(L-R) Savannah Chrisley, Todd Chrisley, Julie Chrisley and Chase Chrisley are pictured attending the 2016 NBCUniversal Summer Press Day at Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village on April 1, 2016 in Westlake Village, California.Photo:Jason Kempin/Getty Images
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Savannah ChrisleyandChase Chrisleyare doing everything they can to support parentsToddandJulieduring theChrisley Knows Beststars' prison stays.
“This has been quite the journey,” she says. “I like to say I was tone-deaf to the system. I’m not sitting here saying I am the most knowledgeable person when it comes to that. So what I have done is I’ve taken my hurt that I’ve experienced and I’m trying to take that hurt and make it effective instead of allowing it to eat at me.”
She continues, “I see men and women that are suffering every single day and these families that are suffering. And unfortunately, we live in a world that’s so quick to throw people away because we can always get someone new. I absolutely hate that because these men and women need people to fight for them too. And there is no reason why they should be treated the way that they’re treated and people need to pay more attention to it.”
So Savannah — and her big brother Chase, 27 — have made it their mission to right the wrongs they’ve seen since Todd and Julie’s legal troubles began. The longtime couple, whoreported to prisonin January and have since hadtheir combined 19-year sentences reduced, are still in the process ofappealing their case.
“Me and Chase, show up for them every single day, and I am the one [of my siblings] that’s in charge of all of their legal stuff,” she explains. “I speak to attorneys every day. I make sure they have what they need while they are in prison, and I show up for them. So I am the most knowledgeable when it comes to that.”
(L-R) Julie Chrisley, Savannah Chrisley and Todd Chrisley are pictured on ‘Chrisley’s Believe It Or Not’.Vivian Zink/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty
Vivian Zink/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty
“For that, I’m grateful for and I have made it a point to make sure everyone is in therapy. We’re doing things to better our lives every single day. Cut out the negativity and just try to love each other and love each other well,” she shares. “And I have great friends in my life and great people that have just shown up for me. They’re like, ‘Savannah, you’re always showing up for other people, let us show up for you.’ And I’ve allowed that to happen, and I’m just so grateful for the people that I do have that show up.”
Savannah Chrisley attends the red carpet for Fox’s ‘Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test’ at Fox Studio Lot on September 12, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.Kevin Winter/Getty
Kevin Winter/Getty
As for how her parents are coping, overall, theUnlockedpodcast host shares that Todd and Julie “realize that everything that I’m doing, they have to be uncomfortable to make lasting change, then they’re on board because they see how people are suffering every single day.”
She continues, “They see it, so they’re like, ‘If we can help fight against this and make change, then maybe that’s what God’s plan for us has been.’ So they’re trying to stay positive. Some days are definitely harder than others.”
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