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Jessica Simpson may be a Southern girl at heart - but over the weekend, a country-music-loving audience booed her like she hailed from New York City!

The AP reports that the blonde bombshell was ruthlessly booed during the Country Thunder USA festival held in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin over the weekend. "It's crap," one concert-goer told the AP. "She doesn't belong here."

Jessica's set consisted largely of country-influenced material, including a performance of "Come On Over", the hit song off her upcoming country record. She also covered several songs by country artists, including Willie Nelson's "On the Road Again" and Shania Twain's "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?"

The pop starlet might have lost the crowd, however, when she decided to play one of her pop hits, "With You".

"I just don't hear the country in her," the AP quoted Adam Matos as saying. "I don't hear the twang. She's not good enough to be here."

Jessica, to her credit, didn't back down from the audience's disapproval so easily, earnestly asking the audience to let go of their tabloid-fueled perception of her and accept her as she was. "I'm just a girl from Texas; I'm just like you," Jess told the crowd. "I'm doing what I love and dating a boy."

And at least some of the fans on hand seemed to appreciate Jess' new direction. "I actually like her country songs better," a concert-goer named Mary Grace claimed. "She has a great voice, plus, she's adorable."

What do you think of Jess' decision to go country - are you for it or against it?