Savannah Chrisley Speaks Out in First Interview Since Todd and Julie’s Prison Release, Says Her Parents Are ‘in Shock’ (Exclusive)

The Chrisley family is adjusting to a new era.

Todd and Julie Chrisley returned home from prison on Wednesday, May 28, after President Donald Trump issued full and unconditional pardons. Now, their daughter Savannah Chrisley tells PEOPLE exclusively how the couple and their family are adjusting to their new normal.

“Oh my gosh, it has been amazing. It’s still just kind of … it doesn’t feel real,” the Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley podcast host, 27, says. “We were going to bed last night. We’re like, ‘Is this real?’ And then, I wake up this morning and my mom’s walking into my bedroom and I’m like, it’s absolutely insane!”

“We are just so grateful and ready to kind of start getting back to normal life, obviously, the best we can,” she continues. “Everything’s a whirlwind right now, and it’s kind hard to live a normal life with how things are right now, but we’ll get there.”

As for how her parents are doing overall, Savannah says: “I do know that they’re doing great.”

“It’s obviously an adjustment. … I think they’re kind of just in shock right now,” she explains. “It’s just a big adjustment when you’re in prison for two and a half years, and then you go back to so-called normal life. I can’t imagine.”

“I just think it’s a lot for them, but they’re enjoying it. We’re all spending time together,” she adds. “And obviously, when they’re ready to talk about their feelings and emotions, I know that they will articulate it well, like they always do.”

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Todd, 57, and Julie, 52, were indicted in August 2019 and later convicted in 2022. After being sentenced to a combined 19 years in prison in November 2022 (though it was reduced in September 2023), they reported to prison in January 2023. They had been appealing their case ever since.

During that time, Savannah became both the family breadwinner and legal caretaker of her younger siblings Grayson, now 19, and Chloe, now 12. She was also inspired to not only launch her Good Girl RX business (an endeavor she’s also doing while building up her real estate business) but diving into prison reform.

“I’m not just going to be working with CPAC [Conservative Political Action Conference]. I’m going to be working with so many other organizations. There’s another organization that I’m in talks with now, just about having a larger role within their organization, and I’m super excited about that. So I’ll be back in DC probably within the next week or two,” she explains.

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“This doesn’t just stop at my family. What ignited this flame was obviously my parents and fighting for them and getting them home. But once I saw the system and how broken it was, and I started to foster relationships with these men and women that are in prison, I just knew that I had to do something about it. So thanks to my parents and their story, it’s opened my eyes to something so much greater. And right now, it’s just when the fight begins.”

Savannah says her parents are committed to helping, too.

“I know that they just have a heart now. They have a heart for these men, women that are in prison and who they feel like they’ve left behind,” she says. “It’s like the saying, when you know better, you do better. And they’ve experienced it firsthand, and now they know too much to not do something about it. So, I do know that it’s going to be a large focus of theirs.”