Jessica Simpson Makes Grand Ole Opry Debut

Allie @ Gone Hollywood | Monday, September 8, 2008

Wearing a short and sparkly black frock with a plunging neckline that had camera operators on high alert for a wardrobe malfunction, Jessica Simpson made her Grand Ole Opry debut Saturday night.

Performing “Come On Over,” the first single from her new country album, Do You Know, before a nearly-sold out house that included her parents, her grandparents, aunts and uncles “…from all over Texas,” she told Nan Kelley, host of Opry Live, felt “like a homecoming to me.”

“I can’t believe I am here!” Simpson, 28, said.

Audience members, it seemed, couldn’t believe her costume choice. “I think she should have put some clothes on,” one viewer said. While another one responded to how she liked Simpson’s performance with: “I loved that new girl, Crystal [Shawanda] – and she was dressed appropriately.”

Also helping make Simpson feel at home at the 83-year-old institution was country legend Loretta Lynn, who watched Simpson’s emotional performances of “Remember That” and “Sippin’ on History” from the wings before taking the stage herself.

During Lynn’s feisty performance, Simpson took photos of her long-time hero and visited with her at length in a private office backstage, where Lynn advised the younger star not to read her own press. “Just keep doing what you’re doing honey and you’ll be fine!”

I can’t stop laughing at Jessica’s hair — no wonder Loretta took a shine to her.

source: Jessica Simpson Makes Grand Ole Opry Debut [people]