Simpson Dad Blames Acid Reflux for Gaffe
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Posted on 10/25/2004 5:22:30 PM PDT by monkapotamus
Ashlee Simpson Takes 'SNL' Lip Sync Blame
By Barry A. Jeckell
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Ashlee Simpson (news) is reportedly taking the heat for deciding to lip-sync during a performance on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" over the weekend, a plan that backfired when the vocals to the wrong song were audible during her second appearance.
Simpson had already performed her single "Pieces of You" and had returned to the "SNL" stage to run through the title track of her Geffen debut album, "Autobiography." As the band kicked into the song, her vocals to the first song were heard while Simpson held her microphone at her side.
Flustered, she improvised a few dance steps before bolting from the stage. NBC quickly cut to a commercial.
At the close of the show, Simpson deflected the blame, telling the viewing audience "I feel so bad. My band started playing the wrong song." Geffen issued a statement blaming a computer glitch that should have played pre-recorded percussion rather than the "Pieces of You" vocals.
Simpson was reportedly singing a different tune Monday. MTV, home to her reality series "The Ashlee Simpson Show," reported on its Web site that Simpson admitted to lip syncing on the show because her voice has suffering from the stresses of a heavy promotional schedule.
"I can't cancel something like 'SNL,"' Simpson is said to have written in a post on her official Web site (http://www.ashleesimpsonmusic.com). "You and I know that even if I synched on it or not, I'd still get seen by millions, maybe even make a few more fans.
"I'll hold my head high and say I think it was silly of me to do it, silly of me to blame the band, I was just so f---ing embarrassed," she added. "But I don't think it did me much harm, and people will see that soon."
An attempt to find Simpson's original post is daunting, as her site's message board has become a battleground where her staunch fans are fighting to defend her from an onslaught of thousands of negative, even vicious posts.
Amidst the often-vulgar posts in the site's "open forum" is a quote lifted from a Lucky magazine interview where she was asked about lip-synching. "I'm totally against it and offended by it," she said. "I'm going out to let my real talent show, not to just stand there and dance around. Personally, I'd never lip-synch. It's just not me."
The younger sister of singer-turned-reality television star Jessica Simpson (news) scored her family's first chart-topping album when "Autobiography" was released in August. The set spent three non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 and has sold 2 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
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It's amazing, the crap that passes for "talent" these days.
I guess she slept with the right music industry bigshot to get the gig.
"But I don't think it did me much harm, and people will see that soon."
Hmm, did ya take a look at what your fans said on your web site? Hmmm, not much harm? LOL
Actually closer to Kerry - "I don't fall - that SOB tripped me!"
Her career is pining for the fjords.
Jessica Simpson is a republican, I assume Ashlee is too.
That's for sure. It's not my fault. I'm just a victim of coicumstance.
What little appeal that show used to have for me was the live music. Glad I don't watch anymore. I think it probably hurts their show as much as the reputation of the ditz girl.
Geffen issued a statement blaming a computer glitch that should have played pre-recorded percussion rather than the "Pieces of You" vocals.
So even the band is a friggin' phoney.
At least Britney can pole dance. BTW - What was with all the hopping around stuff? Even with the song that went "well" all she did was walk forward and backward. I know old ladies in walkers that danced better.
Simpson Dad Blames Acid Reflux for Gaffe
Oct 25, 4:48 PM (ET)
By DAVID BAUDER
(AP) Ashlee Simpson arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards in Miami, on Aug. 29, 2004. Simpson's "extra...
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NEW YORK (AP) - If Ashlee Simpson's stomach was upset Saturday night, imagine how she's feeling now. Busted for a "Saturday Night Live" lip-synch gone awry, her manager-father said Monday his 19-year-old daughter used the extra help because acid reflux disease had made her voice hoarse.
"Just like any artist in America, she has a backing track that she pushes so you don't have to hear her croak through a song on national television," Joe Simpson told Ryan Seacrest on Los Angeles radio station KIIS-FM. "No one wants to hear that."
"Jessica Simpson is a republican, I assume Ashlee is too."
She isn't. If you do a search on this site, you will see a picture of her in front of Kerry/Edwards signs. So, there's your answer. She's a no talent singer voting for the idiot man sKerry himself.
no, the band actually played their instruments. The geffen excuse is just a cover.
If you watch the fiasco, after she leaves the stage the band members kinda start grinning at each other.
"What was with all the hopping around stuff? Even with the song that went "well" all she did was walk forward and backward. I know old ladies in walkers that danced better."
LOL. I couldn't agree more.
In another news article, she blamed the drummer.
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