Watch: Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles Is ’80s Televangelist in “The Righteous Gemstones” Sunday

by Cindy Watts

1/28/2022

Nation music followers at all times knew Jennifer Nettles was a gem; now the remainder of the world will, too.

This Sunday, Nettles will return to tv when she picks up her position as Aimee Lee Gemstone on the HBO Max TV collection “The Righteous Gems.” Nettles performs Dr. Eli Gemstone’s (John Goodman) deceased spouse in a second-generation household of rich, over-the-top televangelists. Eli mourns the lack of his spouse – who solely seems in flashback scenes – whereas the opposite characters fire up ungodly quantities of bother.

“Aimee-Leigh is fairly pure to me, as soon as I tapped into my Southern Baptist roots,” Nettles, a Georgia native, advised Gold Derby. “Aimee-Leigh was their rock and is unquestionably probably the most sympathetic.”

Nettles defined to Gold Derby that her character was integrated into the present to present them a path to develop the narrative and add some plot range.

“They wished to veer off from the direct storyline and provide a bit backstory of how this household got here to be,” she stated. “Along with this being clearly a narrative ⁠that has commentary on faith, it has commentary on hypocrisy, it has a lot ⁠— it’s additionally a narrative of household. That’s the most important context.”

“The Righteous Gems” is an over-the-top, made-for-adults comedy that additionally contains actors Danny McBride as Jesse Gemstone, Adam Devine as Kelvin Gemstone and Edi Patterson as Judy Gemstone. Nettles figures closely into the season one episode entitled “Interlude” and can make her season two debut on Sunday.

“The Righteous Gems” is way from Nettles’ first foray into performing. Most notably, she portrayed Dolly Parton’s mom, Avie Lee Parton, in Dolly Parton’s “Coat of Many Colours” collection of tv films.

Nation music followers most know Nettles and half of multi-platinum, CMA Award-winning duet Sugarland, which is at present on hiatus. The duo’s hits embrace “Child Lady,” “Keep,” “Caught Like Glue,” “Need To,” and extra.