being onstage, just with energy, I mean I’m usually so solitary onstage,” she continued. “I’m with my amazing band mates but as a woman, I’m up there alone. So to be with women next to me who are very, very soulful is like being wrapped up and swaddled.”

Upon hearing that country legend Shania Twain was also in attendance at Sunday’s awards, Morissette said she’d love to...