Alanis Morissette's Relationship Timeline: From Dave Coulier to Souleye and Ryan Reynolds

Did you know that before Alanis Morissette found love with Mario “Souleye” Treadway, she gained inspiration from her past relationships? Most notably, the “Ironic” singer dated Dave Coulier from 1992 to 1994, and it has been speculated for years that he was the muse for her hit breakup anthem, “You Oughta Know,” off her popular ’90s album, Jagged Little Pill. Years later, Coulier spoke out about the rumors. “You know, it’s just funny to be the supposed subject of that song. First of all, the guy in that song is a real a—hole, so I don’t want to be that guy,” he explained in an interview with Buzzfeed in 2014. He also revealed that he asked Morissette who the song was about, to which she replied, “You know it could be a bunch of people. But you can say whatever you want.”

As for Morissette’s romantic life after Coulier, she then moved on to a high-profile engagement with Ryan Reynolds in 2004. However, the pair ended their engagement in 2007, and a year later Morissette admitted that dating famous men took its toll on her. “I think it’s the straw that breaks the camel’s back,” she revealed to the Los Angeles Times in 2008. “I was a full-blown love addict, so it was like, ‘I can’t keep doing this, my body can’t take it.’ For someone who is a love addict, [breakups are] debilitating. I’ve been on a constant journey toward finally surrendering and hitting the rock bottom that I’ve been avoiding my whole life … So, this was a huge, critical juncture for me. Everything broke, and it was an amazing and horrifying time.”

Despite the heartbreak, Morissette ultimately found happiness with Souleye. The couple met in 2009 and got married a year later. They now have three children together: son Ever, daughter Onyx, and son Winter, who were born in December 2010, June 2016, and August 2019, respectively. Morissette has spoken openly about their relationship, telling Us Weekly in 2015, “We’re helping each other out. I think relationships go from infatuation to power struggle and then most people break up. I think it’s getting juicy as we’re going on the third phase of helping each other heal and grow.”