“Reality TV to me is the museum of social decay.” - Gary Oldman
Todd and Julie Chrisley walked out of federal prison this week thanks to another eyebrow-raising pardon from President Donald Trump. But the worst part of this nauseating little carnival ride came Friday
That’s when the reality TV celebrities held a press conference in their hometown of Nashville, Tenn., and hinted at a new show. Cameras “started filming literally the night that we got home,” Todd Chrisley said.
Anyone smart enough to read Business Blunders has probably never watched “Chrisley Knows Best,” which ran from 2014 through 2023. It followed the antics of a Bible-thumping, Southern family headed by a phony real estate millionaire and his gag-worthy excesses.
Turns out, it was far from reality and Chrisley didn’t know best. In 2022, the couple was convicted for defrauding banks out of over $30 million and dodging taxes.
Todd, 57, had been serving a 12-year sentence at Florida's FPC Pensacola minimum-security men's federal prison, and Julie, 52, was serving a seven-year sentence at the FMC Lexington prison in Kentucky.
Their daughter, Savannah, pushed for their pardons by sucking up to the GOP. She recounted that a prosecutor called her family “the Trumps of the South.”
“He meant it as an insult, but let me tell you, boy, do I wear that as a badge of honor,” she said.
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