Megachurch pastor secretly told Danny McBride he nailed portrayal of evangelical hypocrisy

What was said

"I ran into him one time and I was like, 'Oh god, this is after the show was done.' And I was thinking like, 'Oh god, what's this conversation going to be like?' And he came up and whispered whispered to me. He said, you know, I can't tell people that I've seen it, but you nailed it."

Years after consulting with a megachurch pastor for research on The Righteous Gemstones, McBride encountered him again and received secret validation. The pastor admitted he watched the show but couldn't publicly acknowledge it, while praising its accuracy in depicting false prophets and hypocrisy within evangelical megachurches.