Alanis banned from eye-conact with Vanilla Ice

SINGER Alanis Morissette has sold 55 million albums and bagged seven Grammy awards, so it is surprising to learn that she used to be afraid of preposterous one-hit wonder Vanilla Ice.

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As a squeaky‑clean pop teen, Alanis – best known for her rocky grown-up album Jagged Little Pill – supported the rapper on tour and was told by aides not to make eye contact with him.

Bisexual Alanis was 15 when she opened for the Ice Ice Baby rapper (real name Robert Van Winkle) during his 1991 US tour.

“Supported is an interesting word,” the 34-year-old Canadian told Virgin Radio.

“I was instructed not to look him in the eye and that was my first experience of honouring someone’s privacy to the point where you look away when they come near you.

“I thought, ‘Wow, I didn’t think that actually existed!’”

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