Ashlee Simpson Reflects On The SNL Incident | WWHL

[@likeliterally7077]

considering over half of singers use playback and lipsynch i don't think it's fair how she got treated after that

[@julio_shania]

Yeah I've never got it why ppl were so mean to her...its not like she wasnt singing live every other tv show or gig...after that she played a lead character in fucking broadway Chicago for gods sake...she proved so many times she could sing, but ppl just thought it was easier to hate her for no reason

[@BRANDONDEVON]

Eminem went on SLN the very next week with a heavy backing track and no one said anything about it. Not to mention Britney, Selena, and Bieber lip sync’s most of their performances.

[@BeeKee404]

She blamed her band for playing the wrong song. That was really her only fault. The reason she lip-synced was because of health reasons cause she had vocal problems.

[@tvTrueLoVe]

@@BeeKee404 True, but they really did play the wrong song. It was her 2nd song of the night and the person in charge of playing the vocal track screwed up by playing the 1st song over again, which was why she stopped and did her awkward dance. Of course Ashlee is responsible for lip synching in the 1st place, but she never would have received that much backlash had they played the correct track. Considering how common lip synching was at that time, she really did get treated unfairly.

[@SDoesNotKnow]

It wasn't just that. It was that everything about her was clearly so fake and manufactured from that black hair to her wearing a t-shirt that said "punk". Nothing about her seemed real and she seemed just as ditzy and unaware as her sister. MTV was trying too hard to make her happen. Plus her songs sucked. The Orange Bowl incident right after nailed the coffin on her career, thank goodness.

[@liquidstone14]

imagine going thru this amount of ridicule in front of the entire world at age 19

[@blazegarcia5607]

She should have never pushed her luck. She didn't earn SNL.

[@mrsx7944]

She deserved it. She rode the nepotism wave and pretended hard to be "punk". So phoney and forced.

[@hoodpriestessphilosophy7669]

So ridiculous.

[@Drivenut4]

And still be lying about what happened

[@DMG099]

Right.

[@orando15]

She's matured a lot. SNL fail happened 12yrs ago & glad to see she moved on accepts responsibility & over it...many celebs tend to hold grudges

[@MarySmith-lv3mo]

12 years ago? It happened 16 years ago at the time of your post. :)

[@purobrim36XX]

Yeah cuz no ones supposed to ridicule anyone. Just gotta learn how to ask why first and if they lie then ridicule them.

[@purobrim36XX]

@@MarySmith-lv3mo four years not a big deal when at the past

[@lorenznolfi368]

@@purobrim36XX not sure if she actually was lying. "It was just this one time, because my voice was bad..." Uhm, maybe, maybe not. Who knows

[@expressisverbis854]

She will never touch your penis.

[@richardmorales5469]

Ashlee Simpson is one of the few people who got a nose job done right!!

[@hj-yj5yo]

there is a lot of people with good nose jobs. they just dont talk about it

[@quidproquo82]

You never notice the good nose jobs just the bad ones

[@veggigoddess]

Look at Before & After pics of Kim Kardashian lol. Unrecognizable. She looks a million times better now but there's no evidence in her nose of her Armenian heritage. Way back in the day, she actually looked Armenian just at a glance. Now she just looks like a burnt white girl.

[@Mario_N64]

@@veggigoddess She looked like an Armenian chick from Jersey who works at a boutique.

[@lacouerfairy]

@@julianapaccola8260 Bella Hadid got a HORRIBLE nose job. She looks like her nose is made from silly putty.

[@IamproudAtin13]

Guys she got hated coz she never admitted about that during that time and she even blamed her band for it. Lol

[@Godly-Beard]

I watched the real one and the mad tv version both are funny😂😂

[@donmonteiro6830]

Yeah she did it was in her reality show she had at the time

[@LuvTadnDixie]

She said on live TV off the cuff . . . "I don't know what happened, my band started playing the wrong song" . . . but she didn't mean it literally. The music started and it was the wrong song is what she meant. She knows her voice was also playing too so she knew everyone knew it was a tape.

[@oliviatocali]

True. And remember she was a teenager, maybe panicked and said that, or perhaps her team (or PR) told her to say that.

[@PureAloha78]

Funny how she accepts responsibility now when she blamed the band the last time.

[@garouuchiha4041]

Everyone matures and everyone makes a mistake, still learning, still improving as a individual being.

[@thegame2531]

@@garouuchiha4041 Rich people mature and hire a publicist

[@junkerinhistrunker]

She was crazzzzy young and was under the advice of lots of adult professionals who should have known better. I think the fact that she is able to talk about it and own up to it shows a huge amount of growth.

[@WoeIsLee]

I barely remember who she even is but even I know this is the third different excuse ive heard now.

[@newname3021]

leerey14 lol ok well continue losing sleep over something that happened years ago. Fucking no life's I swear😂

[@brittanyb5942]

They both seem high as kites 😕

[@sydneyprescott3374]

I think so too, coke

[@sydneyprescott3374]

@@OfficialMyDo 🤣🤣....maybe just some good ol maryjane

[@konway17]

It definitely seems like they both smoked a fat bowl before coming on lmaoo

[@Dedeypsm]

Yup! Totally loaded.

[@Emcostanza]

You must not see many high people lol

[@damien1781]

Thy definitely get high ... lmao that laugh is my weed laugh and I don’t smoke weed anymore lmaoo

[@spicechica93]

Right I can see that being a smoker’s laugh or a slightly weaker & feminine version of Seth Rogan’s 😂

[@SurahOnline]

She has been laughing like that since 2002 lol

[@travelfoodielove]

3000 Wattz yup

[@streetlights88]

I felt that too lol. But who knows maybe not.

[@erikadee8668]

That’s my molly laugh . Which I’ve only done once 7 years ago.

[@sungha360]

Considering that she wasnt really regarded as an artist, this mistake wasnt so bad. It was her immediate reaction afterwards that made the situation worse.

[@Gostdemonoid]

Yeeeaaa….

[@julianbluefeather8491]

“So I decided to do a Hoedown

[@dandyIion13]

the problem was precisely that she was being positioned as "an artist" lol she was the anti-Hilary so to speak. her reaction afterwards just made her be more mocked but thats it

[@JoeyIsHere]

Her laugh though

[@Stopwar1234]

Joey Mangini love it

[@raechel0116]

It’s annoying I’m sorry

[@nafis2495]

I consider her laugh was kinda sad

[@dannydorko7075]

Faker than Fallons

[@crazylicious85]

She has always laughed like that 😂

[@Allhoney33]

Let me fix this for her.......... "I had to lip sync that last performance on SNL because my vocals deteriorated and weren't up to par for singing live that night due to medical reasons. Where I messed up was blaming my band for that ill fated night. I was 19 years old and didn't know how to own an error of that magnitude in front of millions of people. I was just so humiliated and terrified. And let me correct a wrong that I should've done years ago....my band deserves oustanding recognition till this day for rising to the challenge. Ray Brady (guitar), Braxton Olita (guitar), Zach Kennedy (bass guitar), Chris Fox (drums). Like they say, the show must go on and that's something they emboddied". A statement like that would set her free and release her from this nightmare she's forced to re-live over and over. I can tell by her body language that the whole thing still torments her soul. Unfortunately, there's narcissism with people who make it to the top and it's that same narcissism that prevents them from humbling themselves and releasing themselves from the agony and torture they so badly wish to escape.

[@iCantPickaNamej]

Damn this was deep. I like it.

[@BuckJoebiden-if3cg]

Thank you for that fine forensic analysis Mr. Bodine.

[@WellthatlldoitAGAIN]

Well written comment

[@StevenTierney-zj1ok]

The problem here is that you are outing her band members who craved their anonymity long before the SNL incident. Imagine having to tell your hard assed musical buddies that you're in Ashlee Simpson's band. That would be awful and the statement you suggested would reopen all the old wounds - not of that night - but of having been in Ashlee Simpson's band.

[@j.4867]

She doesn't need to release any kind of statement about the situation anymore. What's done is done.

[@jujub4553]

Vocal nodes? I thought it was “acid reflux”

[@user-jb5ed2ou7h]

Juju B yes me too.

[@ontherockswithsalt560]

Juju B Who cares. It was 14 years ago. Move on.

[@cthulufunk]

Vocal nodes caused by acid reflux. Let me instruct you in the fine art of bullshitting.

[@mr.jazzbodkelsey58]

She actually got bit by a rare bug on a farm, which caused her to spontaneously do a barn dance

[@Kevlar333]

Mr. Jazzbo makes sense lmao

[@AllenHanPR]

It's amazing how far her career went down after that SNL thing.

[@prankgirl9112]

@@irine_elle Grow up.

[@TThatsWhatSheSaid1]

Its probably Karma coming back to reclaim the fame she never deserved in the first place. Lol

[@jaguar4120]

@@TThatsWhatSheSaid1 Well if that is the case wheres Kim Kardashian Karma then? That whole family doesn't deserve fame because they have zero talent. Only good her taking selfies naked in the bathroom. 🙄 And kim wants to be a lawyer. Who on earth would take her seriously.

[@miroenriquez5473]

She didn't have a great pr team really.

[@Leatherphilosophy]

Her laugh doesn’t help

[@jeffreytackett3922]

In case anyone is wondering how to achieve this type of manic detachment, it involves smoking weed to take the edge off of the cocaine you snorted before the interview.

[@TThatsWhatSheSaid1]

Lmao not very often do I read something that genuinely makes me laugh out loud but the way you worded that shit 😂

[@mrsx7944]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

I'm sure she loves this coming up in every interview she has.

[@c.fontana7524]

But what else is there to interview her about? She's done nothing.

[@fantasea114]

it's literally the only thing i know about her so i'd say it's well deserved

[@dandyIion13]

@@c.fontana7524 done nothing when? lol at the time of this interview she was promoting a show and a new music project with her husband. and she's done plenty of stuff throughout her career, more than most artists lol her album was the biggest selling debut of 2004, and even after the SNL debacle she still had another platinum album that went #1.. not to mention she's done plenty other stuff since even if she's mostly been out of the spotlight.

[@c.fontana7524]

@@dandyIion13 Wow....calm down fan girl. Jesus.....

[@c.fontana7524]

@@dandyIion13 Your taste in music is pure garbage fyi.

[@danielle228512]

Honestly I didn't think the SNL thing was that big of a deal. Stuff happens and for her to be dragged so hard like she was, it makes me commend her even more!

[@cupcakequeenn]

Yea

[@TheInfernoarmy]

She was still a young kid back then. People should cut her some slack.

[@jeremyrfritz]

I think people might have gone easier on her if she hadn't blamed her band for "playing the wrong song" at the end of the show. Now all these years later and she's blaming it on a throat thing. She just sucks.

[@stlouisluv]

It was that pathetic leprechaun dance she did after that made it that much worse.

[@incubrian]

its because she was a prepackaged product of a time when weird parents forced their kids to do things they werent ready to do, and use status to try to milk money out of them. ashlee was well aware that she could not sing, and relied on studio magic to make it work. then she blamed her band for the SNL fuck up, when it was solely on her shoulders, which i am glad she finally admitted here in this vid.

[@AbcD-ly4ct]

That freaking man is way too high 😂😂😂 He can barely open his eyes lol

[@mrsx7944]

And he seems very 🏳️‍🌈

[@kayleyraemusic]

@@mrsx7944he really does.

[@The__Gent]

She's matured very well. Physically and mentally.

[@wodahs4200]

King Zak you say that like we decide how we laugh. And laughing a certain way doesn’t contribute to your maturity. Lol 😂

[@The__Gent]

@@wodahs4200 I know right 😂

[@kernelxsanders]

except for the fact that she is lying on air. real mature lol

[@debut71]

well it was 12 years ago lol

[@CoryMatthew87]

How did she mature? In what way based on this clip? lol...

[@TinyRockbee]

She's so high. I don't care... just saying.

[@SurahOnline]

No she isn't

[@mariaa3547]

High on what?

[@mariaa3547]

Lindsay HOhan 666 wow what??? Does the husband do it too or know do u think

[@DavidWheeler85]

Im sure Andy offered her coke before the show

[@IamXPersephone]

That’s what I got too 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@user-ny7tc2vl5f]

"I woke up and had no voice" Well Ill be god damned.....that is the perfect explanation, im so glad she realizes that.

[@PureAloha78]

lmao

[@lauramoor7730]

Girl nobody is laughing just chill it’s not funny

[@absolutecanvas3205]

Laura Moor 😂😂😂🤣

[@godgirl34599]

Sometimes I do that in uncomfortable situations it's quite common

[@amarettopunsch1496]

can u all give her a break... Jesus shut up

[@evanperilstein5308]

He sounds so much like his mom.

[@nuke2625]

😂😂👌🏻👌🏻 Nailed

[@Germania72]

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I really liked her old nose. It gave her character. Her face wasn't generic. I always thought she was beautiful.

[@janeknevermind]

She had hard time with breathing that's why she went through the surgery but I agree with you.

[@maulcs]

​@@janeknevermind Oh please, MJ gave that same excuse.

[@jeannetpierre1]

Her laughing like that only makes it worse. Why can’t she just be serious and admit that she can’t sing?

[@PureAloha78]

lol

[@TheLubys]

Evans voice is so soul full, he reminds me of a young Terrence Howard.

[@ImaJerseygirl4ever]

Lulu R totally agree and he kind of has a Bruno mars voice thing going on 🤔

[@oxEmyxo]

That's who it was! I was like he reminds me of someone.

[@caligal1090]

Lulu R i think it would be considering hes diana ross’ son lol

[@masterganon]

To me he sounds exactly like Steve-O

[@uziclippe]

Terrence Howard yes

[@bubblesbunnyful]

She's aged so well!!! Even if she had a nose job.

[@lucyk.5163]

She had way more than a nose job, but yeah.

[@Imnottapinata]

Not her career though. That aged like milk left out of the ‘fridge lol

[@WithoutRemorse12]

@@Imnottapinata It's seem like her career might surpass Jessica's. She definitely had stronger acting. Her father was still her manager and he was trying to speed up her career after Jessica cut him off and got professional management.

[@DMG099]

I like her reg voice...she's cute

[@MikeCee7]

The doctor who did her nose job did a great job. I had my rhinoplasty done same year as Ashlee, and my nose didn’t look any different.

[@WalterMoran]

I remember the second time she performed on SNL for her second album. She performed Boyfriend and Catch me when I fall and she did amazing. Her second album also from what I remember had 2 out of the 3 singles that were all played on radio heavily and her videos were on TRL. So her first SNl stint did not ruin her career. She did great. The fans loved her but the stupid media likes to shame her for that dumb incident.

[@mrsx7944]

It wasn't just the media. She's generic and talentless. Her only claim to fame was that she was Jessica's sister. Her whole look was forced.

[@mrsx7944]

The fans are the ones that booed her at the orange bowl. Not the media.

[@WalterMoran]

@@mrsx7944 well you have your opinion and I have mine. I disagree with you strongly on this. Neither one of us know her and her intentions behind her career. I choose to believe she wanted this and wanted to go the pop punk route and she did great. The argument is that she fell off the radar due to that SNL performance and like I said that’s not true cause she had 2 more albums after the first one and her third album was the one that flopped because she tried to go the Gwen Stefani route. But most artist anyways have 2 good albums and by the third one they start to die down. Same happened for Gaga...

[@edwardcalloway2661]

I remember that performance actually. I tuned in to watch it when her new album " I Am Me " came out and I bought the album to support because I loved her back then and still do now. She did really well the second time it's sad they don't have the footage except only on the SNL site because it would disassemble the narrative her career ended after that which wasn't true. Even after the Orange Bowl I Am Me was number one a year later. When Ashlee released the third record that bombed and she became pregnant and focused less on music. That's the truth but the media had a narrative at the time they pushed. She did have acid reflux and I think with a good vocal coach she could have improved alot more because she had a promising voice her technique wasn't the best and the media was never kind to her to be honest but she seems happy now and I love seeing that.

[@Fierra2000]

I think it’s weird how huge that incident was…Back then many singers lip synced and although they got heat for it too, they literally blew Ashlee’s situation way out of proportion.

[@aarfan44]

For real. It was ridiculous.

[@robertkise]

And what’s even worse is the fact that, here she is, years later, taking all of the blame for something that was obviously not her fault. It’s probably what she just came to realize that the fastest & easiest way to move on past that subject, every time it comes up, is to just say it was all her fault. That’s sad. I mean the little jig and leaving the stage didn’t have to happen if she’d have just gotten a little angry instead of embarrassed and made a stand right there and then and just waited a few more seconds. First thing she should’ve done was stop those guitar players from extending the mistake any longer and give the sound man, monitor guy (or whoever was running the recorded vocal tracks) a few seconds to get his shit straightened out. Yes, the lip-syncing cat was already out of the bag but they could’ve performed the proper song. Even better yet, tell them to give her a live mic or just turn on the one she had. Just sing it for real to turn around what everyone already had in their minds now. The whole “my band started playing the wrong song” lie was just unreal. Like all 4 or 5 of those guys in her band, all forgot they just played that song a half-hour ago… the only other song that was already played that night at SNL.🤔

[@DomCharlo]

No. She was caught and exposed. That was around the same time she disrespected a McDonald’s worker in Canada. So there’s no pity.

[@violaz7040]

i love ashlee she will forever be a legend. Her voice was so unique, like another commenter had said, your voice does not have to sound like adele to be a musician. Her voice was raspy and unique in its own way, and will never be replaced. She also helped me through a lot with her music and I could relate to her "shadow" song, being the younger sister and always feeling second.

[@amado4249]

She sucks. Awful singer.

[@steveysimmons13579]

Translation: "I've matured enough to take my publicist's advice and repeat the PR script rather than my own script where I just blame others."

[@DevinWasTakenWasTaken]

What she really meant to say is "We were lipsyncing the performance because I wasn't confident in my vocals live and, when the wrong song queued up, I did an awkward jig around the stage and then stormed out while my band played live like the professionals they are. And then during the ending credits, I blamed my fuck up on my band and ruined my career. And now I visit Andy Cohen talk shows."

[@sonnic1995]

Doing a lip synch it's a must do for tv, just a couple of big companis would actually pay a sound engenieer to set it all up, unless it's a big start they need to make sure they sing. All the "she was sick" or was "scared" or the "chord problem" are mere excuses, she was probably forced to do playback, the problem comes when she did the Orange Bowl thing and she couldn't hit a single note of the song she did, then making her "persona" feel fake and not relatable, anyone who saw the lip synch and then the terrible performance would, understandably, be like "oh she always faked it" Bon Jovi had a playback fail of his own on live tv, after a piano intro he took his time to get to the mic as if he was singing live and the voice started before he even took the mic, he just laughed and no one cared because he was already known for being able to sing live. She had bad luck and a bad respone, which could been recommended by her label, like "do not take the blame, blame the band, the sound guy, the show everyone but you" now that she actually takes the blame no one cares, it's too late.

[@DevinWasTakenWasTaken]

@@sonnic1995 the lipsync isn't what killed her career. It's how she handled the mistake instead of owning it

[@sonnic1995]

@@DevinWasTakenWasTaken Completely agree. I don't know if she decided it or was the label idea to go like "i'm not to blame, it's the band.. oh now the sound guy... oh my stomach... everyone but me" now she finally says it was her fault, and no one cares, it's too late and saddly she'll always be remembered as the SNL Lip Synch fail girl. Plus the Orange Bowl performance didn't help, it was so terrible that i'm sure convinced some people that she couldn't actually sing.

[@GLamoRousCooKie]

Yeah, Devin cause you were there with her that day and you know exactly what happened right? Lmao.

[@DomCharlo]

Sounds pretty accurate to me

[@TruthSurge]

wow, looks like they're great for each other.

[@heatherc.5760]

He loves her. She seems ackward at times.

[@sal_pal3356]

your spelling seems ackward too.

[@Jacson_23]

@@sal_pal3356 *awkward

[@sal_pal3356]

@@Jacson_23 thanks Sarah

[@LeeDee5]

Are the people who keep saying "it's not fair she was treated like that" actually watching live when it happened? I remember it vividly and it was thoroughly one of the most awkward things i've ever seen. It felt like time was slowing to a crawl and the second-hand embarrassment radiated off the screen. In retrospect it seems a little less terrible as the years have gone by, but at the time it was definitely not salvageable.

[@leeleewhite]

When I watch (kinda an annual tradition), it's still just as awkward as when it happened. I remember feeling bad for her. Until she did the jig. Which was cringe-awkward & funny all at once. And then she blamed the band.

[@janeknevermind]

Sure it was awkward and cringy but it should have never been a reason for THAT amount of ridicule and hate for months and months both from media and from people. She was young and already insecure. She deserves a second chance.

[@janeknevermind]

​​@@leeleewhitetbh whoever started playing the wrong song was at fault, Autobiography would have been the second song but somebody started playing Pieces of Me, which was already performed. It sucks she lost her voice on the day of the performance, she was so excited for SNL. 🥲

[@leeleewhite]

@janeknevermind Thank you for reminding me to come back & watch this for the year. Also, I'm signing up for SNL standby tickets for this Saturday. So I'll take this as a sign that I'm making it in 😉 Too bad graphic tees are against the rules or I totally would find a way to get an Ashlee Simpson shirt made this week :)

[@Savagemode09]

Tbh that album helped me more than any singer of my generation. She was really talented the world was too cruel ...

[@Proustmoi]

Has her voice always been this deep? well, not Luann deep, but deep nonetheless

[@Missmagazinebura]

David Lots of singing in the recording studio

[@cheesecake134]

It has. You could hear it during her old show, but I think she was insecure about it because she often forced a higher register. I think now she's just more comfortable because she's not 18 anymore.

[@prankgirl9112]

Probably smoking weed so much made her voice deeper.

[@Pierced93]

She doesn't even look like the same person. But she now says it's her fault and she had no voice but she clearly had a voice at the end of that snl show when she threw the band under the bus

[@KevenTalks]

I never thought the Diana Ross dynasty and the Jessica Simpson dynasty would somehow merge LOL

[@Yugvijay]

Lol

[@thetanvan5833]

They need to be at home with a big ol plate of pizza rolls.....

[@FabledRomance]

“How it affected you.” It literally stopped her (unjustified) music career.

[@colek8290]

She knew how to stand up and go on with her life, other people could have gotten into drugs, alcohol or suicide.

[@darosp]

I can't believe people in the comments section. She is more talented that any of you. She has a raspy special voice, maybe not the best , but sounds pretty good for rock/pop style. Also, she is not only a singer, she's an amazing songwriter too. And she have a lot of charisma to be in front of a group of people holding the mic. About the incident, it's all explained everything with proof on the Ashlee Simpson Show, she's not lying about the nods. And don't be stupid, she first blame the band because that is what happened IN THE SHOW, she was being honest at the time, but now she is talking in another point of view, saying that it was her fault in the first place cause she should had say no to the presentation because the nods. And she wasn't trying to be Jessica, their music is nothing alike, in her first album she has songs like shadows where she talks about being herself. She doesn't deserve so much hate.

[@7crunch]

Okay we got a Ashlee Simpson fan 😭😭 relax

[@GippyHappy]

I’m glad she accepts responsibility but part of me doesn’t believe the voice problem story

[@warclassics]

yeah it's weird because the band clearly started playing the wrong song

[@iRsemple]

She literally has footage of her going to the doctors twice over the week beforehand, and the doctor telling her not to perform. Bassist played correct song (Autobiography). Drummer played the wrong song (Pieces of Me). Drummer is responsible for turning on the lip-syncing vocals. He turned on the wrong one. (Pieces of Me). Ashlee and Bassist are confused. Guitarist joins in with the wrong song. (Pieces of Me). Bassist says Fuck It and switches to the wrong song (Pieces of Me). Ashlee is more confused. Ashlee gets out of the way. Band rocks on. Later, Ashlee uses her 5 second goodbye to say "My band started playing the wrong song" in order to sum up "Earlier this week I was at the doctors about my voice, who recommended i dont sing live. But I'm 2p and naïve so when my parents pushed me to do the live SNL performance, I went for it. During the dress rehearsal my voice started giving out, so we switched to lip-syncing. But we also changed the order of our two songs for the night. So when the drummer accidentally started to repeat the first song that we already performed, and then the rest of the band joined in, I had no idea how to respond. I'm sorry!"

[@DomCharlo]

But the backing track was playing. You’re baseless I get it

[@GippyHappy]

Okay @@DomCharlo

[@davidao2551]

Britney Spears haven't sung live in years, it's not fair how much doing playback once damaged Ashlee's career

[@johnsmi213]

I think her walking off the stage just showed she wasn't a genuine performer but someone who MTV manufactured after her sister's reality show was a mega-hit. A real musician would have been embarrassed but immediately apologized for the mishap and got things back on track to perform the right second song.

[@GodsFaveSim]

You can't compare Ashlee to Britney. Britney might lipsync but she's a performer with real stage presence, people give her a pass because they know she's still gonna put on a great show. Plus she didn't always lipsync and she does sing along with the tracks at her shows the last 5 years, no she's not belting but you can actually hear her voice when she's not focusing on the choreography.

[@charliec7853]

@@GodsFaveSim yeah Britney is actually talented and she was noticed by talent agencies for her singing and dancing. Not like Ashlee who just happen that her sister got famous so she was able to get an easy door thru her

[@GodsFaveSim]

Charlie C exactly 👏🏼 thank you 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼. People always try to discredit Britney but they don’t even have half the success that she does. She’s the princess of pop for a reason.

[@musiclover_kb4913]

@@GodsFaveSim Actually no one ever really gave Britney a pass for lip syncing at least not anyone outside of her fan base. Also Britney has lip-synced 95% of her career

[@iancampbell168]

I LOVE Ashlee Simpson, currently obsessed with Bat For A Heart! It makes me so mad people basically blacklisted her for that SNL incident...so what it happened. She was young. It doesn’t matter what happened it shouldn’t have affected her career the way it did.

[@rai_Blogz]

bat for a heart is pretty good. Sounds like a chill song you'd hear at H&M in the early 2010s

[@pilotswife06]

Imagine being Diana Ross. And then getting Ashlee Simpson as your daughter in law. Sometimes life ain’t fair.

[@stlouisluv]

I think she was the only female desperate enough to willingly agree to be his beard

[@natspencer5799]

Well look at her now... she's STUNNING, even if this is 4 years ago she looks a hella lot better than all her peers who were doing the pop circuit in 2004

[@ozricaurora]

She was only 19 at the time but people mock her when pretty much every other pop singer does it

[@jellosquishier]

It's funny. It's been over 15 years and people still remember her for that SNL incident.

[@Imnottapinata]

The host should have asked her if she apologizes for blaming her band.

[@fwily2580]

Room temperature IQ’s.

[@zoso1980]

Isn't that most of the poptarts? They just want to be seen and famous. They have to be dumb enough to be controllable and have no artistic vision for themselves.

[@eggegg8181]

Room Temperature IQ’s...never heard of that but I’m stealing that now

[@joshuaclemons2137]

Ashlee Simpson actually comes off as super real and likeable. Kudos to her!

[@jayhi5479]

Please not another couple's reality show!

[@celebrityrog]

She’s actually grown so much and is super hilarious and realistic

[@laracroftvideos]

This isn't Ashlee related, but omfg I love Evan's speaking voice

[@BLADEMACAPHEE]

I gotta say, mmm she looks good...I mean surgery done obviously...but it was well done

[@PODSMPSG1]

Ashley looks very beautiful here. Very pretty earrings.

[@VocallyYours3]

Lol that’s the only way I remember her from SNL!! Lip singing her face off!!✌🏽😂

[@jessyjulie5506]

Lip syncing

[@sarahmckinneyrobinson]

Ashlee, don’t worry, bby, I remember the second SNL performance well! I actually tried to find it on KZbin the other day, but to no avail. It was awesome; Catch Me When I Fall is a beautiful song and you performed it wonderfully! 😽 x

[@noemistephanie93]

Do u know where it's available if it's not on KZbin? I haven't seen it but I want to

[@cathrinegray2947]

I liked the few songs put out by Ashley back then- she is a good pop singer- I hate that the media crucified her for lip synching- Everybody has done it at one time or another- so what- just insane how the media stirs up so much crap that is just plain stupid.

[@Hrvatica43]

she's totally on drugs

[@DavidWheeler85]

So is Andy, hes always coked up

[@Savagemode09]

They both are lol

[@mooknick242]

their eyes are pillfucked yes

[@rogetrogetgiddy]

@@DavidWheeler85 Not with a baby he isn't, LOL! Unless he has round the clock help!

[@VahidMusictx]

I can tell it still effects her. Keep your head up

[@nsyuaida]

Maybe it wasn’t the fact that she just lip synced. It was the cringe af dance she did as damage control! LOOOOL

[@balrogmorgoth2360]

What i don't see many people giving credit to Ashlee Simpson is her style and fashion. When i watch her videos,even her old ones, the outfit pieces are still relevant and wearable.She was definitely more influencial than she or anyone can admit!

[@ositoosito4566]

Ya if that happened to anyone her age it would affect them. But she should have never forced something that wasn’t natural she’s still doing it to this day. She doesn’t completely suck at singing she should embrace her raspy voice and stay in the keys she can actually hit.

[@carina-nonbinary]

Lip sincs are so common and she was like 18 or 19 back then, it was totally blown out of proportion lmao

[@purefoldnz3070]

Who is the kid with little pencil mustache? lol

[@Blueberries7441]

Purefoldnz Diana Ross’s son!

[@tommybasham-oo7qf]

@@Blueberries7441 He's not fooling anyone, he looks like he would leave it in his mouth until it goes soft, just saying.

[@JTScott1988]

@@tommybasham-oo7qf hes a father.

[@oclover8994]

@@tommybasham-oo7qf LEAVE WHAT?!? 😂

[@tommybasham-oo7qf]

@LifeonMaz It doesn't "many" ? What language are you speaking Pig Latin?

[@MaleOrderBride]

It's crazy what a "scandal" it was back then she lip-synced....when basically every young modern singer today lip-syncs and don't even perform live anymore. Post Malone was lip-syncing his entire concert recently and tripped/fell down a pit while the vocals still played...and his career wasn't cancelled like poor Ashlee.

[@Romeu021]

That was like 15 years ago, people need to get over it and leave the poor woman alone geez.

[@johnmeskill2015]

I agree considering other acts are lip syncing today. Many videos have emerged of Paul Stanley of KISS lip syncing.

[@zacheryspencer]

Ashlee looks so pretty! I always loved her..the SNL thing was terrible..her band just smiled and kept playing when she walked off..I always felt really bad for her

[@freakshow8252]

“It was my band” 😂

[@lisawinterstien2048]

Why didn’t she just say it was her nodes from the get go? Instead, she threw her band under the bus. Real cool 🤨

[@AnggaSumilir94]

Her amazing raspy voice 🖤

[@Laurennn]

You guys realize that she didn’t say this excuse at the time, right? She blatantly blamed her band, and I think that’s why she got canceled. There’s even a dedicated song about it (Neurosonic “So Many People). So before you jump to her defense… why didn’t she come out and tell everyone at the time it was her fault?

[@j.4867]

Because two things can be true. The wrong song was in fact playing AND she was facing an illness.

[@user-mv1hv5ce3b]

she didn't deserve to have career murdered. she seems like such a down-to-earth person about this situation now, but it may be because she's baked. either way, she didn't deserve all that

[@Fireglo]

What do you expect going into the mainstream pop industry? Shit like that never happens in heavy metal. Fans may be less in number but they're loyal. Bands over 30 years old still keep their fanbase because they appreciate the music it's not about fads and singles.

[@crazylicious85]

I agree. I loved her music...the songs were very relatable

[@MsTilly]

Ashlee deserves a huge apology!

[@meg-k-waldren]

What ever for?

[@Romeu021]

@@meg-k-waldren because of the midia circus that made this stupid incident such a big deal? It's not like she was the only performer in the world to lipsync lol

[@FrankCastle-he8fl]

Who cares she is a nobody find some real news

[@aprilxoabelxo]

1:09 when I’m tryna do my homework but I can’t think at the moment..

[@kaylabetsinger6317]

He’s very feminine

[@beckstyles3467]

cool story

[@friedaclaxton5950]

Michael Jackson is his father.

[@luminaxsiren]

Frieda Claxton no he’s not

[@slomotionaction]

Best attitude ever. No one remembers her second time on SNL. Why? They are insecure they choose her faults to feel better

[@mrsx7944]

Uhm no. Because by that point her "career' was already over. She was a phoney ,manufactured product of nepotism. So self absorbed and shallow.

[@Daleykins]

Owned up to it with ease! You classy B 😘

[@L0wallyn]

Unicorn Fairy1265 It’s a shame the first thing she did when it was fresh was blame her band. But yeah, years later, she owned up to it with ease. Very classy.

[@kenbo-2179]

Does not address or apologize for blaming the band. True to her nature.

[@gdhchuno]

1:04 No hate but her laugh sounds a little similar to that Eddie guy in friends.

[@Gostdemonoid]

😳😳 She’s deniing she lip sinkd STILL?? Girl, just own up to it! ….it happened so long ago. It’d be better if you admitted it.

[@DavidKen878]

Exactly. She can blame it on whatever medical reason she wants, she still lip-sync and embarrassed herself.

[@mitb06]

Shes bubbly n i think the nervous laugh is cute

[@mattwallstead9750]

Me too.

[@TheJackTheLion]

Who's gonna tell Ashley her husband it batting for the other team?

[@raskl48mimiokethesuckysing59]

It wasn’t fair to you Ashlee, you’re an amazing singer, and why hasn’t anyone else been treated how you were for something that was out of your control... you’re amazing and I am so glad you are back making music, I have all your old music an I know every song, because they were all amazing, much love and respect ❤️❤️❤️❤️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🎤🎤🎤🎤🎼🎼🎼❤️❤️❤️😁😁😁😁

[@Maxmaxmax95]

Its sad to read such a high fucking amount of haters, let her be guys shes still human 🙄

[@antoniowilliams2671]

it's so sad that her career ended after that. such a cool album and her outta this world album was out of this world but nobdy cared :(

[@mrsx7944]

Yuck. Such a generic voice.

[@emilypopovich4790]

I wish she hadn’t been given so much grief over this moment; singers lip sync but no one ever makes a big deal of them doing it. Yes, she shouldn’t have blamed her band and then years later accepted responsibility for it but she’s better than most singers today.

[@DomCharlo]

No she is not lol stop it lol

[@clydecash5659]

Dude THAT is her husband?! He looks and sounds like he’s twelve. Either I don’t understand women or Ashlee needs a visit from Chris Hanson

[@KP_Gem]

I'm gunna go with you don't understand women.

[@effurfeelings]

She wasn't a young girl, she was an adult and handled it like a champ. The treatment was justified considering how horrible her healthy vocals sound being part of a showbiz family. Nepotism gets you to mediocre levels.

[@HRaeN]

Any singer who woke up without a voice would have done the exact same thing she did. Performing on snl was a big deal back then and no one would have let go of that opportunity on the day of the show. They've all sang along with the track playing at some point anyway. It's pretty much the norm. More singers probably should have had her back. Maybe some did and I just don't remember. I do remember that she got absolutely torn to shreds for that though.

[@RMCBoxing]

Ashlee Simpson: I wanna be the chosen one. Surgeon: That's impossible. Ashlee: Ok. I wanna be the one by his side. Surgeon: Say no more. Here you have Trinity nose.

[@tonyj4271]

who cares about that anymore it happened 30 years ago

[@candysweet434]

you're not very good at math are you? it happened in 2004, so 14 years ago. please go back to school.

[@cheeriosforhonkies8867]

It wasn’t what happened …. It’s HOW she handled it. She just walked off stage and left the band to deal with it. Which worked out well for them b/c they sounded better without her 😂 She also blamed it on the band. Yes she was young, but the fact that she blames a medical condition is bull. She never could sing and was trying to float in on nepotism. It’s years ago. Just had this spin across the algorithm b/c I did revisit the strange leprechaun jig she did during the original video

[@czechpirc3212]

she woke up in the morning and couldnt sing lolz, yea ok, cool story bro

[@anniemurphy9710]

Awe! Who was responsible? Me. Love to see someone grow up and mature like that

[@wadhaa5045]

Her nervous laughter is so annoying

[@markc5771]

Careers are ruined on purpose. That SNL thing was on purpose.