Jessica Simpson cannot seem to get a break lately. Earlier this week, Simpson embarrassed herself in front of President Bush at a tribute to DollyParton. Parton was also in attendance to see Simpson have a diasterous performance of her hit ‘9 to 5′ and Simpson was visibly shaken as she hurried off the stage. Simpson’s sister, Ashley, had a similar experience happen to her at Saturday Night a few years back and the clips were shown this week asking which one was worse. Jessica Simpson’s own mother, Tina, didn’t mince words when asked about the awful performance. She told tmz.com that Jessica’s mishap was “embarrassing” and “unprofessional.” She also said that Jessicia should have been more prepared (she forgot the some of the lyrics to the song). Tina Simpson went so far as to say if Jessica doesn’t want to put the work into her career in singing, she should just quit.
Jessica Simpson’s father, however, proved to be her ally in the whole mess. He called the snafu “cute” but soon acquiesce to producers of the made for TV event’s producers to re shoot the song without an audience or else the whole performance would be cut out. A rep for the Simpson’s played down the tiff by saying, “There is no problem with Tina [and Jessica] whatsoever.”
The person who should of been offended the most by the whole thing is Dolly Parton. But Parton, in her Southern Belle charm, played it down releasing this statement, “Jessica is so talented that I’m sure that someday they will be paying tribute to her and I would be honored to perform for her,” Parton said in a statement Thursday. “But I’ll probably be so nervous that I’ll forget my wig!”
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