Everything the Chrisley Kids Have Said About Their Parents Todd and Julie Chrisley Being in Prison

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Everything the Chrisley Kids Have Said About Their Parents Todd and Julie Chrisley Being in Prison

Staying strong for one another. The Chrisley children have been vocal about how they’re coping without Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley as they serve their respective prison sentences. In January 2023, Us Weekly confirmed that Todd turned himself into FPC Pensacola minimum security facility in Florida for his 12-year sentence, while Julie is serving her seven-year sentence at the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky. In June 2022, the couple were found guilty of multiple counts of bank and wire fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy after being indicted in June 2019. Before her departure, Julie opened up about how she was handling everything and trying to remain strong for her family. “We have to live every day as if it’s our last,” Julie said on the “Chrisley Confessions” podcast in December 2022. “The difficulties I’m going through, how I handle it — [my kids are] watching that as well. If I handle it right, they’re watching, if I screw up, they’re watching, and so, for me as a parent, I want to try to make sure that I do it right more than I do it wrong.” The pair share daughter Savannah and sons Chase and Grayson. The Chrisley family patriarch is also dad of Lindsie and Kyle – whom he shares with ex-wife Teresa Terry. Todd and Julie also had custody of their granddaughter Chloe — Kyle's daughter — whom the couple adopted in 2017. [jwplayer tuxv3cTH-zhNYySv2] Before the Chrisley Knows Best stars reported to prison, Savannah revealed in November 2022 that she had custody of her younger siblings, Grayson and Chloe. “I come home Tuesday, and I have custody of a 16-year-old and a 10-year-old, and we spend our first Thanksgiving not as a family,” the Growing Up Chrisley alum confessed on her "Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley" podcast. "I’ve never been away from my family for the holidays.” She continued: “[I’m] trying to navigate how you teach two younger children who aren’t fully developed yet and … get them to understand the circumstances. That’s a really, really difficult thing.” Savannah has continued to share updates about how her family is coping and how their parents are doing as they serve their time. In January 2023, the Georgia native shared some words of wisdom she received from her father via email. “I want you to give yourself some grace, fall in love with the real Savannah,” she read aloud. “The one that radiates grace and compassion, not the one the world wants to see. Remember to gain the world, you lose your soul, and then what do you have?” Keep scrolling to see what the Chrisley children have said about their parents:

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December 2022

Savannah got candid about her parents’ sentence one month before they left on an episode of her “Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley” podcast.

“In my mind, I’m like, ‘I can’t move on with my life,’” she said to her soon-to-be-sister-in-law, Emmy Medders. “Until I know that they’re going to be there, I can’t get married. I can’t have a kid.”

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January 2023

Shortly after Todd and Julie checked into prison, Chase posted a Bible verse to his Instagram Stories.

“God is with us,” read the verse from Matthew 1:23, which the TV personality shared at the time.

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January 2023

“Will forever fight for this smile ❤️,” Savannah wrote in January 2023, alongside a photo of her mother hours after she reported to prison. “I love you mama.”

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January 2023

Savannah opened up about not feeling “adequate” enough to care for her younger siblings.

“Because I am not my mother; because she is the kindest, most amazing person I have met. And I always said, ‘If I was half of her, I would be OK.’ And I guess in moments like these, I guess I’m more like my mom than I realize, because I’m getting through it,” she recalled.

At the end of month, Savannah admitted she has had a hard time helping her younger siblings adapt to their family’s new normal and revealed Grayson was struggling to get adjusted to life without his parents.

"I'm trying to stand strong and not break and be strong for them," she revealed in late January 2023. "So they feel comfortable enough to break down, and it's tough."

She continued: "Last night, Gray had a breakdown, and he's trying to process my parents and the situation that they're in and how that's not the image that he wants to have of them."