Ashlee Simpson's lip-sync incident shocked 'Saturday Night Live' audiences in 2004, but one person was surprisingly unbothered by it in an unaired clip from the time: show creator Lorne Michaels.
"I think accidents happen. I think that's the nature of live television," Michaels can be heard telling "60 Minutes" journalist Lesley Stahl in the clip.Lauren Huff is a writer at Entertainment Weekly with over a decade of experience covering all facets of the entertainment industry.
was hurt by the incident, he said, "A lot will depend on your piece. But no, I don't think the reputation of the show was hurt. No, I think it's like, it happened, it was live, it kind of blew up. And lots of times that's happened." She continued, “That day I said, ‘I will not go on, I don’t care. I can’t speak.’ Meanwhile, I’m not saying this. I’m writing it down, because I can’t talk.” But despite her protestations, Simpson said her record label encouraged her to perform to pre-recorded vocals. “My band’s never practiced this, this is not going to go well, I can't do this," she recalled thinking to herself at the time.
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