# Did Jessica Simpson actually pole vault?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 22, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jessica-simpson-actually-pole-vault/241314 "2004-04-22T00:19:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jessica-simpson-actually-pole-vault/241314/1 "2004-04-22T00:19:09Z")

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I thought I watched the entire Nick & Jessica Variety Hour, and I don’t remember seeing Jessica pole vault. Did she?

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**Author:** ![Amazingrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Amazingrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazingrace)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jessica-simpson-actually-pole-vault/241314/2 "2004-04-22T01:15:19Z")

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It was either at the very beginning or the very end. (How about that for descriptive)  
I can’t remember. Either way, I thought it looked pretty fake, but funny at the same time.

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**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jessica-simpson-actually-pole-vault/241314/3 "2004-04-22T02:14:04Z")

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It was at the very beginning, after the “no singing” musical number. You could tell she (or a double?) was on a wire, and she actually was sort of out of sight of the cameras above the curtain, but it was there.