Saturday Night Live: Ashlee Simpson Gets Caught Lip Syncing
UPDATE: In the interest of fairness, 60 Minute had a story on SNL the week of the Ashlee episode. It showed Ashlee crying in rehearsal because she was upset that her voice was hoarse. This does not forgive how she tried to cover it up after the blunder, it does show she isn't a total liar when she said she had throat problems. It seemed she really intended to sing it live until the problems creeped in.
I was watching SnL on my Tivo with Jude Law hosting and Ashlee Simpson as the musical guest. The first song went well. I even told my wife "Wow. She sounds really good. Very impressive since it's live."
As the second song starts we hear a voice track from her first song in the background. The problem is Ashlee is NOT singing. She looks petrified and dances goofily off the stage, while the band keeps playing. SnL then cuts out into commercial break.
At the end of the show, Jude Law and Ashlee Simpson come onto the stage and explain, "Sorry the band starting playing the wrong song, so I didn't know what to do. Sorry, it's live TV." Uhh.. whatever.
There are reports in the West Coast feed later in the night, SnL edits out the voice track. Nice. It makes you wonder how many LIVE performances are actually lip synced on TV.
"Lucky Magazine: What are your takes on lip-synching?
Ashlee Simpson: I'm totally against it and offended by it. 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."
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