--- title: Dave Coulier Says Alanis Morissette Song Wasn’t About Him description: The former Full house star claims he isn't Alanis Morissette's 'Mr Duplicity' canonical: https://time.com/2838308/dave-coulier-says-alanis-morissettes-iconic-you-oughta-know-wasnt-about-him/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-06T15:10:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:10:28.339Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Dave Coulier Says Morissette’s Iconic ‘You Oughta Know’ Wasn’t About Him og:description: The former Full house star claims he isn't Alanis Morissette's 'Mr Duplicity' og:url: https://time.com/2838308/dave-coulier-says-alanis-morissettes-iconic-you-oughta-know-wasnt-about-him/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7862e843e0fb0c30/6986968b169ab043d3279cf8/dave-coulier-full-house.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Dave Coulier og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dave Coulier Says Morissette’s Iconic ‘You Oughta Know’ Wasn’t About Him twitter:description: The former Full house star claims he isn't Alanis Morissette's 'Mr Duplicity' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7862e843e0fb0c30/6986968b169ab043d3279cf8/dave-coulier-full-house.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Dave Coulier Says Alanis Morissette’s Iconic ‘You Oughta Know’ Wasn’t About Him by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jun 6, 2014 3:10 PM CUT  HOLLYWOOD, CA - AUGUST 05: Actor Dave Coulier attends the world-premiere of “Disney’s Planes” presented by Target at the El Capitan Theatre on Aug. 5, 2013 in Hollywood, Calif. HOLLYWOOD, CA - AUGUST 05: Actor Dave Coulier attends the world-premiere of “Disney’s Planes” presented by Target at the El Capitan Theatre on Aug. 5, 2013 in Hollywood, Calif.Michael Buckner—Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jun 6, 2014 3:10 PM CUT It’s a legendary anthem that expresses the full vitriol of someone who has been dumped, but former Full House star Dave Coulier is now insisting that Alanis Morissette’s Grammy winning ‘You Oughta Know’ isn’t about him. “First of all, the guy in that song is a real a-hole, so I don’t want to be that guy,” Coulier told Buzzfeed in a recent interview. “Secondly, I asked Alanis and she said ‘Well, you know, it could be a bunch of people.'” But, as People magazine [notes](http://www.people.com/article/dave-coulier-alanis-morissette-you-oughta-know "undefined"), Coulier has taken the credit in the past as being the inspiration, saying, “I listened to the song over and over again and I said ‘I think I have really hurt this person.'” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2838308/dave-coulier-says-alanis-morissettes-iconic-you-oughta-know-wasnt-about-him/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2838308/dave-coulier-says-alanis-morissettes-iconic-you-oughta-know-wasnt-about-him/"},"headline":"Dave Coulier Says Alanis Morissette’s Iconic ‘You Oughta Know’ Wasn’t About Him","datePublished":"2014-06-06T15:10:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:28.339Z","description":"The former Full House star claims he isn't 'Mr Duplicity'","url":"https://time.com/2838308/dave-coulier-says-alanis-morissettes-iconic-you-oughta-know-wasnt-about-him/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7862e843e0fb0c30/6986968b169ab043d3279cf8/dave-coulier-full-house.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7862e843e0fb0c30/6986968b169ab043d3279cf8/dave-coulier-full-house.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Dave Coulier","caption":"Dave Coulier","creditText":"Michael Buckner—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2838308/dave-coulier-says-alanis-morissettes-iconic-you-oughta-know-wasnt-about-him/","name":"Dave Coulier Says Alanis Morissette’s Iconic ‘You Oughta Know’ Wasn’t About Him"}}]}] ```