Posted on 01/11/2005 10:10:08 PM PST by Critical Bill
If an innate tenet of parenthood is to protect one's offspring, why does Joe Simpson insist on repeatedly tossing his youngest child to the wolves? ADVERTISEMENT
That's Joe Simpson, father of the alarmingly untalented Ashlee Simpson. Ever since her lip-synching debacle last year on ''Saturday Night Live," the pop star wannabe has been a perpetual punch line, and the disparaging words grew even more ferocious after her screechy, off-key performance at the recent Orange Bowl halftime show. By the end of her song, ''La La," a spectacular chorus of boos rained from what sounded like a good portion of the 70,000 people in attendance.
Before the camera quickly cut away, Ashlee looked so stunned it was as if someone had backhanded her across the face. Now, Ashlee will begin her first headlining tour next month, and it'll be tough not to feel some sympathy for her since it's her greedy father who, in his capacity as her manager, keeps offering her up for public ridicule.
Having struck gold with older daughter Jessica and her reinvention as a dumb blonde on the MTV reality show ''Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica," Joe Simpson, the show's executive producer, immediately began foisting kid sister Ashlee on us, like she's part of some two-for-one package deal. Before you could say nepotism, Ashlee had her own self-titled MTV show (which, like ''Newlyweds," returns for a new season Jan. 26) detailing the making of her debut album, ''Autobiography." That she didn't have a lick of talent was instantly apparent, but there was her father encouraging her to sing songs in various ways.
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That dance she did on Saturday Night Live after she got busted lip syncing was the funniest thing I have seen on that program in over 10 years!
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/ashlee-snl.html
It was a hoedown which she did pretty well. She showed her imaturity by not telling the band to restart the song etc.
She's just a kid, so what difference does it make? That has nothing to do with her singing, anyway.
now thats funny..hehe
Even funnier was when she was loudly booed during her entire performance at the Orange Bowl this year.
Not sure wether to blame her or her father or both. Is she that hard that she can come back from beeing booed by 70,000 people. Just one would send me into crying spasms.
A kid? My wife was married and had a child at 20. She is no kid and I was kidding btw.Thinking out loud I guess.
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Ashlee Simpson is nowhere near as hot as he sister, so I guess her bag is supposed to be the "serious artist." Except she doesn't have the talent. Maybe she should just put the bag on her head.
The Dad is probably more supportive than pushy. Ashlee has been in various TV programs including a regular, at least for a while, kinda oxymoronic, on 7th Heaven.
I think she's drive by envy..........definitly not talent.
That whole Orange Bowl halftime show was messed up audio-wise and Kelly Clarkson really surprised me by managing to hammer through her number despite mic problems and what seemed to be monitor issues. Never a fan of "American Idol" or Ms. Clarkson, but she showed real professionalism in the face of major on-stage weirdness. Ashlee Simpson, on the other hand, seems like little more than "this year's model", soon to be last year's.
I didn't see Simpson's Orange Bowl apearance but I did see a bit of Kelly Clarkson's performance and it looked like she was having problems hearing herself sing. She was using a finger to close one ear in an attempt to hear herself better. It's a bit of a challenge to sing in tune and blend well when you can't hear yourself. And the mixing of the vocals left a great deal to be desired, as well. I felt bad for Clarkson but she seemed to have the seasoning and stage presence to get through it. Apparently, Simpson did not. Of course the crowd was probably not inclined to cut Simpson any slack, either.
My daughter has been to one of her concerts and she says it was one of the best ones she has ever attended.
*snort* LOLing here...
The crowd booing showed a total lack of class.
She deserved every single boo she got and then some. Cripes, there is more talent stuck in the treads of my boots. That was absolutely horrific. If I had screwed up that bad, I would have run off to find the nearest high-speed train and made myself a 0-150 mph hood ornament.
Idiocy knows not embarrassment.
Clarkson's concerts, I mean.
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