11 Biggest Bombshells from the Chrisley Family’s First Interviews Since Prison

The Chrisley Knows Best reality stars were sentenced to a combined 19 years in prison after being found guilty of bank and wire fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy in 2022. Though they denied the accusations, they reported to separate prisons to begin their sentences in 2023.

After serving a little over two years, President Donald Trump pardoned the couple following a public campaign by their daughter, Savannah Chrisley.

Todd, Julie and Savannah gave their first public interviews with FOX News and ABC News a month after their release on June 28 and 29, respectively. In the ABC News Studio’s IMPACT X Nightline special, titled The Chrisleys: Life After Lockup, Todd told host Juju Chang that he was “angry at God” during that first night in prison.

“When I went to bed that night and the lights went out, I cried myself to sleep,” he told Chang. “I said, ‘God, why are you allowing this?’

The Chrisley patriarch went on to say that his time in prison helped him realize things he took for granted — like his ability to go to church, eat out or lounge in bed all day — and added that getting those little things back was “a blessing.”

Here are the 11 biggest bombshells from the Chrisley family’s first interviews since prison.

Julie said she developed asthma

Julie Chrisley and Todd Chrisley attend the grand opening of E3 Chophouse on November 20, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee.

When Chang asked the couple if they felt safe, Julie said that while she didn’t fear that a person would harm her, she worried that the prison’s conditions might. The reality star claimed that she developed asthma while incarcerated and “horrible breathing issues” that she didn’t have prior.

“I could see my health deteriorating,” she said. “Things I never had an issue with before, now all of a sudden, became an issue.”

Julie was “nervous” to see Todd after leaving prison

After reporting to prison in January 2023, Todd was housed in a Florida prison while Julie was incarcerated at the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Ky. The couple didn’t see each other for two year

When they reunited in May 2025, Julie said that she was “a little nervous” to see her husband again. But when she saw him, she said, “It was as if no time had passed.”

“She was never away from me,” Todd said in the interview. “Even the whole time we were apart. She was with me every second, every breath that I took. I mean, when I saw her, I was grateful to wrap my arms around her, but it was just more like, ‘I’m home.’ ”

Chloe tracked her parents’ location all the way home

Grayson slept in his parents’ room the first night they came home

Savannah also recalled the evening, saying, “The first night he said, ‘I’m scared to go to sleep because I feel like I’m just going to wake up in the morning and they’re not going to be here.’ “

The family is relocating to South Carolina

Todd told Chang that while his family will “always have a presence in Nashville,” they plan to relocate to Charleston, S.C. The historic city is where Todd and Julie are originally fro

“I have a pull for Julie and I to go back to South Carolina — to Charleston — to that area,” the Chrisley patriarch said. “And we have plans for what we wanna do.”

According to Todd, their plans for Charleston include renovating a mansion into a hotel and documenting the process for a reality series. As for Savannah, she said that she planned to move out of the family’s 5,000-square-foot Nashville home and into a condo.

Todd claimed his associate, Mark Braddock, hacked into his family’s emails

Todd’s former business associate, Mark Braddock, testified during their trial that he helped the couple falsify documents. In the ABC interview, Todd alleged that Braddock was the one who wrote the emails to their accountant asking about faking documents after hacking into his account.

Todd said he wouldn’t be romantically involved with someone like Braddock

During the trial, Braddock also claimed that his relationship with Todd was more than just professional and said that they had been romantically involved. In Life After Lockup, Todd denied those accusations.

“He’s never approached me in that manner,” he said. “Well, if I was going to do that, it wouldn’t be with somebody that was broke. It wouldn’t be with somebody that looks like him.”

The family is trying to get back the restitution money they’ve paid

In addition to prison time, Julie and Todd were also sentenced to pay a combined $17 million in restitution. Though they told Chang that they paid some of that money, the family said they planned to try to get that money back.

“We were convicted by a jury of our peers — were we?” Todd asked in the interview. “I didn’t see multi-millionaires in that jury box. I didn’t see people that were in the film industry in that jury box.”

He continued, “I saw people in a heavily Democratic county and a judge allowed them to paint us as these white family who has white entitlement and who has money to burn.”

Savannah said there’s been talk of a “congressional run”

“There’s been some talk of a congressional run,” Savannah said. “I don’t know if that will or will not be the thing that I do or if it’s what I’m called to do. But also, I believe right now my goal is to speak to younger voters.”

Todd says he’s “coming” to his “brothers” in prison’s aid

“Accountability is coming,” Todd said. “So for all of my brothers that I left behind, I didn’t leave you behind. I’m coming for you.”

Todd said he doesn’t “have an apology to give”

The Chrisley family still maintains their innocence, and Todd even went as far to say that he doesn’t owe anyone an apology.

“Why am I not allowed to have the benefit of the fruits of our labor?” he asked Chang. “I don’t have an apology to give you or anyone else over the money that I’ve made.”