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Ashlee's Deep Denial
Simpson sidesteps booing blame; Plus, Ashley parties, Madonna chants, and more

Jan. 12, 2005

Ashlee Simpson is fast becoming an expert at the blame game. After her lip-synching, square-dancing meltdown on "Saturday Night Live," she was quick to fault both the band and her pesky acid reflux.

Now, days after she received a resounding chorus of boos following an eardrum-shattering half-time performance at the Orange Bowl, she's once again running plays from the excuses handbook (a tome we're guessing was penned by dad Joe Simpson), and she's pointing the fickle finger of responsibility at everyone but herself.

"If they didn't like the performance, and that's what it was about, then sorry to them," a deep-in-denial Ashlee pouts to MTV. "Maybe they were booing at me, maybe they were booing at the half-time show 'cause the whole thing sucked. I was facing [the Oklahoma Sooners], and I was rooting for USC, and they played a clip of it, so maybe it was that those people didn't like me. You never know. But I can't make everybody happy."

As for her much-mocked, off-key rendition of "La La" (its screechy denouement of "you make me wanna scream" is forever seared in our brain), Simpson blames that old-standby -- the sound equipment.

"There were no ear monitors when we went onstage," she complains. "No floor monitors. And trying to sing in a stadium where you can't hear yourself is kinda hard. My sister [Jessica] was like, 'I don't know how you just did that! I performed in stadiums, and if I didn't have my ears, I would have freaked.'"

But Ashlee says her recent trials and tribulations have helped her grow as a person, and she channels both Stuart Smalley ("I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me") and a popular bumper sticker ("Mean people suck") in dismissing her troubles.

"I go from having a No. 1 album ["Autobiography"] and things going great and all of a sudden something like 'SNL' happens and boom! You're faced with how mean people can be and criticizing you and stuff," she tells MTV. "But I've learned a lot about myself through all of this. It's like, I'm not perfect and I'm not going to be perfect."

For now, Simpson remains unconcerned about her seemingly shaky future. "I'm still 20, and a new artist, and I will only grow," she says optimistically. "And I look forward to continuing to not listen to what one person says and making good music." Good luck with that, sweetie.

Meanwhile, the more mellifluous side of the family is unwisely weighing in on the breakup of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, despite being dogged by their own marital rumors.

"I can't imagine how they feel right now," Jessica Simpson tells Entertainment Tonight, with hubby Nick Lachey adding, "I think that marriage is just hard. It's hard work. One way or the other, they'll be fine, you know?"

Simpson also chatted up the split with Access Hollywood, saying, "Any marriage is tough. You go through struggles and it's work. You have to make it happen."

To that end, the "Newlyweds" are keeping their relationship exciting by spoiling each other with very expensive gifts. Jess reveals to USA Today that she gave Nick a Ferrari for Christmas, a step up from that depressing one-day rental she got him last season. Her gift from him: a ginormous "flawless emerald ring."

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My take on this; she's in no way making excuses for people booing her, she's just saying it how it is...

Dear Media,
Please leave this girl alone. Thank you.

fairandcold

My take on it is she just doesn't want to admit to herself that maybe she had an off night. What's so wrong about that? If she can concede that she "isn't perfect", then why can't she admit that during the halftime show she just plain sucked? And, no, this isn't just my opinion, a lot of people agree with me. It wasn't like she got a standing ovation, ya know?

BeBritney

She needs to learn how to handle things better.

fairandcold

Or that.

BeBritney

lmao I agree with what you said too Nancy

I'm sorry I watched her Orange Bowl performance objectively and THAT was not GOOD. She could've just said "I had a bad night" whatever. I don't know, just whatever to her.

fairandcold

Yeah before this I wasn't Anti-Ashlee or omgsehroXxorz, but after that performance I was like...more to the not liking her side. It was bad.

BeBritney

Not to sound like I know everything because I DON'T but I study and critique musicians all the time. Britney has f-ed up performances, Kanye has even had like one EVERYONE does. Everyone has slip ups and stuff. She just needs to learn how to deal with it. As she said she's gonna grow so yeah...and just ignore bullshit. You have to have a backbone in the business.

*loves this one-on-one convo*

fairandcold

If she is so intent on "growing" as she has said before, then she should take the first step and admit she f'ed up during the half time show. Then maybe we could all move on from this spectacle.

Yay for one on one conversations. LMAO

Dracko

A person "only grows" when they learn form past experiences, not by making up excuses.

Edit: Damn it Nancy, we basically said the same thing!

CrAZyBeAuTiFuL4

I see all of your points but yeah, I don't know. I'm not trying to say she's perfect or anything. But what if she felt she did a good job that night? What if she felt really confident about her performance? Should she just say "Yeah, I sucked. Oh well." Just to make the media happy? What she said was 100% true, she can't make everyone happy and not everyone is going to like what she does.

And if she is in "denial" about the whole thing, I can see why she would act that way. Look how people respond to her...whatever she says people bash her for it. It's probably hard to admit you make a mistake when either way you're gonna get slammed for it...so...why even bother?