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Todd and Julie Chrisley are returning to reality TV after prison releases, daughter Savannah says
The Chrisleys are making their reality TV comeback.
Savannah Chrisley confirmed that her parents Todd and Julie Chrisley are getting another reality show following their prison releases.
'We have a new show coming out on Lifetime, and it will document all of these things,' Savannah, 27, told reporters Wednesday outside the Pensacola, Florida prison where her dad was serving his sentence, per Today.
10 Todd, Julie and Savannah Chrisley at the 52nd Academy Of Country Music Awards in 2017.
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'We're excited. We literally could not have done it,' Savannah added. 'It's all God and President Trump at this point.'
'The show is still filming and will continue to, though the family's situation is evolving rapidly,' a source told People on Wednesday. 'No one knew this pardon would happen and the goal is to cover their lives in real time, but things have significantly changed for them all and everyone in the family, as well as producers, are trying to figure it out and tell their authentic story.'
On Tuesday, Trump, 78, announced he was pardoning the Chrisley parents after they were sentenced to prison for tax evasion and fraud in 2022. Federal prosecutors found them guilty of faking documents to obtain over $30 million in loans, and then dumping them by declaring bankruptcy.
10 President Donald Trump at the White House.
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10 Julie and Todd Chrisley attend the grand opening of E3 Chophouse Nashville in 2019.
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Todd, 56, served just over two years of his 12-year sentence at FPC Pensacola in Florida, while Julie, 52, was behind bars at FMC Lexington in Kentucky for a seven-year prison term.
Both stars were released from prison Wednesday. Savannah shared a video of her dad looking 'jacked' while on his journey home to Tennessee.
Outside her father's prison, Savannah, who was wearing a pink 'Women for Trump' jacket, told reporters that her parents haven't communicated since they reported to prison in Jan. 2023.
10 Savannah Chrisley speaking to reporters outside her dad's prison in Florida.
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10 Savannah Chrisley in Pensacola, Fla. on May 28.
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'When they reunite, we're going to celebrate anniversaries, birthdays, Christmases, all the things, because we're going to make up for the lost time,' said Savannah.
'But I wouldn't have it any other way.'
The 'Special Forces' star also said that she's thankful to God for her parents' prison sentences 'because it opened my eyes to something so much greater than ourselves.'
10 Todd and Julie Chrisley with their son Kyle.
10 Todd and Julie Chrisley.
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Trump delivered the news of the pardon to Savannah from the Oval Office.
'This should not have happened,' the president told Savannah by phone. 'They were given a pretty harsh treatment based on what I'm hearing.'
'Your parents are going to be free and clean,' Trump added. 'I don't know them, but give them my regards and wish them a good life.'
10 Savannah Chrisley takes a selfie with her dad Todd.
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10 Julie and Todd Chrisley.
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Savannah previously teased in February that the Chrisleys were getting a new reality show.
'A network already said they want it. They want it on air [on] August 11th, which, ironically, is my birthday. So, we'll see,' she told People.
10 Savannah Chrisley speaks at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
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'Chrisley Knows Best,' which starred Savannah, her parents, and her siblings Chase, Lindsie, Kyle and Grayson, aired on the USA Network from 2014 to 2023. The show was canceled after Todd and Julie's guilty verdicts.
After Trump announced his pardoning plans, Chase, 28, exclusively told The Post, 'I am grateful to God and extremely grateful to President Trump and his entire administration. I'm beyond thankful to finally have my parents back home and my family together again!'
