Joe Parks Ashlee Simpson At Home

Though Joe Simpson is quick to defend himself over charges that he’s the career puppetmaster of daughters Jessica and Ashlee, he didn’t worry about that perception when OK! magazine asked about Ashlee’s collapse after a performance in Tokyo on December 15th. “She’s just exhausted,” Joe said. “I’m parking her at home for at least two or three weeks. She’s been touring and working non-stop and it’s enough, so I’m taking her off.”

The Latest On Ashlee Simpson

Jay Leno joked during his Tonight Show monologue on Monday night, “Here’s the latest on Ashlee Simpson. She’s been upgraded from guarded to prerecorded. Did you hear about this? … Apparently Ashlee collapsed at a concert in Tokyo. Which is kind of a a switch for the Japanese people, watching an American performer whose mouth moves and then you hear the words come out. See, usually it’s the other way around.”

Ashlee Simpson Recovering In LA After Collapse

‘Entertainment Tonight’ reports that Ashlee returned to her Los Angeles home over the weekend and is now recuperating after she collapsed and was hospitalized Thursday after a performance in Tokyo in support of her new album, ‘I Am Me’. The singer is taking a pre-planned vacation with her family for the holidays.

‘Weekend Update’ On Ashlee Simpson Collapse In Tokyo

Tina Fey “reported” during her ‘Weekend Update’ report last night on ‘Saturday Night Live: “Ashlee Simpson collapsed after a performance in Tokyo Thursday. Simpson spent Friday in the hospital while her show that night went on as scheduled without her.”

Ashlee Simpson Collapses In Tokyo

On Thursday, Ashlee had just performed her single, ‘Boyfriend’ for MTV Japan, when she told the audience she felt sick and said to them, “I love you guys,” Us Weekly reported Friday. She then collapsed in an elevator and was rushed by ambulance to a hospital.