Todd and Julie Chrisley‘s post-prison reunion was an emotional one.
The couple opened up about talking to one another for the primary time in “28 months” of their sit-down interview with Lara Trump on Fox Information’ My View with Lara Trump, which can air on Saturday, June 28, at 9/8c.
Julie described seeing Todd for the primary time since they began their jail sentences as “surreal” however famous that the interplay was something however “awkward.” Todd agreed, stating that his spouse was “in my spirit all the time.”
Todd continued to gush about his spouse, saying it felt like “dwelling” when he hugged her and that she was the “similar lady” she had been the final time he noticed her. Nonetheless, Todd said that he and Julie have each been “modified” by their time behind bars and are glad that they did. In any other case, their experiences would have been “wasted.”
The couple was joined by their youngsters, Savannah and Grayson Chrisley, for the TV interview, marking their first onscreen household reunion since they have been launched from jail. (The couple additionally share son Chase Chrisley and are the adoptive dad and mom of their granddaughter, Chloe. Todd shares his eldest two kids, Lindsie and Kyle Chrisley, together with his ex-wife, Teresa Terry.)
Todd and Julie have been indicted on fraud fees again in 2019 and later discovered responsible of tax evasion in 2022. They started serving their mixed 19-year sentence in January 2023. Todd and Julie’s sentences have been later diminished by two years and 14 months, respectively, later that 12 months.
The truth TV duo have been granted full pardons by President Donald Trump final month. “I hope we will do it by tomorrow,” the president stated in a Might 27 X video, informing Savannah of her dad and mom’ jail launch over the telephone. “I don’t know them, however give them my regards and want them a great life.”
Savannah celebrated the choice on her Instagram Dwell shortly after, stating, “It nonetheless doesn’t really feel actual, I’m freaking out so I’m going to go and put together to go decide up my dad and mom.”
Todd and Julie recalled discovering out about their pardons in a sneak peek clip of their My View with Lara Trump interview launched on Wednesday, June 25. “I referred to as Savannah another time, and she or he stated, ‘He did it. He signed,’ and I simply began busted out crying,” Julie shared. “After which I simply hung up. I used to be so nervous, like, I simply hung up.”
She continued, “And all people was simply me as a result of, sadly, a lot of the information that you simply get in jail is dangerous information. So, they’re like, ‘Are you okay?’ I’m like, ‘I’m. I’m getting out of right here!’”
Todd, for his half, stated a jail employee was stunned by his calm response to the pardon information. “I stated, ‘Effectively, they don’t must be worrying about me now. Hell, if I’m pardoned, I’m nice!”