When America's Biggest Star Got Caught Red-Handed

In this video, we revisit the infamous moment from 2004 when Ashlee Simpson's Saturday Night Live performance went off the rails. Scheduled to perform her hit "Autobiography," the wrong vocal track for "Pieces of Me" began playing while she held the microphone at her side—exposing that she was lip-syncing. Caught off-guard, she performed an awkward dance before leaving the stage, and the broadcast quickly cut to commercial. The incident became a defining pop culture moment, sparking widespread media backlash and changing how live performances were scrutinized.

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Back in 2004, Ashlee Simpson had her lip sync incident on SNL pic.twitter.com/wuNGd8IPuv

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