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About
Ashlee:
Don't
Hate
There's
been
a
lot
of
Ashlee
Simpson
bashing
these
past
few
months,
ever
since
Jessica's
little
sis
was
exposed
on
"Saturday
Night
Live"
in
October.
For
the
three
of
you
who
missed
it,
Ashlee
got
busted
lip-syncing
when
the
vocal
track
from
a
song
she'd
already
performed
started
playing
at
an
inopportune
time
- an
incident
that
will
forever
link
her
name
with
the
likes
of
Milli
Vanilli.
Sure,
I've
done
my
share
of
Ashlee
dissing.
But
I
think
it's
gone
too
far.
And
all
I
have
to
say
about
the
matter
now
is
just
cut
it
out.
Let
the
poor,
misunderstood
girl
be.
Granted,
her
careers
as
reality
TV
star,
recording
artist
and
model
are
the
result
of
the
sort
of
gross
nepotism
that
inspires
homicidal
thoughts
in
starving
artists
coast
to
coast.
And
sure
it's
easy
to
point
out
Ashlee's
relative
lack
of
moral
character,
after
she
blamed
the
"SNL"
incident
on
her
band
and
then
acid
reflux;
or
knock
her
singing,
which
is,
when
she's
not
lip-syncing,
not
remarkably
better
than
Biz
Markie's.
But
let's
look
at
the
bright
side
of
Ashlee
Simpson.
I
offer
five
reasons
to
love
her:
1.
Ashlee
is
hilarious.
Fan
or
not,
you've
got
to
admit.
The
lip-syncing
incident,
followed
by
that
nervous
jig
she
did
when
she
realized
she
was
busted,
was
the
funniest
"SNL"
moment
since
Christopher
Walken
declared
"I've
got
a
fever,
and
the
only
prescription
is
more
cowbell"
on
that
Blue
Öyster
Cult
skit
a
few
years
back.
2.
Ashlee
is a
unifier.
Last
I
checked,
nearly
313,000
people
had
signed
an
online
petition
to
Geffen
Records
and
JT
Simpson
Entertainment
at
www.stopashlee.com
Here's
a
truncated
list
of
demands:
"We,
the
undersigned,
are
disgusted
with
Ashlee
Simpson's
horrible
singing
and
hereby
ask
her
to
stop."
Ouch!
That's
just
mean.
But
keep
in
mind
that
Ashlee
may
succeed
in
unifying
mankind
in a
common
cause
where
war,
world
hunger
and
poverty
have
not.
3.
Ashlee
is
bold.
Blaming
the
lip-syncing
episode
on
acid
reflux?
Blaming
getting
booed
by
nearly
72,000
people
at
the
Orange
Bowl
on
the
whole
halftime
being
bad,
not
just
her
part?
Now
that's
nerve!
So
is
going
ahead
with
a
tour
in
the
midst
of a
string
of
bad
publicity
rivaled
only
by
Michael
Jackson
and
R.
Kelly
these
days.
4.
Ashlee
is
soooo
edgy.
While
Sister
Jessica
is
content
to
play
the
part
of
blond
pop
tart,
Ashlee
is
the
rocker
in
the
family.
She
dyed
her
hair
black
and
wears
tacky
clothes
just
to
show
how
punk-rock
she
is.
5.
Ashlee
is a
misunderstood,
tortured
artist.
Some
hold
up
Nine
Inch
Nails'
"Hurt"
as a
shining
examples
of
the
sort
of
raw,
naked
emotion
a
pop
star
can
convey
through
his
music.
But
at
the
tender
age
of
19,
Ashlee
gives
us a
whole
"Autobiography"
of
such
soul-baring
material.
"I
walked
a
thousand
miles
while
everyone
was
asleep,"
she
sings
on
the
title
track.
"Nobody's
really
seen
my
million
subtleties."
We
feel
her
sadness.
But
it's
later
in
the
song
that
she
hammers
the
emotion
home
with,
"Got
stains
on
my
T-shirt
and
I'm
the
biggest
flirt."
We
can
only
guess
at
the
existential
angst
that
must
fuel
her
creative
process.
So
don't
hate
-
appreciate.
Ashlee
Simpson
rocks. |
