Can Jessica Simpson really roller skate?

Posted September 1st, 2006 at 12:04 pm by Nicki Dugan, Blog Editor

 7 Comments / Filed in: Behind the Scenes

We wanted to find out… so we hosted a roller skating party in New York City this week in honor of Jessica Simpson’s new album A Public Affair, just in time for the MTV Video Music Awards. Yahoo! Buzz Marketing’s Bennett Porter takes you behind the scenes for a video peek (see below) into the party that packed more than 1,000 New Yorkers into The Roxy and transformed the dance floor into a roller disco. Jessica, who has cancelled all of her upcoming performances due to a nasty case of laryngitis, squeaked out a few words on the purple carpet before skating for nearly an hour. OK, so she was a little wobbly… but she hung tough and happily accommodated the 100 fans who won a chance to hang with her in a private room. Apparently gracious celebrity isn’t an oxymoron.

Partygoers included gossip gangster Perez Hilton, American Pie’s Shannon Elizabeth, Olympic skater Oksana Baiul, and of course, Jessica’s dad Joe. DJ Vice kept the groove on. And in case you’re tempted to replay this clip ad nauseum to pinpoint just who Jess held hands with all night, don’t get too excited. That’s her hair stylist, Ken Paves.

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Bryce | September 1st, 2006 at 5:55 pm

Oh, she is so amazing.

julian | September 4th, 2006 at 1:10 pm

no. she used a stunt double

Jen | September 13th, 2006 at 7:41 pm

Jessica Simpson is amazing i love her :)

AJ Arora | September 15th, 2006 at 6:17 pm

Joe? I thought Jessica’s dad was OJ.

American Pie | January 20th, 2007 at 2:29 pm

Jessica Simpson’s ok, but I much prefer American Pie’s Shannon Elizabeth.

Jessica | August 20th, 2007 at 5:44 am

She has to use a stunt double, wouldn’t wanna break her nose would we.

Thaat mad girl. | August 21st, 2007 at 10:34 am

Okaay, Its not even as if shes skating dead fast or anything sooo…She has not had to use a stunt double.
Get over it troops!