11 Biggest Bombshells from the Chrisley Family’s First Interviews Since Prison (Including Why Todd Says He Has No Apologies)

Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley have a lot to say about their time behind bars.

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

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 years.

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

Todd and Julie told Chang that one of the most emotional moments of their release was reuniting with their daughter, Chloe Chrisley (whom they legally adopted in 2016 from Todd’s son Kyle due to his ongoing struggles with substance abuse). The 12-year-old was so eager for her parents’ return that she tracked their locations all the way home.

“You know, even though we had gotten to see each other [during visitations], it’s not the same as when you’re home,” Julie said in The Chrisleys: Life After Lockup. “On our way home, she was literally watching on her phone — she was tracking where we were — to know how close I was.”

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

During the Chrisleys’ June 28 appearance on My View with Lara Trump, Todd revealed that their son, Grayson, wanted to sleep in their room the first night they were back from prison.

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 from.

“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.”