Chrisley Knows Best alums Todd Chrisley and Savannah Chrisley exclusively told E! News about what life has been like since he and his wife Julie Chrisley were released from prison.
Todd Chrisley knows the best part of life after lock up.
Three months after the Chrisley patriarch and his wife Julie Chrisley were pardoned by President Donald Trump and relieved of their sentences for fraud convictions, the reality TV star reflected on the changes he experienced upon returning home.
“Coming home to your people, to your surroundings, is always a comforting thing,” Todd told E! News correspondent Will Marfuggi in an exclusive interview, “but there is that adjustment period because you went from your whole life doing things one way to the last 28 months having to do someone else’s way.”
The 56-year-old’s daughter Savannah Chrisley—who was a staunch advocate for her parents’ release—agreed with her dad that, while it was great to have her family be whole again, it was definitely a change.
“You’re stepping back into a world where everyone else has been living life in a different way,” she added in the joint interview, airing on E! News tonight, Aug. 28, at 11 p.m. “As grateful as we are—clearly, I stopped at nothing to have them home—it’s a big adjustment period to have everyone thrown back in it.”
Savannah added, “Everyone’s just in shock.”
Despite having to relearn his life at home, Todd—who is also dad to Lindsie, 35, and Kyle, 32, with ex Theresa Terry, as well as Chase, 29, Grayson, 19, and Chloe, 12, with Julie—is simply “glad to be home.”
“I was glad to be in my bed. I was glad to be with my wife beside me,” he continued. “Knowing that Chloe is in the room next door and that I got to go in and give her a kiss good night. Knowing that Grayson was in his bedroom. Knowing that Savannah was in her bedroom. Knowing that Chase was coming in and out, that my mother was coming in and out, I had longed for that. So, that was a blessing.”
Plus, Todd is eager for this new phase of life, which is being documented in the family’s new Lifetime reality series The Chrisleys: Back to Reality debuting Sept. 1. Indeed, he feels as though he has more clarity in life.
“I have a much clearer perception of where I want my life to go, the direction I want it to go in,” he shared before detailing how he has changed since entering prison. “I’m not as easily agitated over things that I was before. I don’t really care about certain things that shouldn’t have mattered to me then [and] they matter less now.”
Todd added, “I’m not as I’m not as focused on everything being perfect. I’m not as focused on you thinking that we’re perfect. I have a greater peace within myself.”