Who’s the dummy now? She spent years regularly hurling insults on My Name is Earl, but for Jaime Pressly‘s return to TV, the tables have turned.
“In order for me to come back to TV — being that Earl is still on [in reruns] and that Joy was such a strong character — I have to be able to play something that was completely opposite of her,” Pressly told reporters on a conference call last week for her new series I Hate My Teenage Daughter. “And this character is definitely that.”
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On the Fox sitcom, premiering Wednesday at 9:30/8:30c on Fox, Pressly is now the one being bullied as a single mother who begins to realize her spoiled teenage daughter is morphing into the type of girl that made her life hell in high school. While Earl’s Joy was known for her high hair, big ego and even bigger mouth, Pressly describes her new character Annie as “grounded” and “a bit of a dork.”
“It’s been incredible to be allowed to play a…
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