Hilary Doffs Lip-Synching Reports

Singer's rep denies she lip-synched during a concert in Mexico this weekend, blames faulty equipment

By Natalie Finn Jan 15, 2008 1:35 AMTags

Hilary Duff's Dignity is intact, her camp says.

The Most Wanted singer is adamantly denying rumors she wasn't all there during a stop on her 2008 Dignity tour in Monterrey, Mexico, this weekend, after footage of the concert, in which she appears to be mouthing words into a microphone, made the Internet rounds.

"She was not lip-synching," Duff's rep said in a statement confirmed by E! News. "It was faulty equipment. There was no sound coming out, but she was singing."

They were relying on locally provided equipment during Saturday's show, the rep said. The mike was accidentally set on mute for a few seconds, after which the problem was solved and Duff's voice carried the day.

The Cinderella Story star does her own singing in concert, her publicist said.

So, spare the comparisons to Ashlee Simpson, Britney Spears and the various popsters who have in the past needed a little electronic enhancement onstage.

Duff has three more stops in Mexico this week, including a show Monday night in Puebla, before moving on to Brazil and Australia.

The 20-year-old former Disney Channel star is slated to return to the big screen this year in the coming-of-age drama Greta, costarring Ellen Burstyn and Evan Ross, in which she plays a headstrong waitress whose family doesn't condone her interracial romance.

Duff has also lent her voice to the self-explanatory animated tale Foodfight!, also due in theaters this year.