Inside ‘shocked' Todd and Julie Chrisley's first night home after Trump pardons
The Chrisleys know things are best when they are together.
After Todd and Julie Chrisley were pardoned by President Donald Trump on Tuesday, the longtime couple reunited at their home in Tennessee on Wednesday night.
'Oh my gosh, it has been amazing. It's still just kind of … it doesn't feel real,' their daughter Savannah Chrisley, 27, told People. 'We were going to bed last night. We're like, 'Is this real?' And then, I wake up this morning and my mom's walking into my bedroom and I'm like, it's absolutely insane!'
7 Season 1 of 'Chrisley Knows Best.'
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'We are just so grateful and ready to kind of start getting back to normal life, obviously, the best we can,' the reality star continued. 'Everything's a whirlwind right now, and it's kind hard to live a normal life with how things are right now, but we'll get there.'
In 2019, the 'Chrisley Knows Best' stars were indicted, with federal prosecutors accusing them of submitting fake documents to banks in order to garner more than $30 million in loans.
Todd, 56, was released from his 12-year prison sentence at FPC Pensacola in Florida, while Julie, 52, was pardoned from her seven-year stretch at FMC Lexington in Kentucky. They each served a little over two years of their sentences.
7 Todd Chrisley and his daughter Savannah Chrisley hold a press conference on Friday, May 30, 2025.
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The pair have continued to maintain their innocence but have not been allowed to see or talk to one another since reporting for prison in January 2023.
Now, however, Savannah shared with the outlet that 'they're doing great.'
7 Todd Chrisley speaks during a news conference on Friday, May 30, 2025.
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7 Todd and Savannah Chrisley.
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'It's obviously an adjustment. … I think they're kind of just in shock right now,' she told People. 'It's just a big adjustment when you're in prison for two and a half years, and then you go back to so-called normal life. I can't imagine.'
'I just think it's a lot for them, but they're enjoying it. We're all spending time together. And obviously, when they're ready to talk about their feelings and emotions, I know that they will articulate it well, like they always do.'
On Friday, the father-daughter duo spoke at a press conference, revealing what his final moments in prison were like.
7 Savannah Chrisley speaks outside of her dad's prison in Florida on Wednesday.
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'When I left that day, there was only 317 men at our camp, but they were lined up shouting when I was walking out and they were saying 'Don't forget us, don't forget us' and my commitment is to them that I will never forget them,' Todd told reporters in Nashville. 'Anyone who says it's a fair shake, it's not. I dealt with young African American males in the prison that I was in who were not treated the same.'
'They were denied programming. They were denied access to certain things. I was not denied that, but we know why I wasn't denied.'
After one reporter asked Todd if he had any remorse over his conviction, the reality vet replied: 'You must be from CNN.'
7 Julie Chrisley and Todd Chrisley.
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'You're placed in a position as a defendant to either bow down and kiss the ass of the DOJ and accept responsibility for things that you did not do in order to avoid a stronger sentence,' he said about his experience with the justice system.
Now, the whole family is set to make their reality television comeback, with Savannah telling reporters outside her father's prison on Wednesday: 'We have a new show coming out on Lifetime, and it will document all of these things.'
'We're excited. We literally could not have done it,' she gushed. 'It's all God and President Trump at this point.'
7 Julie Chrisley and Todd Chrisley pose together.
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'We just want to get home. We want to be reunited,' Savannah continued. 'My parents have not spoken to each other, heard each others' voices or seen each other in the past 2 ½ years.' On Friday, Todd confirmed himself that he started filming the show the night he got home.
Todd, Julie and the rest of their family are ready to take the world by storm and commemorate the milestones missed behind bars.
'We're going to celebrate anniversaries, birthdays, Christmases, all the things,' promised Savannah, 'because we're going to make up for the lost time.'
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