Stylish Celebrity Escapism
Contributing Writers
Dec 4
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Jessica Simpson chokes up during awards performance


Jessica Simpson must not be used to singing to a house full of bigwigs. She choked up during a performance at the Kennedy Center Honors and left the stage abruptly at the end in the middle of her number. She sang Dolly Parton’s “Nine to Five” with Dolly in attendance. Once she came back on afterwards it was clear she had been crying:

Singer-actress Jessica Simpson was in tears last night after flubbing a song she was performing during the Kennedy Center Honors.

Simpson was on stage to sing Nine to Five as part of the tribute to Dolly Parton, one of the evening’s five honorees. Simpson ended her performance abrupty with the words “so nervous” and quickly exited the stage. The stunned audience remained silent, giving her no applause.

Simpson appeared to be crying when she and other singers in the tribute returned to the stage.

CBS will broadcast the show Dec. 26 at 9 p.m.

In addition to Parton, the evening’s other honorees were movie director Steven Spielberg, singer Smokey Robinson, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and conductor Zubin Mehta.

Here are pictures from the night in question. Who wouldn’t be intimidated performing Dolly Parton’s number right in front of her. I heard that Dick Cheney gave her a little sneer too.

Pictures from Hollywood’s Best.

Written by Celebitchy

Posted in Andrew Lloyd Webber, Awards, Emotional, Jessica Simpson, Music, Photos, Smokey Robinson, Steven Spielberg

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9 Responses to “Jessica Simpson chokes up during awards performance”

  1. Her necklace is gorgeous though!

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  2. I just find this hilarous!

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  3. Poor thing! That has to suck. She seems like such a genuinely nice person too. :(

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  4. She’s in way over her head as the sales of her latest CD and movie tickets prove.

    She would have been nothing more than a foot note in pop music of the 90’s if it wasn’t for that reality show, which extended her 15 minutes. But just because one can charm the public on a reality show, doesn’t mean you have talent as every opportunity she’s had since has proven.

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  5. This just confirms my thoughts of her as a talentless never has-been.

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  6. I’d like to start by saying that she has put on some pounds. Her arms are bigger then some men out there. I’m not a fan of all the yelling that she does. Ashley has taken her good luck charm..too bad..so sade.

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  7. I always thought that Ashley was the one to watch.. Jess got everything because of her boobs and her father’s relentless drive, Newlyweds did the rest. Now that Nick has moved on, she has nothing to fall back on.

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  8. Gaahh!!! Why is it that the more coverage there is of Nick and Vanessa, there’s more pics of Jess messing up in public? She obeyed Pappa Joe, got rid of Nick ’cause Joe wants to be the only man in her life, and the world is NOT her oyster as Pappa Joe promised it would be if only she got rid of Nick.
    Jess should be gettin’ rid of Pappa Joe, or she’ll never have lasting success with any man.
    Sorry, Jess….you can’t put husbands on a shelf when you tire of them, and then expect them to be there at your convenience……….unlike what Pappa Joe says, the world does NOT revolve around the *&^%$#@ Simpson family.
    Jessica and Papa Simpson are the ones that ruined her image and her marriage to Nick. If Jessica wasn’t so far up Papa’s ass and listened to all of his advice (about marriage, career, etc.), I think that Nick and Jess would have been fine and stayed together. It doesn’t help that your dad is telling you to slut it up for your videos either, so the Simpsons are more to blame than Nick ever will be.

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  9. Does anyone else think Andrew Lloyd Webber looks like David Gest, Liza’s ex? It may just be me.

    And Dolly looks like a trannie. How old is she now?

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