“I woke up and I couldn’t speak.”

Ashlee Simpson reflected on her 2004SNLlip-syncing fail.

I didnt know what to do so I thought Id do a hoedown.

ashlee in a black feathered jacket posing with hand on hip

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She laterclarifiedthat the lip-syncing was due to her losing her voice, but her career trajectory was undeniably changed.

“I’m losing my fucking voice, what am I going to do?”

she recalled of the night before her scheduled performance.

ashlee dancing with her band

“The next morning I woke up and I couldn’t speak.

I don’t care, I can’t speak.'”

“It was a humbling moment for me.

ashlee walking off stage

I had the number one song, everything was about to go somewhere.

Ashlee credited a vocal coach with helping her work through the nodes.

Ashlee was subsequently “nervous” to go back toSNLin later years.

ashlee gesturing on stage with a mic to her mouth

you could watch the full episodehere.

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closeup of ashlee in the past with dark hair

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